Patents by Inventor Stephan Schauz

Stephan Schauz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7276267
    Abstract: A method making possible the production of an injection molded conductor carrying means composed of a first supporting substrate and a second supporting substrate. The first supporting substrate comprises a basically metallizeable plastic material and the second supporting substrate a basically non-metallizeable plastic material. However the plastic material of the second supporting substrate is able to be activated by a laser beam. The laser activation produces a metallization pattern on it and such pattern is connected with uncovered areas of the first supporting substrate, following which a common treatment takes place which results in an electrical conductor arrangement being produced. The invention furthermore relates to a conductor carrying means produced by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventor: Stephan Schauz
  • Patent number: 6986665
    Abstract: An electromechanical plug device is designed with a mating plug connector for electrical and mechanical connection with a mating plug connector. The plug connector comprises an outgoing cable part with a circuit substrate and a contact carrying drum able to be moved in relation to the outgoing cable part. The drum possesses first plug contacts for making contact with second plug contacts formed on the mating plug connector. Moreover, the first plug contacts have first abutment type contact faces provided on the axial rear side of the outgoing cable part, such abutment type contact faces so cooperating with second abutment type contact faces provided on the circuit substrate that the outgoing cable part is able to be positioned at different angular settings in relation to the contact carrying drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventors: Stephan Schauz, Manfred Schütte, Barbara Günthner
  • Publication number: 20050231197
    Abstract: A position sensor designed in the form of a Hall sensor with an elongated circuit substrate (32) in the form of a molded interconnect device (MID) which includes an elongated support element consisting of injection molded plastic material, which at its front end side (37) has a support face (36), which is so fitted with a sensor element constituted by a Hall plate (27) or comprising a Hall plate (27) that the plane of the Hall plate (27) is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the circuit substrate (32). The sensor element (26) is electrically contacted by means of printed wiring (35), such printed wiring being constituted by a structured metal layer applied to the support element (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Reininger, Stephan Schauz, Jorg Schreier
  • Publication number: 20040244856
    Abstract: A concatenation module adapted to be concatenated with further concatenation modules as a battery, comprising a housing and lateral concatenation contacts on the housing for making electrical contact with at least one further concatenation module. The housing is in the form of a three-dimensional circuit substrate and it contains at least one electronic component, arranged on the circuit substrate, for a control function and/or a monitoring function and/or a communication function. When the concatenation modules are assembled as a battery the concatenation contact preferably make flatwise contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventors: Stephan Schauz, Walter Suchy, Rolf Rohwer
  • Publication number: 20040104040
    Abstract: A method making possible the production of an injection molded conductor carrying means composed of a first supporting substrate and a second supporting substrate. The first supporting substrate comprises a basically metallizeable plastic material and the second supporting substrate a basically non-metallizeable plastic material. However the plastic material of the second supporting substrate is able to be activated by a laser beam. The laser activation produces a metallization pattern on it and such pattern is connected with uncovered areas of the first supporting substrate, following which a common treatment takes place which results in an electrical conductor arrangement being produced. The invention furthermore relates to a conductor carrying means produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: FESTO AG & Co.
    Inventor: Stephan Schauz
  • Publication number: 20040102060
    Abstract: An electromechanical plug device is designed with a mating plug connector for electrical and mechanical connection with a mating plug connector. The plug connector comprises an outgoing cable part with a circuit substrate and a contact carrying drum able to be moved in relation to the outgoing cable part. The drum possesses first plug contacts for making contact with second plug contacts formed on the mating plug connector. Moreover, the first plug contacts have first abutment type contact faces provided on the axial rear side of the outgoing cable part, such abutment type contact faces so cooperating with second abutment type contact faces provided on the circuit substrate that the outgoing cable part is able to be positioned at different angular settings in relation to the contact carrying drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: FESTO AG & Co.
    Inventors: Stephan Schauz, Manfred Schutte, Barbara Gunthner