Patents by Inventor Thomas Bolik

Thomas Bolik 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: 10886645
    Abstract: A contact element for connection of an electrical plug-in connector of electrical or electronic system components to an electronic printed board assembly is provided herein. The contact element has two mutually spaced arms, each having a circular free end. The arms are connected to one another via a contact portion. At one end, the contact element has an extension piece for the electrical connection to the printed board assembly. The contact element has a cutout over its entire length. The cutout is narrowed in the contact portion by contact projections projecting into the cutout. A clamping region for the force-fitting and electrically conductive clamping of the plug-in connector is formed. The arms are arranged at an angle with respect to the contact portion in such a way that they extend in two different planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Juri Harz, Tobias Kortlang, Tobias Wustrack
  • Publication number: 20200169015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contact element (1) for the electrical plug-in connection of electrical or electronic system components (5) to an electronic printed board assembly (6), such as a printed circuit board, for example, wherein the contact element (1) is made of an electrically conductive material and in which the plug-in connector (8a, 8b) of the system component (5) can be connected to the contact element (1) in a force-fitting and electrically conductive manner as a result of a spring effect of said contact element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas BOLIK, Juri HARZ, Tobias KORTLANG, Tobias WUSTRACK
  • Publication number: 20160128208
    Abstract: An electrical control device (10, 70, 90) including a housing (12) for accommodating a printed circuit board (14), on which an electronic circuit (18) is arranged, wherein the printed circuit board (14) rests at least partially on a metallic heat sink (24) which forms a lower housing part (20), and is covered completely by an upper housing part (22), and in which electrical control device (10, 70, 90) the two housing parts (20, 22) are joined by a frictionally locking connection and are sealed with respect to one another by a circumferential sealing element (44). As a result, the housing (12) has a simple structural and vibration-resistant design which permits cost-effective large-scale fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Tobias Kortlang
  • Patent number: 9197025
    Abstract: A control unit housing has connector pins arranged therein. Each pin has a first contact end directed to the housing interior for a press-fit connection to a circuit board insertable therein, and a second contact end directed out of the housing for connecting an electrical plug connector or the like. The housing is designed as a header that is open on one side and has an access opening for inserting the circuit board. The access opening can be closed by a cover after mounting the circuit board. The connector pins are substantially right-angled pins arranged in the region of a side wall of the housing. The pins are anchored in the housing by the second contact ends running approximately at right angles to the first contact ends, such that the mounting forces acting on the first contact ends during press-fit connecting are received by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Christian Brammer, Sylwester Piasecki, Dominik Szczerba
  • Patent number: 9010189
    Abstract: A device for acquiring and processing sensor measured values and/or for controlling actuators has a base housing, sensors and/or actuators attached to the base housing, a cover that can be connected to the base housing to cover the sensors and/or actuators, and a circuit board with control electronics. To mount the circuit board easily and effect secure contact of the sensors therewith, the circuit board is securely connected to the inner side of the cover using press-fit connectors, the circuit board has electrically active first contact faces on its side remote from the cover, the sensors and/or actuators have electrically active second contact faces on their sides facing the cover, and the second contact faces of the sensors and/or actuators are connected to the first contact faces via electrically conductive contact springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Konrad Feyerabend, Yves Hansen, Joachim Heider, Joachim Hein, Rodmar Ruter
  • Publication number: 20140364012
    Abstract: A control unit housing has connector pins arranged therein. Each pin has a first contact end directed to the housing interior for a press-fit connection to a circuit board insertable therein, and a second contact end directed out of the housing for connecting an electrical plug connector or the like. The housing is designed as a header that is open on one side and has an access opening for inserting the circuit board. The access opening can be closed by a cover after mounting the circuit board. The connector pins are substantially right-angled pins arranged in the region of a side wall of the housing. The pins are anchored in the housing by the second contact ends running approximately at right angles to the first contact ends, such that the mounting forces acting on the first contact ends during press-fit connecting are received by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Christian Brammer, Sylwester Piasecki, Dominik Szczerba
  • Publication number: 20140022717
    Abstract: A device for acquiring and processing sensor measured values and/or for controlling actuators has a base housing, sensors and/or actuators attached to the base housing, a cover that can be connected to the base housing to cover the sensors and/or actuators, and a circuit board with control electronics. To mount the circuit board easily and effect secure contact of the sensors therewith, the circuit board is securely connected to the inner side of the cover using press-fit connectors, the circuit board has electrically active first contact faces on its side remote from the cover, the sensors and/or actuators have electrically active second contact faces on their sides facing the cover, and the second contact faces of the sensors and/or actuators are connected to the first contact faces via electrically conductive contact springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Konrad Feyerabend, Yves Hansen, Joachim Heider, Joachim Hein, Rodmar Ruter
  • Patent number: 8075333
    Abstract: A plug having a guide, which has a first guiding section and a second guiding section for guiding the plug into a corresponding plug receptacle. The second guiding section is disposed at a greater distance from the plug face than the first guiding section. The first guiding section and the second guiding section have contours in their respective cross-sections that are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Michael Kaufmann, Ulrich Overhage, Olaf Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20100015841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug (100) having a guiding, which has a first guiding section (102) and a second guiding section (103) for guiding the plug into a corresponding plug receptacle (240), wherein the second guiding section (103) is disposed at a greater distance from the plug face (113), than the first guiding section (102), and the first guiding section (102) and the second guiding section (103) have a contour in their respective cross-section that is different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Bolik, Michael Kaufmann, Ulrich Overhage, Olaf Wichmann