Patents by Inventor Thomas Führer

Thomas Führer 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: 10675988
    Abstract: A plug connector part includes: a plug section for plugging connection to an associated counter plug connector part; at least one contact element arranged on the plug section and having at least one electrically-conductive contact section for plugging connection to an associated counter-contact element of the counter plug connector part, and a shaft section connected to the contact section for securing an electrical line to the contact element; and a casing element that is attachable to the shaft section of the at least one contact element and has a body, a plug opening formed in the body for receiving the shaft section, and a cooling channel which is formed in or on the body and extends around the plug opening for conducting a coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Robert Babezki
  • Patent number: 10644439
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing which has a plug-in portion for plug-in connection to the mating plug-in connector part; at least one contact element arranged on the plug-in portion and for electrically contacting an associated mating contact element of the mating plug-in connector part; a thermal conductor line connected to the at least one contact element; and a cooling body arranged in the housing and thermoconductively connected to the at least one contact element via the thermal conductor line in order to dissipate heat from the at least one contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Robert Babezki
  • Patent number: 10644433
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for plug-in connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing part comprising a first material; at least one plug-in element, arranged on the housing part, for electrically contacting the mating plug-in connector part; and an attachment part, which is attached to the housing part, being detachably connected to the housing part, the attachment part having at least one plug-in portion having an opening in which the at least one plug-in element is arranged, the attachment part comprising a second material that is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 10535940
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing which has a plug-in portion for plug-in connection to the plug-in connector part; at least one contact element, arranged in the plug-in portion and having a shaft portion, for electrically contacting an associated mating contact element of the mating plug-in connector part; and a heat capacity element, which is arranged on the shaft portion of the at least one contact element and rigidly connected to the shaft portion, for absorbing heat from the at least one contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Holger Seifert
  • Patent number: 10530101
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing part; at least one electrical contact element, which is arranged on the housing part, for establishing electrical contact with the mating plug-in connector part; and a temperature-monitoring device including at least one sensor device for detecting a rise in temperature of the at least one contact element. The temperature-monitoring device includes a support element that extends over an entire surface thereof along a plane and includes at least one opening and one contact surface arranged at the at least one opening, the at least one contact element extending through the at least one opening such that the at least one contact element abuts the contact surface, and the at least one sensor device being arranged on the support element so as to detect a rise in temperature of the at least one contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Rose, Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 10453340
    Abstract: A method for monitoring automatic parking of a vehicle, at least one video image of an execution of the automatic parking of the vehicle being captured and transmitted to a mobile terminal device. A corresponding apparatus, a corresponding system and a parking system, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 10439328
    Abstract: A plug connector part includes a plug housing that has at least one plug-in portion that can be connected to a mating plug connector part by plugging in an insertion direction so as to contact the plug connector part electrically with the mating plug connector part; and a compensation device arranged on the plug housing, the compensation device including: a housing; a carrier element connected to the plug housing and arranged on the housing; and a spring element that biases the carrier element with respect to the housing, wherein the carrier element is movable relative to the housing by way of resilient deformation of the spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Babezki, Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 10439336
    Abstract: A plug connector part for connection to a mating plug connector part includes: at least one electrical contact element for carrying an electrical current and establishing electrical contact with at least one other contact element of a mating plug connector part; and a temperature sensor device for recording an increase in temperature of the plug connector part, the temperature sensor device including at least one sensor element, which is designed to detect infrared radiation emitted by the at least one electrical contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Markus Rose, Bodo Finken
  • Publication number: 20190221330
    Abstract: A cable for transferring an electric current includes: a cable sleeve; at least one electrical load line, extending into the cable sleeve, for conducting the electric current; at least one cooling line, extending into the cable sleeve, for conducting a coolant; and at least one electrically-conductive sensing line, which extends into the cable sleeve and, at least in sections, is not electrically insulated, for detecting a measurement signal indicating a change in an electrical conductivity in the cable sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Publication number: 20190176653
    Abstract: A plug connector part includes: a plug section for plugging connection to an associated counter plug connector part; at least one contact element arranged on the plug section and having at least one electrically-conductive contact section for plugging connection to an associated counter-contact element of the counter plug connector part, and a shaft section connected to the contact section for securing an electrical line to the contact element; and a casing element that is attachable to the shaft section of the at least one contact element and has a body, a plug opening formed in the body for receiving the shaft section, and a cooling channel which is formed in or on the body and extends around the plug opening for conducting a coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas FUEHRER, Robert BABEZKI
  • Patent number: 10315564
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, in which an imminent rollover of the motor vehicle is detected, depending on the status values of the motor vehicle, at least one countermeasure being initiated and/or at least one warning message being output when an imminent rollover is detected. It is provided that, when an imminent rollover is detected, at least one of the instantaneous status values and/or the warning message is/are transmitted to a central database, where it is/they are made available for other motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Publication number: 20190126764
    Abstract: A charging plug, having a housing for accommodating power contacts and power contacts for power transmission, and having an apparatus for detecting liquid, which apparatus is configured to detect liquid collecting inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas FÜHRER
  • Publication number: 20190131035
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a charging cable (1) for transmitting electrical energy, having a cable sheath (2) and at least one electric conductor cable (3) arranged within the cable sheath (2), wherein the charging cable (1) is characterized in that at least one cavity (10) within the charging cable (1), between the cable sheath (2) and the electric conductor cable (3), is filled with a heat conduction medium (11), such that the heat conduction medium (11) is in direct contact with the electric conductor cable (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas FÜHRER, Robert BABEZKI
  • Publication number: 20190109409
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing which has a plug-in portion for plug-in connection to the mating plug-in connector part; at least one contact element arranged on the plug-in portion and for electrically contacting an associated mating contact element of the mating plug-in connector part; a thermal conductor line connected to the at least one contact element; and a cooling body arranged in the housing and thermoconductively connected to the at least one contact element via the thermal conductor line in order to dissipate heat from the at least one contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Robert Babezki
  • Patent number: 10256579
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides a plug connector part for connection to a mating plug connector part, including a plurality of electrical contact elements for carrying an electrical current and establishing electrical contact with contact elements of a mating plug connector part, the plurality of electrical contact elements including a plurality of temperature sensors, each of which is arranged on one associated contact element, respectively, of the plurality of contact elements, to detect a change in a temperature of the associated contact element, the temperature sensors being connected to a common sensor line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Markus Rose
  • Publication number: 20190074628
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for plug-in connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing part comprising a first material; at least one plug-in element, arranged on the housing part, for electrically contacting the mating plug-in connector part; and an attachment part, which is attached to the housing part, being detachably connected to the housing part, the attachment part having at least one plug-in portion having an opening in which the at least one plug-in element is arranged, the attachment part comprising a second material that is different from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Publication number: 20190020140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in connector part (5) for connecting to a mating plug-in connector part (3), comprising a housing (50) which has a plug-in section (500, 501) for the plug-in connection to the mating plug-in connector part (3), and at least one contact element (51A, 51B) comprising a shaft section (510), arranged on the plug-in section (500, 501), and designed to electrically contact an associated mating contact element (31) of the mating plug-in connector part (3). The invention also relates to a heat capacity element (54A, 54B) which is arranged on the shaft section (510) of the at least one contact element (51A, 51B), is secured to said shaft section (510), and receives heat from the at least one contact element (51A, 51B). In this way, a plug-in connector part with a contact element is provided, which can have a high current-carrying capacity, for example for use in a charging system for charging an electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Holger Seifert
  • Publication number: 20180269631
    Abstract: A plug connector part includes a plug housing that has at least one plug-in portion that can be connected to a mating plug connector part by plugging in an insertion direction so as to contact the plug connector part electrically with the mating plug connector part; and a compensation device arranged on the plug housing, the compensation device including: a housing; a carrier element connected to the plug housing and arranged on the housing; and a spring element that biases the carrier element with respect to the housing, wherein the carrier element is movable relative to the housing by way of resilient deformation of the spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Babezki, Thomas Fuehrer
  • Publication number: 20180264957
    Abstract: A cable for transmitting an electric current includes: a cable conduit which encloses an inner conduit space; at least one conducting wire extending in the inner conduit space for conducting an electric current; and a fluid line extending in the inner conduit space for guiding a fluid for cooling the cable, the fluid line including at least one discharge opening, which opens into the inner conduit space, for conveying the fluid into the inner conduit space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Robert Babezki
  • Publication number: 20180226734
    Abstract: A plug connector part for connecting to a mating plug connector part includes: an electrical power contact element for transmitting an electrical load current between the plug connector part and the mating plug connector part; and an electrical load line connected to the power contact element. The load line has a plurality of individual lines which are electrically connected to the associated power contact element in order to transmit a charging current via the power contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Johannes Held