Patents Assigned to ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
  • Patent number: 7264504
    Abstract: A female multipole connector for electric plug-type connectors, particularly for weak current, having contact springs accommodated in guide channels of a plate-shaped basic body, so as not to become loose. The contact springs are directly, mechanically, and rigidly connected with the basic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Patent number: 7201601
    Abstract: An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors includes connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at the other end, a plug contact area for a multipoint counter connector. The insulation displacement termination area has flat, slotted insulation displacement terminals. The connection elements are arranged such that for one row of plug contacts of the connection elements embedded next to each other, the insulation displacement terminals of these connection elements are located in several rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Publication number: 20070072480
    Abstract: The invention proposes a ribbon cable plug-in connector (10) for connecting electronic components. The ribbon cable plug-in connector (10) comprises a plurality of plug-in contacts (14a, 14b) arranged in a plug-in connector element (11). A contact element (12a, 12b) arranged on the plug-in connector element (11), in the longitudinal direction (13) of the plug-in contacts (14a, 14b) is provided for full-surface contact-making with an electrically conductive ribbon cable screening (17, 17a, 17b) which encloses the ribbon cable (16) on its outside. For fixing the ribbon cable screening (17, 17a, 17b) on the contact element (12a, 12b) there is preferably provided at least one clamping element (15a, 15b). The ribbon cable plug-in connector (10) according to the invention allows contact between the ribbon cable screening (17, 17a, 17b) and the ribbon cable plug-in connector (10) to be easily established and ensures a high screening level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Lappohn
  • Publication number: 20070049116
    Abstract: A plug-in connection having at least three multipole contact banks, preferably a plug-in connection comprising a multipoint pin connector and a multipoint slot connector, the multipoint pin connectors having at least one first contact element and the multipoint slot connectors having at least one second contact element, corresponding to the first contact element, is characterized in that solder terminals of the contact elements of at least one contact bank are arranged so that the spacing between the solder terminals of the contact elements of that at least one contact bank and the solder terminals of the contact elements of the remaining contact banks is larger than the spacing between the solder terminals of the contact elements within the remaining contact banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Lappohn
  • Patent number: 7040936
    Abstract: A housing of an electrical plug-in connector having a high-current socket. The high-current socket is formed by a contact segment consisting of contact tongues, an intermediate segment, and an attachment segment, whereby the material thickness of the attachment segment is greater than the material thickness of the intermediate segment and the contact segment. A counter-contact surface for interaction with this change in the material thickness, which is configured in the form of a step, is provided in the housing. Furthermore, the high-current socket is fixed in place in the housing by means of resilient tongues on the intermediate segment, and a catch projection in the recess in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Patent number: 7033084
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for connecting and transmitting signals from a circuit board to a back plane wherein the plug-in connector comprises an optical conductor for transmitting optical signals into the plug-in connector and at least one mirror coupled to the optical conductor for deflecting light at an approximately 90° angle in the plug-in connector. There is also a lens system disposed adjacent to the mirror and coupled to the optical conductor for coupling the light into the plug-in connector. This optical conductor can comprise a plurality of glass fiber lines for coupling in the optical signal. Alternatively, this optical conductor could be lines formed from plastic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Patent number: 7021975
    Abstract: A plug-in connector having a housing, particularly a multi-pole, multi-row male or female multi-point plug, whereby the housing is provided with insertion chambers for inserting electrical contact elements. In order to be able to insert different contact elements into one and the same insertion chamber in the housing, this insertion chamber is configured to accommodate different insertion regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Patent number: 6979235
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connector consists of a housing and a high-current socket. The high-current socket is formed by a contact segment consisting of contact tongues, an intermediate segment, and an attachment segment, whereby the material thickness of the attachment segment is greater than the material thickness of the intermediate segment and the contact segment. A counter-contact surface for interaction with this change in the material thickness, which is configured in the form of a step, is provided in the housing. Furthermore, the high-current socket is fixed in place in the housing by means of resilient tongues on the intermediate segment, and a catch projection in the recess in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Patent number: 6899566
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided having a header connector and a receptacle connector matable with one another. An array of signal contacts are secured to the header connector and arranged in differential contact pairs. The differential contact pairs are configured to carry differential signal pairs. An array of L-shaped ground shields are secured to the header connector. Optionally, a second side may be added to the L-shape to form a C-shaped ground shield. Each ground shield is arranged to partially surround and isolate a corresponding differential contact pair from adjacent differential contact pairs. The receptacle contact includes a mating face having an array of contact receiving holes and ground shield receiving notches. The contact receiving holes are arranged in differential hole pairs corresponding to, and matable with, the differential contact pairs. The ground shield receiving notches are configured to be matable with the ground shields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Richard S. Kline, Juergen Lappoehn
  • Publication number: 20040229519
    Abstract: A plug-in connector having a housing, particularly a multi-pole, multi-row male or female multi-point plug, whereby the housing is provided with insertion chambers for inserting electrical contact elements. In order to be able to insert different contact elements into one and the same insertion chamber in the housing, this insertion chamber is configured to accommodate different insertion regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jurgen Lappohn
  • Patent number: 6805575
    Abstract: A connection system for two electrical components, in particular for plugs, multipoint plugs and female multipoint connectors as well as plug-in cards, circuit boards and similar things, has a pin (1), arranged at the first component, and a socket (2) for receiving the pin (1), arranged at the second component. The pin (1) penetrates an opening at the wall section (3) of the first component and is attached with a nut (5) that can be screwed onto the pin (1) at the rear side of this wall section (3). The pin (1) is furnished with a flange (6) that projects over the pin (1) at its circumferential surface. The flange (6) is inserted into a recess of a spacer plate (7) complementary to the flange (6), and the spacer plate (7) is arranged at the wall section (13) of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Lappöhn, Peter Aichem
  • Patent number: 6764341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connection with shielding, preferably comprising a male multipoint connector and female multipoint connector, with a plurality of contact elements (4; 41), which are provided at least in pairs with shieldings in the form of shield plates (3; 31). The contact elements (4; 41) are disposed in a plurality of parallel rows. The shield plates (3; 31) embrace two or more contact elements (4; 41) of at least two rows (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d). Thus two plug connectors can be connected to one another at an angle of 90° relative to one another, or can be pushed from two sides onto a printed-circuit board (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Erni Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappoehn
  • Patent number: 6623301
    Abstract: A plug connector, especially for SMD plugs having plug-connector elements provided with shield plates which shield the electric contacts. The shield plates, in turn, in the coupled condition, bear against one another over substantially their entire area and are fixed with snap fastenings on the respective plug-connector elements. Soldering tabs extend beyond the plug-connector elements and are provided for electrically contacting the shield plates. Preferably SMD leads are formed on the shield plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Erni Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Lappoehn
  • Patent number: 6568860
    Abstract: An electronic device that can be pushed onto a support rail (15), having a housing (1), with an electronic module that can be inserted detachably into the housing, and bus contacts are provided for the transmission of data and/or energy to neighboring electronic devices that are pushed onto the support rail (15) and have an identical design, with appropriately designed bus terminal. The bus contacts can be displaced relative to the housing (1). The bus contacts can be immobilized via a latching fixture so that when in a latched position they can be brought into contact of the bus terminals in the neighboring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Koch, Rudi Singer, Gerd Lausberg, Marc Stanesby, Udo Kienapfel
  • Publication number: 20030082944
    Abstract: A connection system for two electrical components, in particular for plugs, multipoint plugs and female multipoint connectors as well as plug-in cards, circuit boards and similar things, has a pin (1), arranged at the first component, and a socket (2) for receiving the pin (1), arranged at the second component. The pin (1) penetrates an opening at the wall section (3) of the first component and is attached with a nut (5) that can be screwed onto the pin (1) at the rear side of this wall section (3). The pin (1) is furnished with a flange (6) that projects over the pin (1) at its circumferential surface. The flange (6) is inserted into a recess of a spacer plate (7) complementary to the flange (6), and the spacer plate (7) is arranged at the wall section (13) of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Lappohn, Peter Aichem
  • Patent number: 6475041
    Abstract: A one-piece contact spring that includes first and second legs and a connection portion connecting the first and second legs, with the first and second legs and the connection portion lying in a common plane, and with the first and second legs having free ends forming an entrance region and defining opposite mirrored contact rounded cups at the entrance region, and each of the free and being bent off by an angle of 90° from the common plane along an elastic line which extends at an acute angle to an axis of symmetry of the contact spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Erni Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Lappöhn, Franz Czeschka
  • Patent number: 6379170
    Abstract: The invention relates to auxiliary mounting means for electrical plug-in connections for placing plug-in strips on a mounting surface, preferably by means of a manipulator, wherein during mounting of a further component via the mounting movement of this further component at least partial areas of the auxiliary mounting means are bent or buckled so that the further component can be placed with minimal spacing to the other component, wherein at the same time the mounting time is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Czeschka, Jürgen Lappöhn
  • Patent number: 6129591
    Abstract: A multiway connector for backplanes and slide-in cards, for example, in so-called compact PCI systems, composed of two separate modules each arranged without spacing next to one another, wherein each of the modules has a mechanical coding piece for preventing incorrect insertions. At the two modules of the male multipoint connector resting against each other at end faces thereof as well as the modules of the female multipoint connector are constructed as a single-piece component of synthetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: ERNI Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Czeschka
  • Patent number: 5865645
    Abstract: A press-fit plug connector for press-fitting into holes in a printed circuit board, includes contacts which are each fastened at one end in a parallelepipedal plastic body and laterally guided in a molded part in slot-like recesses that are open toward the printed circuit board. The contacts have a free end with a press-fit section which is bent away toward the printed circuit board and two press-fit shoulders. The molded part is constructed with press-fit areas. A plug-in surface of the plug connector is constructed with a shielding plate having parts which are perpendicular to the printed circuit board and define a front plane of the plug connector. The molded part is of approximately U-shaped construction and free ends of U legs together with the plastic body disposed therebetween, abut against the front plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Erni Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Embo, Rik Sterckx, Franz Czeschka
  • Patent number: 5743764
    Abstract: A multiway connector of a non-metal material for a tight connection to metal components includes a row of metal passages, each passage having a sleeve on one side of the connector and a contact pin on another side of the connector, wherein the multiway connector is metallized with a metal coating at surfaces which come into contact with the metal components of a housing of the metal components, and wherein the side of the connector having the contact pins is covered with a sealing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignees: Erni Elektroapparate GmbH, Diehl GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Franz Czeschka, Jurgen Lapphohn, Wolgang Hornig