Patents Assigned to Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 7399208
    Abstract: In order to realize a connector housing (10) that is tightly sealed relative to the environment, there is provided a device for an axially slidable connector-ended cable (5) because a contact holder (20) connected to the connector-ended cable can be displaced by a defined axial distance (C) within the connector housing, wherein a constant pressure is exerted upon the contact holder (35) of a corresponding female connector (3) by means of an integrated pressure spring (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7344395
    Abstract: In an electric connector on a printed circuit board that features a connector part acted upon with relatively high electric voltage values, sparkovers between the continuing strip conductors arranged on the printed circuit board and the soldering points of the electric contacts are prevented by providing a snap-on element with several chamber in the connector part, wherein the chamber walls of this snap-on element can be inserted into slots arranged in the printed circuit board, and wherein the chambers respectively enclose the soldering point of one of the electric contacts in the connector part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Agethen, Klaus Olejarz
  • Publication number: 20080041854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing for receiving electric lines and/or connections, comprising a first housing part and a second housing part, said housing parts being connected to one another by means of at least one hinge. Said hinge defines a rotational axis about which the first housing part and the second housing part can pivot against one another, wherein a first hinge part of said hinge is affixed in the first housing part and wherein a second hinge part is affixed in the second housing part. One of the hinge parts is an axle extending in the direction of the rotating axis. The other hinge part is a fixing part extending in peripheral direction of the axle. At least one recess is arranged in one of the hinge parts while at least one protrusion is arranged in the other hinge part so that said protrusion engages in the recess in a given rotational position and/or in different rotational positions over a given rotational angle area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicants: ADC GmbH, HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Mössner, Ferenc Nad, Ulrich Hetzer
  • Patent number: 7322842
    Abstract: For a modular plug connector in which different, replaceable modules can be inserted in a hinged retaining frame of two halves, it is proposed to insert modules in the form of sealed enclosures. At least one module is provided with electronic, optoelectronic or pneumatic components for controlling signal functions or generating signal variation for further control tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jakob Dück, Martin Kleine, Andreas Nass, Dirk Schmieding
  • Patent number: 7316591
    Abstract: A one-piece holding frame formed of plastic for a plug-type connector, in which several connector modules are arranged adjacent to one another. Several wall segments with window-like openings are formed in the collar-shaped mating side of the holding frame via slots. Two wall segments that lie opposite of one another respectively form a receptacle for one connector module, wherein projections arranged on the connector modules snap into the openings of the holding frame when the connector modules are inserted into the holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Albert Ferderer
  • Patent number: 7255591
    Abstract: To transmit the shielding potential of an electric cable that is connected to a circular connector and surrounded by a braided shield to a mating connector, a circular connector includes a shield transfer element comprising an insulation displacement connector, a transfer contact and a spring bow in the connector housing of the circuit connector. The spring bow contacts the electrically conductive screw cap arranged on the outside of the connector housing through an opening provided in the connector housing while the transfer contact contacts a neutral wire of the circular connector in the center of the circular connector. The braided shield is connected to the shield transfer element by the insulation displacement connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stephan Schreier
  • Patent number: 7249977
    Abstract: A plug connector comprises a housing including an accommodation chamber, and a support plate which is arranged in the accommodation chamber and divides the latter in first and second sections. A first type of contact is arranged in the first section and a second type of contact is arranged in the second section. The second type of contact is a USB coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Schmieding, Christa Wellmann
  • Patent number: 7249980
    Abstract: The invention proposes a connecting device for electric bunched conductors in an electric connector housing with male contacts and/or female contacts that are arranged in separate chambers in the form of rows and columns, wherein a clamping sleeve is attached to a sliding element arranged in the chambers. An electric bunched conductor that is inserted into the sliding element and the clamping sleeve attached thereto is pushed over a stationary, conical connecting region of the male or female contacts during an axial movement of the sliding element along the chamber such that the bunched conductors are fixed between the clamping shoulder of the connecting region that is formed by the cone base and the clamping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Albert Ferderer
  • Publication number: 20070117428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall outlet comprising a base part having at least one first opening which is used to receive an electric cable, and a cover. The cover or the base part comprise at least one second opening wherein an electric socket can be inserted. A cable guiding element is arranged in the base part, said cable guiding element enabling the electric cable to be guided in a defined manner from the first opening to the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicants: ADC GMBH, HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank Mossner, Ferenc Nad, Ulrich Hetzer
  • Patent number: 7175464
    Abstract: In order to latch a separable plug-type connection that is composed of an upper housing part and a lower housing part with an axially displaceable unlatching ring that encompasses the upper housing part, the invention proposes to provide the unlatching ring with actuating tabs that act upon latching elements arranged between the upper housing part, the lower housing part and the unlatching ring. When pressure is exerted upon the actuating tabs, the latching mechanism is released first and the interlocking mechanism is released when the connection is separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Albert Ferderer, Martin Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7087838
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a housing, a through-opening for a cable, and a seal adapted to seal in the area of the through-opening. A pressure plate is provided for compressing the seal between the pressure plate and a mating face in the housing, wherby part of the seal is pressed inwards in radial direction with respect to the through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Albert Ferderer, Heiko Meier
  • Patent number: 7066677
    Abstract: A plug-connector body for latching-in in a switch cabinet or the like includes pin-shaped fastening elements mounted on the plug connector body for sliding into latching slits on a carrier body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Rüter
  • Patent number: 7040916
    Abstract: A plug housing (5) includes a first housing part (10) and a second housing part (12) which rest at each other along a parting line (14), and a cable passage (9) for a cable (8) from an interior space of the plug housing (5) towards outside. The parting line (14) extends in the region of the cable passage (9). The plug housing further includes a sealing insert (34) arranged in the cable passage (9). The sealing insert (34) is provided with a slot (44) so that it can be slipped on a preassembled cable (8). The sealing insert (34) is also arranged such that the slot (44) has an offset with respect to the parting line (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Schmidt, Nicole Kruke, Frank Quast, Uwe Sundermeier
  • Patent number: 6969283
    Abstract: In order to fix a connector contact insert that is provided with sheet metal flanges in a connector housing that is composed of two interconnectable rectangular shells, the invention proposes a mounting device that is respectively arranged in the corner regions of the shells. The device respectively comprises two integral elements that are spaced apart from one another and form a receptacle slot, wherein differently shaped spring elements can, depending on the respective application, be pushed onto said integral elements or fixed on the shell housing. When assembling the connector, the sheet metal flanges are inserted into the receptacle slots and the two shells are interconnected, wherein the spring elements ensure a shakeproof mounting of the connector contact insert in the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6913487
    Abstract: For the purpose of transmitting signals without interfering radiation, a plug-in connector module is proposed which comprises an electrically conductive shell-type casing, with a connector insert, in a retaining body composed of insulating material. The plug-in connector module is held by locking device in a module mounting device which, in turn, is integrated into a plug-in connector casing. Within the shell-type casing, an electrically conductive contact with the shielding of a signal-carrying cable is provided, so that it is possible to dispose in the module mounting device, without mutual interference, both a plurality of plug-in connector modules having mutually independent earth potentials and plug-in connector modules which transmit a power supply, pneumatic supply or suchlike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andre Beneke, Heiko Meier, Uwe Sundermeier
  • Patent number: 6827613
    Abstract: For use in already known plug connections, an electrical contact element is proposed that can be formed as a socket contact or as a pin contact and is provided with a plug region and a terminal end, a sleeve being capable of being screwed onto the terminal end of the contact element. The sleeve has inwardly directed spring arms that enter into a conical bore in the terminal end. Positioned between said spring arms is an electrical conductor, the spring arm tips exerting a force-locking wedge action on the electrical conductor to an ever greater extent, the further the sleeve is screwed onto the terminal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Albert Ferderer
  • Patent number: 6814600
    Abstract: For an electric hermaphroditic plug-in connector a hermaphroditic contact with a plug-in area and a terminal area is proposed that consists of a solid, single-piece contact part, the plug-in area being formed as an adjacent sleeve and pin contact and a separate, elastic contact element being provided in the sleeve contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Rüter
  • Publication number: 20040177989
    Abstract: In order to insert a prefabricated electric cable with a connector insert already mounted thereon into a plug connector housing with a cable connection piece, the invention proposes to realize the plug connector housing in the form of two interconnectable housing halves, wherein the connector insert with the cable connected thereto is installed into the plug connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Nass, Martin Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6773295
    Abstract: For a detachable electrical onnection of high-current contacts with cable strands, a clamping device is formed from a clamping tube and a contact part. The clamping tube is provided with a funnel-shaped connection opening and a connection chamber, into which the cable strands are insertable, wherein a clamping shoulder with a conical surface provided in the connection chamber adjoins the connection opening. The contact part, which can be screwed in the centre of the clamping tube and is thus displaceable axially, likewise has a conical surface, which penetrates the centre etween the bared strands on assembly and presses these against the conical surfaces and the clamping shoulder. The angles of the conical surfaces in the connection chamber and the contact part are executed differently in this case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kai-Uwe Lindemann, Georg Staperfeld
  • Publication number: 20040152364
    Abstract: In order to fix a connector contact insert that is provided with sheet metal flanges in a connector housing that is composed of two interconnectable rectangular shells, the invention proposes a mounting device that is respectively arranged in the corner regions of the shells. The device respectively comprises two integral elements that are spaced apart from one another and form a receptacle slot, wherein differently shaped spring elements can, depending on the respective application, be pushed onto said integral elements or fixed on the shell housing. When assembling the connector, the sheet metal flanges are inserted into the receptacle slots and the two shells are interconnected, wherein the spring elements ensure a shakeproof mounting of the connector contact insert in the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Schmidt