Patents Assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 12266883
    Abstract: A modular high-current connector (1) has a first housing part (7) and a second housing part (8) connected thereto. The high-current connector (1) has a pin contact (9), the pin contact (9) being substantially cylindrical and having a connection region (A?) and a contact region (K?) for making electrical contact with a device socket or a mating connector. The contact region (K?) of the pin contact (9) projects out of the high-current connector (1) on the plug-in side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nando Hoppe, Benjamin Krüger
  • Patent number: 12255416
    Abstract: A protective cap (4, 4?) for an electrical high-current plug connector (1) is substantially box-shaped and has at least one open side (5). The protective cap (4) has a gripping element (8) for fixing the protective cap (4, 4?) to a connection region (3, 3?, 3?) of the high-current plug connector (1), which is provided for connecting an electrical conductor. The gripping element (8) extends into the open side (5). The gripping element (8) has a pincer-like design with two arms (8a, 8b) which cross over each other or two arms (8a, 8b) oriented relative to each other in an S-shape. Each of the two arms (8a, 8b) is integrally formed on the protective cap (4, 4?) in a lower region and grips around the connection region (3, 3?, 3?) for a conductor to be connected in an upper region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ensign Wen
  • Patent number: 12255420
    Abstract: A locking clip for reversibly locking an attachment housing with a plug connector housing is provided, wherein the locking clip has a rear wall and lateral parts, which are integrally formed thereon, and has a U-shaped cross section, wherein the lateral parts each have a bearing receptacle by way of which the locking clip is able to be pivotably mounted on the attachment housing, and wherein the lateral parts each have an arresting receptacle which can be gripped by way of an arresting pin of the plug connector housing, wherein the arresting receptacles each have a V-shaped groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Harting Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Patent number: 12249797
    Abstract: A high-power plug connection system comprises a cable connection housing for connecting at least two electric high-power plug connectors in order to transmit and/or distribute high current strengths and at least two insulating bodies for receiving a respective high-power contact and at least one electrically conductive rail. Longitudinal axes of the high-power contacts are generally arranged on one plane in an offset manner from each other, and the high-power contacts are connected together in an electrically conductive manner by means of an electrically conductive rail, said at least two high-power contacts being provided with a recess into which the electrically conductive rail is at least partly inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Albert Ferderer
  • Patent number: 12249799
    Abstract: A mounting device functions to support a connection process of at least one module of a modular circuit board connector to at least one connection element. The mounting device comprises at least one base plate and at least one tongue arranged essentially perpendicular on the base plate and running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate. The tongue is at least partially designed to received the at least one module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Torsten Wolf
  • Patent number: 12249790
    Abstract: A plug-in connector element with a locking device (14) for releasably locking on a plug partner (12), wherein the locking device has a plurality of locking hooks (16, 18) which are distributed on the circumference of a main body (10) and which are detented at a front end in the plug-in direction and are pivotable in a radial direction between a locking position and a release position, characterized in that the locking hooks (16, 18) are designed as structural parts which are separated from each other and from the main body (10) and which are mounted on the main body such that they are each tiltable about an axis running at right angles to the insertion direction and at right angles to the radial direction, and which, at the end opposite the detent, are each supported resiliently on the main body in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marian Benzin
  • Publication number: 20250079756
    Abstract: A cable gland (300) for an electrical connector includes an outer shell (700) and a plurality of strain relief grippers (610) circumferentially distributed around a center axis (301) within the outer shell (700). Each of the strain relief grippers (610) includes a gripper body (620) having an inwardly convex serrated gripping surface (621). A plurality of gripping teeth (630) are formed in the gripping surface (621). A resilient pivot arm (640) holds the gripper body (620) and allows the gripper body to pivot forwardly and rearwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juan SAMANIEGO, Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Patent number: 12244089
    Abstract: A modular high-current connector (1) has a first housing part (7) and a second housing part (8) connected thereto. The second housing part (8) has an open housing wall (10). The open housing wall (10) can be added to by an unlimited number of additional housing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Kropiewnicki, Nicole Spilker, Sergej Zier, Thomas Beischer, Nando Hoppe, Benjamin Krüger
  • Patent number: 12244107
    Abstract: An add-on housing is provided comprising a frame-shaped basic shape which encloses a receiving region for receiving a contact insert or a holding frame fitted with plug-in connector modules, wherein at least two fastening surfaces having fastening openings are integrally formed on the outside of the frame-shaped basic shape, wherein the add-on housing has snap-fastening means or devices which engage through the fastening openings in order to mechanically fasten the add-on housing to a through-hole in a device wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Albert Ferderer, Heiko Meier, Florian Hackemeier
  • Patent number: 12224516
    Abstract: Add-on housing for a plug-in connection, which add-on housing has a housing side with at least one first fastening form and a plug-in side with at least one holding form, wherein a flange is arranged between the housing side and the plug-in side, which flange is provided for attaching the add-on housing to an appliance housing, wherein the plug-in side has at least two holding forms, at least one first holding form and at least one second holding form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung &Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Lüttermann
  • Publication number: 20250047045
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector (100) may include a plug insert (130), and a pin contact (150) arranged within the plug insert (130). The electrical plug connector is IP20 “Finger Safe.” Finger safety is achieved by a contact tip insulator (160) that may be fastened to a front end of the pin contact (150) and a removable ingress protection frame (170) comprising ingress barriers (176) arranged between a side wall (132) of the plug insert (130) and the pin contact (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karol GOSZCZYNSKI, Jeffrey PAWLICKI
  • Publication number: 20250047050
    Abstract: An electrical contact element consists of two different parts. A conductor connection part and a contact part are mechanically and electrically connected to one another. The conductor connection part is a stamped-bent part and provided for crimping onto an electrical conductor. The contact part is a turned part produced from solid material and configured as a pin or socket part. The contact part is provided with an axial, concentric hole at the end directed towards the connection part. The conductor connection part has a conductor connection region that is open and has a substantially U-shaped cross-section and has a folded joining region at the end facing the contact part. The joining region of the conductor connection part is arranged in the hole of the contact part and fixed in same by compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang GEUSCH
  • Publication number: 20250047052
    Abstract: A tool (8) for locking an actuator (3) which is longitudinally movable, counter to the spring pressure of a spring element, in a guide channel (1) of an insulating housing between an unloaded and an actuated position, includes: means for releasably fastening the tool (8) to the insulating housing; a drive element for moving the actuator (3) into its actuated position; and means for locking the actuator (3) in this position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Luca BALTRUSCHAT, Christof HERMONI, Markus WITTPAHL, Jan Andree BENEKE, Norbert KROPIEWNICKI, Sergej ZIER
  • Publication number: 20250038452
    Abstract: A plug connector module for a modular industrial plug has a connection side for connecting a conductor of a cable, in particular a multi-wire cable, and a contact side for electrically connecting to a mating plug connector module. Precisely one connection opening for a conductor of the cable is provided on the connection side, and at least two contact openings are provided on the contact side for accessing a mating plug connector module. The plug connector module has a bridge contact element which has precisely one connection region for an electric conductor, and the connection region is paired with the connection opening, wherein the bridge contact element has at least two contact regions for contacting a respective mating contact element of a mating plug connector module, and each contact region is paired with a contact opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey PAWLICKI, Julie RUTTER, Wade FOURNIER, Ingo SIEBERING
  • Publication number: 20250038453
    Abstract: A modular element for assembly with a further modular element to form a plug-in connector module is suitable for arrangement in an accurately oriented manner at a plug-in location of the plug-in connector module. The plug-in location has a coding of the arrangement of the plug-in connector module in a first direction and a plug-in direction of the modular element; and the modular element has a coding which corresponds to the coding of the plug-in location. The modular element has a further coding which corresponds to the coding of the modular element in such a way that it is ensured that an assembled plug-in connector module, which is unsuitable for the plug-in location, without the coding and a correspondingly faulty attempt when assembling two modular elements are precluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas RÜTER, Heiko MEIER, Christof HERMONI
  • Publication number: 20250023292
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a connector housing with a cable feedthrough opening, a connection opening, at least one first retention feature and at least one contact insert. The contact insert accommodates at least one contact element and/or at least one connector module and/or a half connector module. The contact insert has at least one fastening frame that has at least one second retention feature. The second retention feature corresponds to the first retention feature. The corresponding retention feature, the first retention feature and the second retention feature, are detachably connected by a fastener, The fastening frame is held in the connector housing by the fastener. The fastener has at least one fixing body, a spring element, and a fixing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Albert FERDERER
  • Publication number: 20250023295
    Abstract: The invention is based on an electrical connector, having a connector housing with a cable feedthrough opening, a connection opening, at least one first retention feature and at least one contact insert. The contact insert accommodates at least one contact element and/or at least one connector module and/or a half connector module and has at least one fastening frame. The fastening frame has at least one second retention feature, wherein the second retention feature corresponds to the first retention feature, and wherein at least one fastener interacts with the first retention feature and the corresponding second retention feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Patent number: 12200856
    Abstract: A circuit board has an upper face and a lower face. The circuit board comprises at least two circuits, with each of the at least two circuits comprising at least one conductor track and at least one current carrying electronic component. The circuit board has at least one through-hole which is provided with at least one insulating unit. The at least one insulating unit is arranged in the at least one through-hole and so is mechanically connected to the circuit board and thus is positioned between a first circuit and at least one second circuit of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung &Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert Kropiewnicki
  • Publication number: 20240421509
    Abstract: In order to design a cable connection system so as to be operable particularly reliably and to be simultaneously compact, the actuator (1?) is provided at the ends of its actuation arms (122) with an actuation web (123), in the form of a protrusion (13), for reducing friction forces. In order to save on construction space for the collar of an electric cable and for regions of a clamping spring, the actuator (1?) has a receiving opening (120) above the actuation web (123). For the resultantly necessary stabilization, it has stiffening ribs (127) which are integrally formed on the outside of the actuation arms (122). As a result, the actuator (1?) can advantageously be manufactured from plastic and nevertheless have sufficient stability. In addition, the stiffening ribs (127) can be used as an installation aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert KROPIEWNICKI, Sergej ZIER
  • Publication number: 20240380141
    Abstract: A push-in insert for a connector includes a main body, multiple push-in contact assemblies and a retaining plate, and at least one push-in protective grounding assembly arranged on a side wall of the insert, and a protective conductor being connectable onto the protective grounding assembly. A connector includes the push-in insert. Thus, simple, fast, reliable and shock-resistant connections of a protective conducting wire and an electrical conducting wire are achieved, being suited to installation of not only rigid conducting wire but also flexible conducting wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hongwei YU, Yingtao WANG