Patents Assigned to Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 9502796
    Abstract: A round plug-in connector has a connection side configured for contacting circuit boards. For transmitting several independent, differential signals, the plug-in connector includes electric contacts arranged in pairs, with each of four signal pairs being insulated from each other by a cruciform structure, and being arranged inside an electrically non-conductive round body surrounding the cruciform structure. An electrically conductive screen cross is surrounded by a cruciform contact carrier with accepting grooves in diagonally embodied internal edges for holding the electric contacts. The round body is pushed over the cruciform arrangement, and is surrounded by an electrically conductive housing. Connection ends of the electric contacts that are intended to be aligned precisely on a circuit board, via a positioning aid, are attached to the round body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Melanie Genau
  • Patent number: 8262406
    Abstract: A connector housing with an angled strain relief element is separably fixed thereon in different directions. The housing includes an insulating body with a square collar around an opening, wherein the collar features a peripheral recess with interlocking recesses. The angled strain relief element features a connection opening that is consistent with this opening, as well as a U-Shaped rail that surrounds the connection openings on three sides. The rail features interlocking tabs and interlocking hooks and can be completely inserted into the recess of the insulating body until it interlocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marc Lindkamp
  • Patent number: 8246377
    Abstract: In a connector housing with integrated cable clamp, it is proposed to provide a receptacle sleeve for an electrical cable that is integrally formed on the connector housing and provided with clamping elements that are distributed over the radius and point in the mating direction. When a pressure screw is screwed onto the receptacle sleeve, the clamping elements are pressed radially inward and the electrical cable is clamped in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler
  • Patent number: 8192221
    Abstract: In order to simplify the assembly of a shielded connector, it is proposed that an electrically insulating base body provided as a carrier for electric contacts features a mounting surface with two openings, wherein a recess that respectively features an integral collar on its inner side is respectively arranged around these openings. In addition, the base body is provided with lateral fastening elements that respectively feature a window formed by a frame. The frame can be positively fitted into the appropriate recess by bending the fastening elements such that the fastening element is positively and non-positively fixed on the base body. An electrically conductive shielding element that largely surrounds the base body contacts the fastening elements that, in turn, contact ground strips on the circuit board such that the connector is shielded from external voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Schmettkamp, Christian Schuetz
  • Patent number: 8077471
    Abstract: A pressure guide for an electric connection between strip conductors on a circuit board and electric contacts arranged in an edge connector is provided. The pressing device aligns a circuit board guided between two guide bars by a spring element arranged in the one of the guide bars, such that the electric strip conductors applied on the circuit board exactly conform to the contacts arranged within the edge connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7938696
    Abstract: For the transmission of high-frequency signals >2.5 GHz or 5 Gbps by means of a separable plug connection, the invention proposes a symmetrically shaped electric contact (1, 1?) that features a contact body (4) with the contact side (3) with U-shaped spring legs (13), as well as a connection end (5). Contact domes (15) that are directed toward one another and feature contact zones (16) that are narrower than the material thickness of the spring legs (13) are integrally formed onto both spring legs (13). When joining the two electric contacts (1, 1?) that are mated while they are turned relative to one another by 90 degrees in the mating direction, the contact domes (15) or their contact zones (16) of one electric contact (1, 1?) engage into the contact body (4) of the other electric contact (1, 1?) in a paired fashion such that electric signals travel distances with identical transit times on one leg and on the other leg and so-called stub effects, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Melanie Genau, Gert Havermann, Hubert Breitfeld, Stefan Baumert
  • Patent number: 7938674
    Abstract: In a cable clamp for fixing an electrical cable (8) that is connected to a connector, it is proposed to insert a clamping element (10) into a cylindrical cable receptacle (2) integrally moulded on the connector housing (1) such that it can be displaced by means of a pressure screw (20). Clamping fingers (13) that are integrally moulded on the clamping element (10) fix the electrical cable (8) extending within the clamping element (10) while guiding fingers (12) integrally moulded on the clamping element (10) prevent the clamping element (10) from turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler
  • Patent number: 7874740
    Abstract: A housing (10) for an optical waveguide ferrule (12), includes first distance elements (22, 28) being determinative for a distance between two adjacently arranged housings (10) and being formed by formations of the housing (10), the first distance elements (22, 28) being located opposite each other with respect to one of a center axis (M) of the housing (10) and the optical waveguide ferrule (12) arranged in the housing (10), and the first distance elements (22, 28) being formed by a pair of first distance elements of a first type (22) and a second type (28) differing from the first type (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rita Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 7845981
    Abstract: In order to simplify the assembly of a shielded connector, it is proposed that an electrically insulating base body provided as a carrier for electric contacts features a mounting surface with two openings, wherein a recess that respectively features an integral collar on its inner side is respectively arranged around these openings. In addition, the base body is provided with lateral fastening elements that respectively feature a window formed by a frame. The frame can be positively fitted into the appropriate recess by bending the fastening elements such that the fastening element is positively and non-positively fixed on the base body. An electrically conductive shielding element that largely surrounds the base body contacts the fastening elements that, in turn, contact ground strips on the circuit board such that the connector is shielded from external voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean-Merri de Vanssay, Emmanuel Dolley, Bertrand Dauchelle
  • Patent number: 7717716
    Abstract: In order to realize the electric contacting of two parallel printed boards, the invention proposes a printed board connector that features coaxial plug modules realized in the form of pin and socket contacts. For this purpose, it is proposed that the two plug modules have such a design that they can be turned and tilted about their central mating axis within a certain range on the printed board in order to compensate misalignments or deviations between the positions of the printed boards relative to one another. It is furthermore proposed to realize certain distances between the printed boards by means of plug modules of different lengths on the pin side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Dahms
  • Patent number: 7677906
    Abstract: In a board-edge connector designed for directly contacting a printed board includes a ground connection between the printed board and the connector which engages before the printed board is completely mated and connected to the voltage supply. A grounding contact is arranged in one of the corner regions within the plug-in slot of the printed board connector, wherein the grounding contact is connected to a grounding strip on the printed board on which the printed board connector is fixed. During the mating process, the printed board, onto which a grounding strip is applied on at least one of the lateral edges within the mating region, slides past the grounding contact such that an electrostatic equalization between the printed board to be newly inserted and the connector takes place before the contacting of the remaining electric contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7645146
    Abstract: A circuit board connector extension comprising a body made of plastic and able to be attached to a circuit board, with first and second groups of contacts which each have one connecting end for contacting conductor tracks on the circuit board and one plug-in end for contacting contacts of a connector piece, the connecting ends of the two groups of contacts being arranged on one and the same side of the body, whereas the plug-in ends of the first group being arranged on a side of the body difference from that where the plug-in ends of the second group are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler, Gert Havermann, Dieter Rose
  • Patent number: 7513780
    Abstract: In order to produce a plug-type connection between two circuit boards that are arranged parallel to one another, the invention proposes a coaxially designed connector that is simultaneously realized in the form of a hermaphroditic contact. This means that only one surface-mountable connector element is required which can be mated with a second connector element of identical design. The two collar-shaped connector elements (1) to be mated can be inserted into one another by means of notches (15, 17) that are provided in the collar (11) for this purpose. The connector element (1) to be manufactured by means of injection moulding and the MID-technique preferably features a square, collar-shaped base body (10) with an electrically conductive coating and a separate electric signaling contact (40) that is arranged in insulating fashion in a contact holder (30) within the base body (10) such that effective shielding is also realized for the transmission of high frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7503766
    Abstract: In order to prevent the mismating of several daughterboards (2) that are combined into a plug-in unit (20) with corresponding board connectors (3) on a motherboard (1), it is proposed that the mating of the plug-in unit (20) is effectively prevented by means of a blocking block (10) that is inserted into an intermediate space between two board connectors (3) that are spaced apart from one another by a regular connector spacing and snapped into window-like recesses (4) of the board connectors (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gert Havermann
  • Patent number: 7503796
    Abstract: Precise contact guidance of contact decks on a printed circuit board relative to the electric contacts in a card edge connector, is achieved using a pressing spring within the slot of the card edge connector in such a way that it mechanically deflects the mating region of the printed circuit board into a position in which a precisely fitted coincidence of the respective contacts is expected before the electric contacting takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7479037
    Abstract: A connection between a shielding sleeve of a connector housing and an inner as well as an outer braided shield of an electric cable is produced by providing a shielding sleeve with a contact, the end piece of which has an omega-like shape and regionally encompasses the braided shield in a contacting fashion, in which an additional contact tab protruding out of the contact pad is provided for contacting the braided shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean Francois Bernat, Jean-Merri de Vanssay, Alexandre Mermaz
  • Patent number: 7413478
    Abstract: In order to connect an electric PE (protective earth) contact with an electrically conductive connector housing, PE (protective earth) contact that is realized in the form of a pin or socket contact and arranged in a sleeve of an insulating supply insert that is directly contacted with the connector housing and fixed by means of a screw connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Kleinschmidt, Marco Tadje
  • Patent number: 7335047
    Abstract: The invention proposes a metallic push-pull connector for use in harsh and moist industrial environments that is provided with a sliding sleeve and features an interlocking device that causes the connector to be interlocked with a mating connector during the installation process, wherein the interlocking hooks of the interlocking device are levered out of snap-in depressions in the mating connector by means of a wedge-shaped slope when the sliding sleeve is pulled back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean Francois Bernat, Jean-Merri de Vanssay
  • Patent number: 7229319
    Abstract: In order, to transmit differential signals between two printed boards, there is provided a printed board connector comprising an insulating connector housing and disk-shaped modules that contain electric contact elements and are arranged in the connector housing, wherein modules featuring signaling contacts and modules featuring shielding contacts are alternately arranged adjacent to one another. In this case, the shielding module is realized in such a way that signaling contact pairs arranged on top of one another are also at least regionally shielded relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Gert Havermann, Andreas Kohler
  • Patent number: 7137845
    Abstract: A plug connector consisting of a female plug and a male plug comprises a plurality of signal contacts that are combined into an assembly, and a plurality of power contacts that likewise are combined into an assembly. The power contact assembly has a housing provided with insulation piercing contacts, as well as a cable guide that includes a cable receiving opening and is pivotally provided on the housing, so that it can swivel between an open position in which a cable can be pushed into the cable receiving opening, and a closed position in which the cable is forced into the insulation piercing contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean Francois Bernat, Jean-Merri De Vanssay