Patents Assigned to Kierkert AG
  • Patent number: 6190209
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle door latch housing has a dielectric plastic body, an electrical device secured to the body, a plurality of electrical conductors each at least partially imbedded in the body and each having an end forming a terminal adjacent the device, and a plurality of connectors on the device each is elastically deformable and bearing elastically on a respective one of the terminals. Each terminal fits in a predetermined direction with the respective connector. The connectors are deformed elastically transversely to the installation direction when fitted with the respective terminals. Thus as the device is fitted to the body, its connectors are automatically joined to the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kierkert AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hülsmann, Ulrich Nass