Patents Assigned to MINKELS B.V.
  • Patent number: 12785374
    Abstract: A sealing element 2 for sealing a passage for a cable assembly 3 through a wall 11c is described. The sealing element 2 has a first member 21 and a second member 22 mutually coupled by a sleeve 24 made of flexible material. The first and the second member, as well as the sleeve, are dividable to accept a longitudinal part of the cable assembly inside the periphery of the first and the second member, as well as the sleeve, and re-unitable to enclose said longitudinal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignees: MINKELS B.V., LEGRAND SNC, LEGRAND FRANCE
    Inventor: Bastiaan Rutgers
  • Patent number: 12376250
    Abstract: A sheet metal part for use in housing for accommodating devices such as electrical, electronic and optical devices is described. The sheet metal part comprises a penetrable opening through which the shank of a screw may be provided to bring the penetrable opening from an unpenetrated state to a penetrated state. The penetrable opening in the unpenetrated state is covered by an airtight coating layer, has a central area configured to accommodate a threaded shank of the screw and a lug extending radially outward from the central area over some distance, and the lug of the penetrable opening is configured to be bent back with the central area without coming loose from the sheet metal part when the penetrable opening is brought in the penetrated state by the shank of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: MINKELS B.V., LEGRAND SNC, LEGRAND FRANCE
    Inventors: Petrus Hendrijus Driessen, Olaf De Jong