Patents Assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
  • Patent number: 11845348
    Abstract: A charging plug for a motor vehicle, having a connection module and a load contact module, the connection module being connectable to supply lines for supplying power, the load contact module having a load contact for transmitting charging power, and the load contact module being detachably and replaceably secured to the connection module, the load contact module including a temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Moseke
  • Patent number: 11811160
    Abstract: A plug contact for an electrical charging connector includes: a contact element having a contact area with at least one spring-loaded contact means, and a connection area for connecting an electrical conductor; a cooling element arranged at least in some areas around the contact area; and a heat-conducting element arranged between the cooling element and the contact element. The heat-conducting element is elastic and thermally and mechanically contacts the cooling element and the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 11749934
    Abstract: A plug connector part for connecting to a mating plug connector part includes: a housing part; a connector part that is to be locked to the housing part and has a plug section on which at least one contact element is arranged for a plug connection to the mating plug connector part; a cover element that is to be connected to the connector part and has at least one line outlet for receiving an electrical line connected to the connector part; and a frame part, which is to be connected in a latching manner to the connector part and is formed to fasten the cover element to the connector part when the frame part is placed on the connector part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Feldner, Carsten Garth, Cedric Deppe, Tanja Gebhardt
  • Patent number: 11745607
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging plug (100) for coupling to a corresponding plug connection (200) and for transmitting electrical energy, said charging plug comprising a charging plug housing (110) having a latching body (10) which is provided for establishing a detachable frictional and/or interlocking connection between the charging plug (100) and the plug connection (200) together with a corresponding latching body (20) of the plug connection (200), the latching body (10) having at least one detecting element (11) in a portion of the latching body (10) which is provided for frictional and/or interlocking connection to the corresponding latching body (20), and the charging plug housing (110) having at least one sensor unit (111) by means of which the detecting element (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Führer, Robert Babezki
  • Patent number: 11718192
    Abstract: A protective grounding and cooling system for a charging plug includes at least one protective ground conductor contact for galvanic connection to a protective ground conductor, and at least one cooling device for dissipating heat generated in the charging plug. The cooling device is galvanically connected to the protective ground conductor contact. The cooling device has a protective ground conductor connection for at least partial galvanic connection to the protective ground conductor, and in that the protective ground conductor contact, the cooling device and the protective ground conductor connection are arranged such that the protective ground conductor contact is galvanically connected to the protective ground conductor connection by means of the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Führer
  • Patent number: 11648842
    Abstract: A plug connector part for charging an electrically-operated vehicle is provided. The plug connector part includes at least one electrical contact element which is connectable along an insertion direction to a counter-contact element of a counter-plug connector part and has a plurality of contact lamellae grouped around a plug opening for receiving the counter-contact element. The plug connector part also includes a spring element arranged at the contact lamellae circumferentially around the insertion direction, at least in portions, in order to provide a mechanical pre-tensing. Further, a sensor device is configured to detect a measurement variable and is arranged at least at one of the contact lamellae and is held by the spring element at the at least one of the contact lamellae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 11623532
    Abstract: A holding assembly for holding an electrical charging device includes: a base plate having an upper side and at least one latching hook which extends from the upper side of the base plate and which latches with a latching contour of the charging device; and a securing frame which is attached to the base plate so as to be movable between a first position and a second position and clamps the latching hook in an open state in the first position and to secure the latching hook in a closed state in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Feldner, Carsten Garth, Kai Schlueter
  • Patent number: 11529881
    Abstract: A load contact module for a charging plug-in connection includes: a load contact, which is designed to electromechanically contact a load contact to be inserted and/or slid on; a mounting portion, which is designed to connect the load contact module to a support of a charging plug and/or of a charging socket; and a temperature sensor for the temperature monitoring of a charging process, wherein the temperature sensor has a distance from the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-Mobility GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Moseke
  • Patent number: 11381122
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for detecting a plug-in operation of a charging connector in a charging socket of an electrically drivable vehicle, wherein the charging connector has a control signal line for transmitting control signals between the electrically drivable vehicle and a charging station, including: detecting an amplitude change of a control signal on the control signal line in order to detect the plug-in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Sander, Ulrich Wasmuth, Marco Seelig
  • Patent number: 11349230
    Abstract: A charging cable for transmitting electric energy has a non-metallic sheathed cable and includes at least four electric conductor cables (a1, a2, b1, b2, pe) provided in the non-metallic sheathed cable. A first electric conductor cable and a second electric conductor cable are both assigned to a first voltage potential. A third electric conductor cable and a fourth electric conductor cable are both assigned to a second voltage potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-Mobility GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 11117479
    Abstract: A charging system for transmitting an electric charging current to an energy receiver including: a charging plug for coupling to a corresponding connecting apparatus; an electronic control device; and at least one temperature sensor for determining a temperature of a current-carrying component of the charging system. The temperature sensor is coupled to the electronic control device for outputting temperature measurement data which represents the temperature of the current-carrying component. The charging system further has an ambient temperature sensor for determining an ambient temperature of the charging system and is coupled to the electronic control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 11069992
    Abstract: A connector part for connecting in a plug-in manner to an associated mating connector part includes: a housing part; a plug-in face which is formed on the housing part and by which the connector part is connectable, in a plug-in manner, to the mating connector part and on which a plurality of contact elements for electrically connecting to the mating connector part is arranged; and a circuit board, on which at least one electrical or electronic functional component is arranged, the circuit board having a first opening through which a first contact element of the plurality of contact elements extends, the circuit board comprising at least one first contact spring for the thermal and/or electrical contact with the first contact element and at least one second contact spring for the thermal and/or electrical contact with a second contact element of the plurality of contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Feldner, Carsten Garth, Tanja Gebhardt
  • Patent number: 11005221
    Abstract: A charging plug, having a housing for accommodating power contacts and power contacts for power transmission, and having an apparatus for detecting liquid, which apparatus is configured to detect liquid collecting inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Führer
  • Patent number: 10985507
    Abstract: A connector part for connecting to a mating connector part includes: a housing part; an electrical contact element arranged on the housing part for making electrical contact with the mating connector part; and a temperature monitoring device having a sensor device for detecting a heating on the contact element. The temperature monitoring device includes a carrier element which extends flatly along a plane, on which the sensor device is arranged, and which has two clip arms via which the carrier element is clippable onto the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Rose, Marco Seelig, Dirk Moseke, Christian Sander
  • Patent number: 10843582
    Abstract: A plug connector part for connecting to a mating plug connector part includes: a housing part; an inlet part that is connectable to the housing part, the inlet part having a plug section on which at least one contact element is arrangeable for a plug-in connection to the mating plug connector part; and a locking frame having at least one first latching element, the locking frame being latched in a first mounting position to the inlet part via the at least one first latching element in order to attach the inlet part together with the locking frame to the housing part. The inlet part in a position attached to the housing part is connected in a positive-locking manner to the housing part via at least one second latching element. The locking frame is movable from the first mounting position relative to the inlet part to a second mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Feldner, Carsten Garth, Kai Schlueter
  • Patent number: 10717368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power contact (10) for a charging plug (100) and/or for a charging socket, wherein the power contact (10) has a first connection region (21) for galvanically connecting to an electrical energy receiver or energy transmitter, and a second connection region (31) for galvanically connecting to a charging line (120), wherein the power contact (10) is characterised by the following features: the power contact (10) is formed as two parts and has a base component (30) and a contacting component (20) that can be connected to the base component (30), wherein the contacting component (20) is designed such that it can be detached from the base component (30), such that the contacting component (20) of the power contact (10) can be exchanged; the first connection region (21) is arranged in the contacting component (20) and the second connection region (31) is arranged in the base component (30); and, when connecting the contacting component (20) to the base component (30), the first connection
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Wenz
  • Patent number: D890704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Moseke, Marco Seelig, Katja Zarges, Edmund Neumann
  • Patent number: D902866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Edmund Neumann
  • Patent number: D925443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Moseke, Marco Seelig, Edmund Neumann, Katja Zarges
  • Patent number: D949797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Stamm, Katja Zarges