Patents Assigned to Stiftung & Co, KG
  • Publication number: 20240145946
    Abstract: A contact spring arrangement includes a carrier structure which has a support wall made of a conductive material. A contact spring has a base limb, held in a fixed position with respect to the support wall, and a clamping limb which, together with the support wall, forms a plug socket narrowing in the insertion direction for a core of an electrical conductor. A release member is guided displaceably in a guide body in the insertion direction with respect to the support wall and has an actuation arm which, in a release position, engages on a flank of the clamping limb facing towards the plug socket and holds the clamping limb, counter to the spring force, in a position bent back towards the base limb. The carrier structure forms a stop which limits the range of movement of the release member in the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert KROPIEWNICKI, Daniel WESSELER
  • Publication number: 20240145945
    Abstract: Disclosed is an overstretch prevention mechanism for a clamping spring (3) of a clamping spring-type contact device, the overstretch prevention mechanism consisting of a stop (21, 11) of an actuator (2) on a bus bar (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert KROPIEWNICKI, Daniel WESSELER
  • Publication number: 20240145981
    Abstract: A multiple-combination connector includes a housing which is formed by a lower housing and a matching upper housing. The lower housing has at least one opening. At least one socket is attached to the opening. A plurality of individual plugs which can be independently inserted into the socket. The connector can bring about a flexible combination of different types and different numbers of plugs/sockets and meet different application requirements. Since the design is that of a single plug, it is possible to assemble and disassemble the cables one by one, thereby facilitating assembly. The connector can prevent incorrect insertion and withstand disassembly and assembly. The problem of powder spraying is easily solved. The EMC functions, Ingress Protection (waterproof and dustproof) functions and protective earthing functions are implemented. The accumulation of rain, snow, ice and dust is effectively prevented, and small size and easy installation are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ensign WEN, Denny HELLIGE, Frank BÖHMANN, Jens HORSTMANN
  • Patent number: 11945145
    Abstract: A method for producing a component, wherein in the method the following steps are carried out, in particular in the following sequence: providing at least one upper mold carrier and at least one lower mold carrier, wherein the at least one upper mold carrier has at least two upper mold modules and the at least one lower mold carrier has at least one lower mold module; moving the at least one upper mold carrier and/or the at least one lower mold carrier in at least one direction into at least one predetermined position; combining a first upper mold module of the at least two upper mold modules of the at least one upper mold carrier and a first lower mold module of the at least one first lower mold module of the at least one lower mold carrier in the at least one predetermined position such that one or more work stations for carrying out at least one step for producing the component are formed; carrying out the at least one production step to form the component, as well as a device for producing a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Hahn
  • Patent number: 11946652
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve has a magnetic coil and a movable element coupled to a valve element. The magnetic coil, when excited, conveys the movable element in one direction to move the valve element from its initial position into its active position. A control circuit for the electromagnetic valve has a current source for optionally supplying current to the magnetic coil and a measuring device for measuring a voltage level of the magnetic coil and/or a current level through the magnetic coil. A monitoring unit which is connected to the measuring device establishes a switching state of the electromagnetic valve corresponding to the position of its valve element based on the intended current supply state of the current source and the current and/or voltage characteristic measured by the measuring device and, if appropriate, determines a fault state of the current supply and/or the electromagnetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jakub Betiuk, Michal Siesicki
  • Publication number: 20240106157
    Abstract: A holding frame for connector includes different latch and spring elements on opposite side walls of a base frame attached and project with their respective guiding portion whose T- or L-shaped post. The guiding portion ensures through its catching funnel for a comfortable insertion of the connector modules in the correct polarization and thereby, and while holding the then in the holding frame latched connector modules, stabilizing the post. In the construction of the holding frame is a permutation of various latch and spring elements on the base frame by an interaction of their fixing contour with a fixing contour of the respective side wall of the base frame prevented. Due to the special shape of the latch and spring elements, a cable connection-side removal of a connector module is possible if the holding frame is already installed in a commercially available attachment housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Chuansheng DING, Yingtao WANG, Jingcai HE, Heiko MEIER
  • Publication number: 20240090124
    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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert KROPIEWNICKI
  • Publication number: 20240062559
    Abstract: In order for a supplier of connectors to reduce personnel costs and to guarantee customers a consistently high quality standard promptly and reliably, even for global data traffic, a method for identifying connectors, comprising the following steps, is proposed: a. automatic identification of components (10, 2, 3, 3?, 3?) of an industrial connector (1), from at least one image file; b. analysis of the geometric relationships and/or functional connections between the components (10, 2, 3, 3?, 3?); c. extraction of individual characteristics of the components (10, 2, 3, 3?, 3?) from the image file using information obtained in step b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Felix LOSKE, Oliver BEYER
  • Patent number: 11909162
    Abstract: An electrical contact element (1) for transmitting high currents has a connection region (A) and a contact region (K). The connection region (A) has a cylindrical opening (2) and the contact region (K) has a cylindrical passage opening (3). The opening (2) and the passage opening (3) are oriented orthogonally relative to each other and a peripheral contact strip (4) is arranged within the cylindrical passage opening (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert Kropiewnicki
  • Patent number: 11901676
    Abstract: A coupling device is provided having a first connector with a first primary pin and a second primary pin. The coupling device also defines a first recess and a second recess. The first recess is configured to receive a first component selected from the group consisting of a fuse or a jumper, and the second recess is configured to receive a second component selected from the group consisting of a fuse or a jumper. The first recess is closed when the first component is received in the first recess. When the first recess is closed, the first component forms part of a first electrical circuit with the first primary pin. Additionally, the second recess is closed when the second component is received in the second recess. When the second recess is closed, the second component forms part of a second electrical circuit with the second primary pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: David Mathias
  • Publication number: 20240047899
    Abstract: A flush-mounted plug connector is suitable for use in a battery management system. A plug connector housing has an assembly flange for assembling the plug on a housing wall of a housing, e.g. of the battery management system. A plug contact is integrated into the plug connector housing. The plug contact has a plug-in axis, a plug-in region, and a cable connection region. The cable connection region can be connected to the battery management system via a connection cable which is designed as a high-current cable. The cable connection region is designed as a crimp connection such that the plug contact is a crimp contact which is held in the plug connector housing in a rotatable manner about the plug-in axis at least during the assembly process, and after being assembled, the integrated crimp contact can be disassembled again by means of a disassembly tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Publication number: 20240030641
    Abstract: An electric contact element for use in a printed circuit board plug connector is formed with at least two opposing narrow faces and at least two opposing wide faces. At least one narrow face is designed to be used as a contact surface in order to be brought into an electrically conductive connection with a counter contact element. At least the contact surface of the contact element and of the counter contact element are designed to have identical structures, and the wide face has at least one rigid region and a flexible region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jana BÜTTEMEYER, Gert HAVERMANN, Marc GENAU, Dieter ROSE
  • Publication number: 20240014590
    Abstract: An angled printed circuit board connector is suitable for connecting at least one circuit board to at least one additional circuit board or at least one corresponding circuit board connector. It comprises a housing, at least two contact elements which are arranged in pairs and have at least two narrow sides and at least two wide sides. The contact elements have at least one flexible contact region. At least the flexible contact region of the contact elements are substantially identically shaped. The housing is designed to orient the contact elements substantially parallel to the connected circuit board. Each contact has a rigid contact region that adjoins the flexible contact region. The rigid contact region has at least one fastening element for fastening the contact element in the housing. The rigid contact region forms at least one angle of 80° to 100°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jana BÜTTEMEYER, Gert HAVERMANN, Arno WESTPHAL, Marc GENAU
  • Publication number: 20240006819
    Abstract: A high-current plug-in connector (1, 1?), comprising a plug-in connector housing (13) and a socket contact (12, 12?) which is arranged therein and has a plug-in region (121, 121?) with a contact hole (120, 120?), wherein the high-current plug-in connector (1) has a coding for identifying its maximum current-carrying capacity, wherein the socket contact (12) has, at the contact hole (120), one or more grooves (1200), each with a contact spring (122) arranged therein or at least engaging therein, wherein the number of contact springs (122) determines the current-carrying capacity of the high-current plug-in connector (1), and the coding is formed by the depth of the contact hole (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Patent number: 11861102
    Abstract: A method for operating a capacitive touch-sensitive switch having a capacitive sensor element and a sensor circuit includes initially setting a scanning frequency of the capacitive touch-sensitive switch with a good signal-to-noise ratio and then operating the capacitive touch-sensitive switch at a scanning frequency which has been set to detect switch actuation. The process of setting the scanning frequency includes operating the touch-sensitive switch using a first measurement method and at a selected scanning frequency, detecting the measurement signals from the sensor circuit and checking whether the detected measurement signals contain or could contain a critical alias effect. If no critical alias effect and no possibility of a critical alias effect are detected during the check, the scanning frequency can be set as the selection frequency for detection operation of the touch-sensitive switch. A capacitive touch-sensitive switch is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Krzysztof Kierys, Adrian Podsiadlowski
  • Patent number: 11859951
    Abstract: An electronic irritation device includes a plurality of electronic irritation signal modules. Each of the modules has at least one emitter for emitting optical or acoustic irritation signals, and additionally a connection device for coupling the plurality of irritation signal modules to one another and an unlocking device for automatically unlocking the connection device in order to decouple the plurality of irritation signal modules from one another and thereby distribute them spatially. Distributing a plurality of irritation signal modules makes it possible to increase the probability of an irritation effect upon deployment of a single irritation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Hoelzl, Robert Stark, Oliver Klettke, Mathias Glasmacher, Wolfgang Cabanski
  • Publication number: 20230411879
    Abstract: A printed circuit board connector for connecting at least one circuit board to at least one additional circuit board or at least one corresponding circuit board connector, comprises a housing, at least two contact elements which are arranged in pairs and have at least two narrow sides and at least two wide sides, the contact elements having at least one flexible contact region, at least the flexible contact region of the contact elements being substantially identically shaped, the housing being designed to orient the contact elements substantially perpendicularly to the receiving circuit board, each contact having a rigid contact region that adjoins the flexible contact region, the rigid contact region having at least one fastening element for fastening the contact element in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jana BÜTTEMEYER, Gert HAVERMANN, Marc GENAU, Arno WESTPHAL
  • Publication number: 20230411916
    Abstract: A crimping tool for crimping a contact sleeve onto an electrical conductor of a cable has at least a cable transport device, a cutting and stripping device, a crimping device and a printing device, which are disposed one following the other in this order in a direction on a cable feed-through of the crimping tool with an axis. The crimping tool is designed such that a cable end of the cable, which cable end is inserted via a cable inlet opening of the cable feed-through, is fed by the cable transport device in the direction to the cutting and stripping device, to the crimping device and to the printing device and subsequently is led out of the crimping tool via a cable outlet opening of the cable feed-through, which cable outlet opening is opposite the cable inlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel WESSELER, Joachim KRÄMER
  • Publication number: 20230402790
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises: a first connector, which has a housing forming an installation space and has a contact terminal accommodated in the installation space; a second connector, which has a housing forming an installation space and has a contact terminal accommodated in the installation space; and a locking device, by means of which the first and second connectors are locked while they are joined together. The locking device comprises a release protection component on either the first connector or the second connector and an insert on the other of the components first connector and second connector. The disclosure further relates to an adapter, a connector, a lateral locking device and a mounting frame for the connector assembly. The connector assembly is easy to assemble, allows the entire device to be made compact, and has improved electromagnetic shielding and watertightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Denny HELLIGE, Ensign WEN, Frank BÖHMANN
  • Patent number: 11837856
    Abstract: A bushing housing (1) for leading one or more lines and/or cables out of or into a closed area comprises a housing member (2) and a matching removable housing cover (3). The housing member (2) has a breakthrough hole (5) and at least one exit hole (6, 6?), the planes of which extend substantially perpendicularly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Denny Hellige, Ensign Wen, Walter Gerstl