Patents Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
  • Electrical contact for mating with a mating contact
    Patent number: 11569603
    Abstract: An electrical contact for mating with a mating contact includes an aluminum body extending along a longitudinal axis and formed of an aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a contact zone disposed on a surface of the aluminum body and adapted to be electrically connected to a mating contact, and a contact spring connected to the aluminum body and having a contact region contacting the mating contact. The aluminum body has a connecting portion adapted to be connected to an aluminum conductor. The contact zone is formed from a material that is more creep-resistant than the aluminum body. The contact spring at least partially rests on the contact zone and is formed from a material that is harder than the aluminum body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Seipel, Waldemar Stabroth
  • Insulation Displacement Connector with Modular Structure for Fast IDC Connection
    Publication number: 20230024862
    Abstract: An insulation displacement contact (IDC) cluster includes a plurality of IDC cluster modular units each having a plurality of receptacles adjacent to one another in a row. Each of the receptacles receives an IDC terminal. A first IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units is coupled to a second IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units to form a modular structure by stacking and fastening together, arranging the receptacles of the IDC cluster modular units in parallel rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l., TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Fabio De Pasquale, Thomas Klenner
  • Housing Cap and Housing for an Electrical Connection Assembly as well as Electrical Connection Assembly
    Publication number: 20230012994
    Abstract: A housing cap for closing an opening of a housing part includes a cover section covering the opening, a stop projecting away from the cover section, and a fastening element affixing the housing cap to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Schwan
  • Electrical Multi-Core Cable Crimp Ferrule, and Crimping Method
    Publication number: 20230006372
    Abstract: A crimp ferrule includes an assembly portion assembled on a non-circular internal cross section of a multi-core cable and a diameter compensation portion forming a circular external cross section of the crimp ferrule on the multi-core cable. The assembly portion and the diameter compensation portion are arranged successively in an axial direction of the crimp ferrule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Klingler
  • Ribbon cable connector, connector assembly and use of a connector
    Patent number: 11545774
    Abstract: A ribbon cable connector for attachment to an end of a ribbon cable comprises a plurality of contact element receptacles adapted to receive a plurality of contact elements. A pair of adjacent contact element receptacles is separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Veihl, Christoph Kosmalski, Michael Schall, Robert Stab, Zoran Stjepanovic, Marcel Baltes, Willi Dietrich
  • Seal for an Electrical Connector with Reduced Insertion Force
    Publication number: 20220412463
    Abstract: A seal for an electrical connector includes a sealing surface, a bearing surface opposite the sealing surface, a plurality of sealing lips protruding on the sealing surface next to one another, a plurality of support lips protruding on the bearing surface, and a plurality of recesses on the bearing surface between the support lips. Each of the sealing lips is opposite one of the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dimitrios Mechteridis, Andreas Walz
  • Electrical High-Voltage Circuit Board Plug Contact Device and Power-Electric Circuit Board Connection
    Publication number: 20220407252
    Abstract: An electrical circuit board plug contact device includes an electrical circuit board contact element and an electrical plug contact element formed separately from the electrical circuit board contact element. The electrical plug contact element is laterally offset with respect to the electrical circuit board contact element and an electrically conductive connection is provided between the electrical circuit board contact element and the electrical plug contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Marc-Andreas Berger, Eike Luellich, Dirk Duenkel, Steffen Reichel, Juri Fionik
  • Contact device, contact system and method for assembling such a contact system
    Patent number: 11532910
    Abstract: A contact device includes a housing having a housing interior, a screw having a screw head and a shaft connected to the screw head, the shaft extending along a screw axis and having a first thread, a screw locking device connecting the screw head to the housing by a force-based and/or an interlocking engagement, and a first contact element for contacting a second contact element of a further contact device. The first contact element and the screw are arranged in the housing interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Eheim, Alexander Weber, Chris Buechling, Uwe Uster
  • Electrical connector, connector assembly and charging robot for a conductive charging system
    Patent number: 11532917
    Abstract: An electrical connector configured to be mated with a mating connector along a mating direction includes a plurality of contact elements each having a contact surface at least partially inclined with respect to the mating direction. The contact elements are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to the mating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar, Maik Schaefer, Uwe Hauck, Helge Schmidt, Waldemar Stabroth, Markus Eckel, Frank Ostendorf, Alexander Jakob
  • Adapter System for Electrical Connection of a Connector of a Cabling to Different Contact Arrangements of Different Charging Sockets
    Publication number: 20220396162
    Abstract: An adapter system for the electrical connection of a connector of a cabling to different contact arrangements of different charging sockets along a connection axis includes an adapter housing and a fastening element attaching the adapter housing to one of the charging sockets. The adapter housing has a contact surface extending perpendicularly to the connection axis and a plurality of contact openings extending along the connection axis. The contact surface is disposed at an end of the adapter housing on a socket side. An end of the adapter housing on a cable side has a cabling interface connecting to the connector. The end of the adapter housing on the socket side is attachable to each of the charging sockets by the fastening element with the contact surface in a predetermined rotational position relative to the connection axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Weyrauch, Philipp Kowarsch, Dominik Heiss
  • Pre-Assembled Plug Assembly for a Plug Extending Through a Wall
    Publication number: 20220399673
    Abstract: A plug assembly for an electrical plug extending through a wall includes a first housing part having a contact chamber receiving an electrical contact, a second housing part having a receptacle in which the first housing part is received, and a base plate fastening the plug assembly to the wall. The plug assembly is pre-assembled by fastening the first housing part and the second housing part on different sides of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Eike Tim Luellich, Dirk Duenkel
  • Contact Assembly with a Frictionally Mated Contact Element as well as Module Connector, Connection Assembly, Battery Cell and Battery Module with such Contact Assemblies
    Publication number: 20220384911
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact element having a lead-through opening, a contact section extending in a tube-shaped manner along the lead-through opening and having a contact surface, and a collar section connected to the contact section and extending the lead-through opening in a sleeve-shaped manner, a busbar having a reception opening receiving the collar section, and a fastener inserted into the lead-through opening. The contact element has a first friction surface affixable with the busbar in the reception opening in a frictionally engaging manner and a second friction surface affixable in the reception opening with the busbar or in the lead-through opening with the fastener in a frictionally engaging manner. The first friction surface and the second friction surface are mutually offset in a radial direction with respect to the lead-through opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Eheim, Alexander Weber, Bjoern Hoffmann, Frank Kaehny, Patrick Distler, Marcus Wolf
  • Contact ring and contact system
    Patent number: 11515680
    Abstract: A contact system comprises a ground cylinder, a shielding cylinder press-fit with the ground cylinder, and a contact ring disposed between the ground cylinder and the shielding cylinder. The contact ring includes a strip of electrically conductive material defining a plurality of projections on at least one longitudinal side. The projections electrically contact the ground cylinder and the shielding cylinder for establishing an electrically conductive connection therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Ivan Ivanov, Michael Burghard, Helge Schmidt, Hubert Pollok, Sönke Sachs, Marco Wolf, Christoph Kosmalski, Martin Listing, Uemit Bulduk, Jochen Fertig, Willi Dietrich
  • Plug Connector and Connector Set with a Lever Extension
    Publication number: 20220376435
    Abstract: A plug connector pluggable together with a counter connector includes a connector housing having a guiding member and a lever device. The lever device has a lever transferrable from a plug position to a securing position, a coupling that is movable by the lever to engage the counter connector, and a lever extension attached to the lever and extendable and/or retractable with respect to the lever. A swivel movement of the lever out of the securing position is blocked by the lever extension retracted with respect to the lever. The guiding member blocks a shifting of the lever extension if the lever is moved out of the plug position and is not in the securing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Buck, Michael Schall
  • Crimp Contact, Crimp Connection and Method for Making a Crimp Connection
    Publication number: 20220368039
    Abstract: A crimp contact includes a crimp barrel having a crimp base, a pair of crimp shoulders, a crimp region, and an impedance matching region. The crimp shoulders in the crimp region form a longitudinal seam when bent around an electrical conductor. An outer surface of the crimp barrel in the impedance matching region has a gradual expansion along a direction of the longitudinal seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier De Cloet, Uwe Bluemmel, Daniel Volkmann, Turgay Yilmaz, Michael Delp, Erik Glombitza, Karl Zhung-Wei Choi
  • Vibration-Proof Electrical High-Current Flat Socket Contact Device
    Publication number: 20220368071
    Abstract: An electrical flat socket contact device includes a contact chamber, a plurality of electrical contact springs arranged in the contact chamber, and a mechanical retaining spring arranged in the contact chamber separately from the electrical contact springs. A tab contact is insertable into the contact chamber. The electrical contact springs electrically contact the tab contact and the mechanical retaining spring mechanically retains the tab contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Caio Carvalho, Kevin Scheer, Harald Ulrich, Maik Schaefer, Stefan Masak, Holger Stange
  • Electrical Contact Element with a Support Ring
    Publication number: 20220360008
    Abstract: An electrical contact element includes a common base and a plurality of spring arms extending away from the common base along a longitudinal direction. The spring arms are arranged around an opening in a circumferential direction and are spaced from one another in a contactless relaxed initial state. An end of at least two of the spring arms facing away from the common base forms an annular segment projecting in the circumferential direction on at least one side of the end. The annular segments form a support ring and mutually support each other in a fully compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Samir Aboulkassem, Deeksha Venkadari Yogendra, Frank Flittner, Christian Schrettlinger
  • Cable retainer insert and connector for shielding transfer
    Patent number: 11495947
    Abstract: A cable retainer insert for a multi-strand cable includes a cable contact portion and a plurality of cable receptacles in the cable contact portion circumferentially spaced from each other. Each of the cable receptacles receives a strand of the multi-strand cable. Each of the cable receptacles has a cable strand insertion opening at a radially outward end and a bottom at an opposite radially inward end. A circle inscribed in each of the cable receptacles and touching the bottom of the cable receptacle extends radially outward beyond the cable strand insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Abiel Kidane, Andreas Herrmann, Jens Koester
  • Assembly for Securing a Printed Circuit Board to a Plug Body, Method of Securing a Printed Circuit Board to a Plug Body
    Publication number: 20220352659
    Abstract: Shown is an assembly or securing a printed circuit board to a plug body, having a contact element with a holding face facing against a plugging direction of the contact element, and a securing member, that can be transferred into a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face. Further shown is a method of securing a printed circuit board at the plug body, wherein a holding face of a contact element facing against a plug direction is inserted through an opening in the printed circuit board and subsequently a securing member is transferred to a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Schwan
  • Terminal Having A Bolt Section
    Publication number: 20220352657
    Abstract: A terminal includes a body and a bolt section at a first end of the body. The bolt section has a body passageway extending through the body and a sidewall defining the body passageway. The bolt section has a rib disposed on the sidewall and protruding into the body passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity Brasil Industria De Eletronics LTDA
    Inventors: Rafael Kazuo Sato T. Leme, Djalma Oliveira, Paulo Barletta, Jochen Mayer