Patents Assigned to Turck Inc.
  • Patent number: 11923636
    Abstract: A cable connector is provided having a backshell defining an interior chamber, wherein the backshell has a cable-guide-through-opening, through which a cable can be guided into the interior chamber; and the cable connector has a strain-relief member for providing a strain-relief to the cable. In order to make an inexpensive and easy to assemble cable connector, that allows multiple sizes of cables or a bundle of cables to enter the backshell by providing sufficient clamping force such that the cable or cables is/are not easily removed, the backshell has at least a first recess extending to the interior chamber; the strain-relief member is adapted to be fixed to an exterior of the cable, and the strain-relief member protrudes from the interior chamber into the first recess for providing the strain-relief to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TURCK INC.
    Inventor: Mathew Richard Meyer
  • Patent number: 11598480
    Abstract: A mounting fixture for mounting a sensor housing to a mounting surface includes: a clamp jaw having a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part of the clamp jaw each including a polygonal recess and being attachable to each other such that a recess of the first part of the clamp jaw and a recess of the second part of the clamp jaw together form an essentially hexagonal recess. The first part and the second part of the clamp jaw are attachable to each other by at least one fastening element so as to fixate the sensor housing in the essentially hexagonal recess. At least one of the first part and second part of the clamp jaw includes a mounting element for mounting the mounting fixture to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TURCK INC.
    Inventors: Dieter Becher, Bruno Gries
  • Patent number: 11450974
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes: a first end; a second end; and a solder cup section formed at the first end. The solder cup section conductively connects to an electric component including a wire, by soldering. The solder cup section has a circumferential wall region with an upper edge defining a solder cup opening at the first end, and a solder cup base, which is arranged opposite the solder cup opening and which defines a base of the solder cup section. The electrical contact is stamped and formed from a metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TURCK INC.
    Inventors: Justin Lee Neisius, Marco Luke Mathias, John Brendan O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 10898992
    Abstract: A fastening aid for screwing a fastener having a locknut by rotating the fastener around a rotation axis with a predetermined torque includes a sleeve element being attachable around the locknut along the rotation axis, an engaging structure provided at an inner surface of the sleeve and configured to engage with the locknut when the sleeve is attached around the locknut, a clasp element for reversibly closing the sleeve element to a closed state for attaching the sleeve around the locknut, and for reversibly opening the sleeve element to an opened state for detaching the sleeve from the locknut. The fastening aid is configured to allow screwing of the fastener around the rotation axis when exposed to a torque smaller than or equal to the predetermined torque and to prevent screwing the fastener around the rotation axis when the predetermined torque is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TURCK INC.
    Inventor: Marco Luke Mathias
  • Patent number: 10644434
    Abstract: A connector comprises an enclosure configured to receive at least one electrical conductor within the enclosure, a sealing ring surrounding the enclosure in tight mechanical contact, a compression ring surrounding the sealing ring in tight mechanical contact and being adapted to press the sealing ring against the enclosure, and an over-mold element arranged to surround at least a part of the compression ring and at least a part of the enclosure and configured to form a fusion bond with the compression ring. The sealing ring is configured to form a mechanical seal between the enclosure and the compression ring, and the compression ring and the over-mold element are configured to form a fusion bond seal between themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TURCK INC.
    Inventor: Alexander Rudolph Sheets
  • Patent number: 6737580
    Abstract: A housing for protectively shielding control sensors detectors, or similar devices from harsh work environments. The housing comprises an enclosure having a sensing area transparent to electromagnetic waves. The sensing area is protected by a material that is arranged in an overlaying relation thereto, and which is of sufficient thickness to effectively protect the sensing area of the housing from harsh work environments while allowing the control sensor to operate therethrough in a normal fashion. The protective material may take the form of a laminate applied to a cap covering the sensing area, or the cap itself and/or housing may be made from the protective material. Preferably, the protective material includes material having a low coefficient of friction such as molybdenum disulfide, graphite, or polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Turck Inc.
    Inventors: William Eaton, Roger J. Saba
  • Publication number: 20030123242
    Abstract: A housing for protectively shielding control sensors detectors, or similar devices from harsh work environments. The housing comprises an enclosure having a sensing area transparent to electromagnetic waves. The sensing area is protected by a material that is arranged in an overlaying relation thereto, and which is of sufficient thickness to effectively protect the sensing area of the housing from harsh work environments while allowing the control sensor to operate therethrough in a normal fashion. The protective material may take the form of a laminate applied to a cap covering the sensing area, or the cap itself and/or housing may be made from the protective material. Preferably, the protective material includes material having a low coefficient of friction such as molybdenum disulfide, graphite, or polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: TURCK Inc.
    Inventors: William Eaton, Roger J. Saba