Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
  • Publication number: 20140273666
    Abstract: An electrical terminal (10) having an electrical contact (18) and a crimp barrel (20) configured to be crimped around an end of a wire. The crimp barrel (20) includes a base (22) and opposing side walls (24) that define an opening (25) of the crimp barrel (20). The side walls (24) extend outwardly from the base (22) to ends (50) and include base segments (52) and end segments (54). A sealing wing (56) extends from the end of at least one of the side walls (24). The side walls (24) are configured to be folded over the wire when crimped such that a gap is defined between the end segment (54) and the base segment (52) of at least one of the side walls (24). The sealing wing (56) is configured to extend within the gap between the end segment (54) and the base segment (52) when the side walls (24) are crimped over the end of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ned Corman, Uwe Blümmel, Helge Schmidt, Charles D. Copper, Raymond Dennis Boyer, David B. Weaver, John Wesley Hall, John M. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140248801
    Abstract: The invention relates to contactless plug connectors and contactless plug connector systems for electromagnetically connecting a corresponding mating plug connector. In order to allow for an electromagnetic connection, the invention suggest providing at least one input terminal for inputting a baseband input signal; an antenna element arranged at the mating end of the contactless plug connector; and a transmitting circuit for modulating the inputted baseband input signal on a predetermined carrier frequency and for transmitting the modulated baseband input signal via the antenna element as a radio wave with the predetermined carrier frequency. In particular, the contactless plug connector and contactless plug connector system include an electromagnetic shielding element arranged to surround the transmitting circuit and the antenna element with a rim portion forming an opening at the mating end of the contactless plug connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Nederland BV, Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk-Jan Riezebos, Bert Bergner, Gied Habraken
  • Patent number: 8814598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contact means (100) for attaching an end of a cable (110). The contact means (100) has a casing (300) with an inner chamber (320) for receiving a section of the cable (110) in the region of the cable end, and a pull relief element (200, 201, 202, 203) which can be fastened to the casing (300) in the inner chamber (320), with a pull relief section (220, 221, 222, 223) and at least one contacting section (240, 241). The pull relief section (220, 221, 222, 223) is formed to fix a cable sheath (120) of the cable (110). The contacting section (240, 241) is formed to contact a shield (130) of the cable (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hein, Martin Szelag, Karl-Heinz Hess, Martin Schmitt, Dennis Feldmann, Hermann Schenk, Achim Pfeffer, Thomas Gerlach, Niranjan Thirunavukkarasu
  • Publication number: 20140220836
    Abstract: A crimped terminal is provided and includes a conductor, a crimped element, and a plurality of conductive particles: The conductor includes aluminium, and the crimped element is disposed around the conductor. The plurality of conductive particles include a copper alloy and are arranged between the conductor and the crimped element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Helge Schmidt, Christian Gregor, Guido Van De Burgt, Uwe Bluemmel
  • Publication number: 20140220831
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric contact spring having a resilient section, an assembly portion, and a transition portion. The resilient section includes a first resilient portion, a second resilient portion extending from the first resilient portion, and a third resilient portion extending from the second resilient portion. The assembly portion extends from the first resilient portion and includes a catch device. The transition portion extends downward from the assembly portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Ulrich, Volker Seipell
  • Publication number: 20140220835
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact device and, in particular, a crimp contact device for a cable. The crimp contact device includes a cable conductor connection region and a cable insulation crimp region. The cable insulation crimp region includes a fixing device disposed along an inner surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Seipel, Uwe Bluemmel, Guido Van de Burgt, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Patent number: 8777640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector with an electrically insulating contact carrier and with at least one electrically conducting contact element which is held in the contact carrier. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a manufacturing method for manufacturing a connector of this type. Changes in dimension in the geometry of the contact carrier and also fluctuations in spacing and geometry in the enclosing shielding cause impedance inhomogeneities in the signal propagation direction that adversely influence the signal quality. Furthermore, it may be necessary to purposefully set the impedance so as to differ from the nominal impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Buck, Torsten Sieler, Gregor Karrasch
  • Publication number: 20140194015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the transition resistance in an electrical connection, in particular a pressure connection, between two contact elements. With repeated mechanical or thermal loads, such connections, in particular connections having a small cross-section or comprising soft material, have a transition resistance which increases over time. According to the invention, the transition resistance is improved by there being applied to at least one contact face of a contact element a chemically reducing substance which activates the contact face and consequently increases the conductivity and the cold welding density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Helge Schmidt, Uwe Bluemmel
  • Publication number: 20140179142
    Abstract: A switching arrangement includes a plug and a complementary mating plug for establishing and separating a connection between the plug and the mating plug. The plug includes a locking bolt disposed rotationally about an axis. The locking bolt includes a thread and the mating plug includes a mating thread. The plug is lockable to the mating plug by driving in the thread of the locking bolt into the mating thread. The switching device is configured to be moved to a connected position by driving in the thread of the locking bolt into the mating thread, and thereby providing a movement of the plug relative to the mating plug, and is configured to be moved to a disconnected position by driving out the thread of the locking bolt from the mating thread, thereby providing the movement of the plug relative to the mating plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH, EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Winzen, Thomas Freyermuth, Thomas Konietzko, Stephan Stanke, Guenter Baujan, Luis Javier Puras Trueba, Christian Schrettlinger, Rudolf Kraemer, Mohamed Aboulkassem, Bert Bergner
  • Publication number: 20140170876
    Abstract: Arrangement for establishing and/or breaking a connection between a plug and a complementary mating plug, wherein a lever which can be pivoted about an axis is arranged on the plug. The connection between the plug and the mating plug can be broken when the lever is pivoted into a disconnection position and/or can be established when the lever is pivoted into a connection position. The plug is, in particular, a switch module, for example a tripping module for a mating plug which is in the form of a circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH, EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Konietzko, Stephan Stanke, Guenter Baujan, Lothar Winzen, Thomas Freyermuth, Luis Javier Puras Trueba, Rudolf Kraemer, Mohamed Aboulkassem, Bert Bergner, Christian Schrettlinger
  • Publication number: 20140162506
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact coating for an electrically conductive substrate, preferably a substrate made of copper, a copper-based alloy or a copper-plated substrate in particular for a high-temperature application in an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, with a layered arrangement which can be applied to the substrate and which has two layers, the one layer comprising a transition metal and the other layer a noble metal, with an intermediate layer being provided between the two layers of the layered arrangement, which intermediate layer comprises copper, and one of the two layers being an outer layer. Further, the invention relates to an electrical or electromechanical contact element for a high-temperature application, to an electrical, electronic and/or electro-optical connector, and to the use of copper or a layer comprising copper for a coating, in particular an electrical contact coating, preferably for high-temperature applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier De Cloet, Helge Schmidt, Volker Seipel
  • Patent number: 8749330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an electric contact element from a semifinished product and to the electric contact element and the corresponding semifinished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Umicore AG & Co. KG, Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Heinrich, Ralf Hoffmann, Peter Sandeck, Martin Wieberger, Peter Braumann, Andreas Koffler, Bernd Kempf, Allen Molvar
  • Patent number: 8747145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector with a housing, with terminals, with conductors that are connected with the terminals, with a guidance element that is arranged in the housing and that guides the conductors in the housing, with an elastic element that is arranged between the conductors and the guidance element, with a retainer element that forces the conductors against the elastic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Konstantin Gossen, Tobias Schmoeker, Michael Zayc, Franz-Josef Thiel, Stefan Ernst Glaser
  • Patent number: 8723032
    Abstract: With the present invention, conductor grids for electronic housings and a manufacturing method for such conductor grids are provided. According to the invention, the conductor grid is produced from two metal strips (130, 110, 140) welded along the joint edge (150), with only one of the two metal strips needing to have a surface suitable for the wire bonding. The amount of the conventionally used, plated starting material can be considerably reduced in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventor: Lorenz Berchtold
  • Publication number: 20140113474
    Abstract: A connector is provided having an outer housing, an inner housing and a seal. The seal includes a first sealing device that positioned between the outer housing and the inner housing such that a mating connector receiving gap is provided between an inner side of the outer housing and the first sealing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Eckel, Frank Wittrock
  • Publication number: 20140106586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging plug for connection to a charging socket of a device which is intended to be charged, for example, a motor vehicle which is at least partially driven by electrical energy, or a device which provides charging energy. In order to prevent the charging plug from prematurely becoming defective as a result of corrosion or electro migration, there is provision according to the invention for a switching device of the charging plug to be arranged partially inside and partially outside an enclosed conduction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Boeck, Bert Bergner, Dusan Ondrej, Sebastian Zabeck, Ulrich Buchmann
  • Publication number: 20140102759
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact element, an electrical contact arrangement and methods for manufacturing an electrical contact element and for reducing oxidization of a contact section of an electrical contact element. In order to avoid that the durability of the contact element and therefore of the contact arrangement is negatively influenced by growing oxide layers on contact surfaces, the contact element is provided with a cover layer with a chemical reducing agent that can be activated by frictional forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Corporation, Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Schmidt, Josh Golden
  • Publication number: 20140106597
    Abstract: A plug type connector is provided with chamber block. The chamber block includes a receiving chamber and a recess that intersects with the receiving chamber. The receiving chamber extends a length of the chamber block and includes a contact securing member with a catch. The recess includes an opening into which the catch protrudes into.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Gimbel, Stefan Ernst Glaser, Kai Sellien
  • Publication number: 20140099450
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coated structure on a substrate includes positioning a substrate in a vapor deposition chamber having a crucible with source material. The method includes evaporating the source material with electron beams from an irradiation source, the evaporated source material being deposited on the substrate as a coating layer. The method includes ablating the coating layer with the electron beams to selectively remove portions of the coating layer leaving a circuit structure on the substrate. The evaporating and ablating are accomplished in situ within the vapor deposition chamber using the same irradiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Soenke Sachs, Helge Schmidt, Michael Leidner, Eva Henschel, Dominique Freckmann, Marjorie Myers
  • Publication number: 20140099807
    Abstract: A plug connector has a housing with a cap, the cap having a lever which can adopt a first position and a second position. In this case, the housing is opened in the first position of the lever and closed in the second position of the lever. Furthermore, the plug connector has a locking device which can adopt a blocking position which is intended to lock the lever in the second position. The locking device is elastically movable out of its blocking position into a release position in order to unlock the lever in the second position. Furthermore, the locking device is elastically movable out of its blocking position into an overload position in order to unlock the lever in the second position if a force exerted on the lever exceeds a set value. In this case, the overload position differs from the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriel Hotea, Guenther Mumper, Hartmut Ripper