Patents Assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft
  • Patent number: 11929848
    Abstract: A device for coupling a fieldbus to a local bus for connection to at least one data bus subscriber, the device comprising a first unit that is connectable to the fieldbus and is adapted for sending and receiving data via the fieldbus; a second unit that is connectable to the local bus and is adapted for sending and receiving data via the local bus in at least one data packet; a data management unit that is connected to the first unit and the second unit, wherein the data management unit is adapted for transferring first symbols from data received via said first unit to said second unit in a sequence-dependent manner; and wherein the second unit is adapted to send at least one data packet including the first symbols on the local bus. In addition, a corresponding method for transferring data is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Frank Quakernack, Hans-Herbert Kirste
  • Publication number: 20240077856
    Abstract: A method in an industrial automation system, the method including: transmitting an input data set from an industrial control device to a container manager, the input data set comprising at least input metadata; determining, by the container manager, based on the input metadata, a runtime container for processing input data; generating, by an application of the runtime container, output data based on the input data; generating an output data set by using the container manager, the output data set comprising at least output metadata; and transmitting the output data set from the container manager to the industrial control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Thomas HOLM, Jan JENKE, Nikolai FALKE
  • Publication number: 20240072458
    Abstract: A conductor terminal, including a spring-force clamping connection for clamping an electrical conductor via spring force. The spring-force clamping connection having a clamping spring, which includes a clamping leg for clamping the electrical conductor on a clamping surface, a spring bend, and a contact leg for fastening and supporting the clamping spring against a clamping force applied by the clamping leg to the electrical conductor. The clamping leg being connected to the contact leg via the spring bend, and the contact leg being fixed to a holder. An actuating area deflects the clamping leg by manually actuating the actuating area. The clamping leg extending from the spring bend to a free end of the clamping spring in a longitudinal direction, and the actuating area being arranged eccentrically to the clamping leg in a width direction of the clamping leg which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Carsten LUDEWIG, Christian ARNDT
  • Patent number: 11916359
    Abstract: A mounting rail adapter for fastening at least one electrical assembly to a mounting rail. The mounting rail adapter has mounting rail fastening elements that fasten the mounting rail adapter to the mounting rail and an assembly fastening region that is configured to fasten the at least one electrical assembly. In the assembly fastening region, at least one assembly fastening element is provided, at which the electrical assembly can be fastened to the mounting rail adapter. The at least one assembly fastening element forms a pivot bearing element to form a pivot joint between the electrical assembly and the mounting rail adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Cord-Henrik Licht, Rudolf Mastel, Florian Schenk
  • Patent number: 11909155
    Abstract: A conductor terminal that has an insulating housing, which has a conductor insertion opening for inserting an electrical conductor and a contact element insertion opening for inserting a contact element. A busbar has a clamping section arranged between the inserted electrical conductor and the inserted contact element. A first clamping spring is provided for clamping the electrical conductor, which includes a first clamping leg having a clamping edge oriented in the direction of the clamping section, a first spring bend and a first contact leg, the clamping edge and the clamping section forming a first clamping point for clamping the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Koellmann, Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 11888276
    Abstract: A conductor terminal, including at least one spring-force clamping connection for connecting an electrical conductor, the spring-force clamping connection having a busbar and a clamping spring, The clamping spring having a clamping leg, which, together with the busbar, forms a clamping point for the electrical conductor, and including an actuating element, the actuating element having a displaceably supported contact part, and the clamping point being able to be opened by a pushing movement of the contact part oriented in the direction of the clamping leg, the actuating element including an actuating part, rotatably supported around a first rotation axis and coupled with the contact part, by means of which the pushing movement of the contact part may be generated with the aid of a rotational movement of the actuating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Muhammet Ali Tuerkekoele, Markus Lorenschat
  • Publication number: 20240030625
    Abstract: A connecting terminal for connecting at least two electric conductors to one another, wherein the connecting terminal has a housing in which at least a first conductor guide passage for guiding a first electric conductor and at least a second conductor guide passage for guiding a second electric conductor are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Tobias DYCK, Hans-Josef KOELLMANN, Henning MEIER, Stefan GRAEFEN
  • Publication number: 20240030626
    Abstract: A spring-force clamping connection, including a busbar, which spans a busbar plane and has a through-opening, and including a clamping spring a separate sleeve having a sleeve wall being present, which extends from an inlet to an outlet of the sleeve in a sleeve longitudinal direction. The separate sleeve being inserted into the through-opening in the sleeve longitudinal direction transversely to the busbar plane. The sleeve wall having an outer circumferential contour, which, in the state of the sleeve inserted into the through-opening, abuts an inner circumferential contour of the through-opening, and the sleeve being connected to the busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Tobias DYCK
  • Patent number: 11874648
    Abstract: A module for a technical facility includes a technical hardware for executing a technical sub-process, a controller for locally controlling the technical hardware wherein the controller is configured to control the technical hardware autonomously and an external interface of the controller, wherein the external interface comprises an OPC-UA server. The OPC-UA server has a fixedly predetermined information structure having static information and dynamic information wherein the static information describes the technical hardware and the controller, and the controller writes the dynamic information as real-time values of the technical hardware into the information structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Thomas Albers, Thomas Holm
  • Patent number: 11868302
    Abstract: A data bus subscriber connected to a local bus, particularly a ring bus. The data bus subscriber has a status signal input for receiving a first status signal value from a downstream data bus subscriber or a terminator, a status signal output for providing a second status signal value to an upstream data bus subscriber or to a local bus master, wherein the data bus subscriber is adapted to provide the second status signal value based on a logical link of a communication readiness of the data bus subscriber and the first status signal value. The invention further relates to a corresponding method and a local bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Daniel Jerolm, Hans-Herbert Kirste, Frank Schadde, Gerald Huse
  • Patent number: 11843195
    Abstract: A conductor connection terminal with an insulating material housing having a conductor insertion opening for inserting an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction, with a busbar and a clamping spring, wherein the clamping spring has a clamping leg and wherein the clamping leg and the busbar form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be clamped. The insulating material housing has a base side, wherein the base side is arranged adjacent to the side of the busbar facing away from the clamping point and wherein the base side has an opening, wherein on the side of the busbar facing away from the clamping point, two contact tabs protrude from the busbar, wherein the contact tabs are designed to contact a second electrical conductor between the contact tabs, wherein the second electrical conductor can be led through the opening of the base side between the contact tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 11837831
    Abstract: A spring-clamp terminal block for connecting an electrical conductor, with a bus bar, a clamping spring, a housing and a lever, wherein the lever has a bearing plate with a partially circular outer contour for mounting the lever in a counter bearing, and wherein the lever has a follower which is designed to move the clamping arm out of a closed position into an open position when the lever is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Thomas Witte
  • Patent number: 11822303
    Abstract: A power supply device for the electrical power supply of electrical components from a power source, wherein the power supply device has at least one communication unit by which the power supply device is designed for data communication with an external computer device, wherein the power supply device has connections for supplying the electrical power for the power supply of the electrical components, wherein the power supply device has at least one controllable digital or analog output connection and/or at least one digital or analog input connection as a further connection, wherein in the case of a controllable digital or analog output connection, this can be controlled by the external computer device via the communication unit and in the case of a digital or analog input connection an input value can be read from this input connection via the communication unit by the external computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wagner, Philipp Neugebauer
  • Patent number: 11809169
    Abstract: An electronic device for an industrial electrical installation, having at least one electrical equipment and a communication module. The electrical equipment has control electronics with a memory and the memory of the control electronics comprises a parameter memory in which operating parameters of the electrical equipment are stored, and the communication module has a memory and is set up for data communication with the control electronics of the electrical equipment via a first communication link and for data communication with an external computer device via a second communication link. the memory of the control electronics of the electrical equipment stores a metadata record which contains access information and display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Stefan Oroel, Christoph Meier
  • Publication number: 20230335924
    Abstract: A contact insert for a conductor connection terminal having a bus bar piece and a clamping spring having a clamping leg with a clamping edge for connecting an electrical conductor. The clamping edge of the clamping leg and the bus bar piece form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be connected. At least two lateral webs are arranged on the clamping spring on mutually opposite sides of the clamping spring. The free ends of the lateral webs are connected to one another by a transverse web, and the lateral webs and the transverse web form a circumferentially closed aperture on the clamping spring. The bus bar piece extends between the lateral webs, at least when a clamping point is closed, and the bus bar piece passes through the circumferentially closed aperture at least twice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Rudolf MASTEL, Marcel LIEBSCHER
  • Patent number: 11777233
    Abstract: A conductor connection terminal having an insulating material housing that includes a conductor insertion opening having a conductor insertion channel attached to the conductor insertion opening and a contact pin insertion opening having a contact pin insertion channel attached to the contact pin insertion opening. The conductor connection terminal also has a busbar and a clamping spring. The busbar includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion and the clamping spring has a first clamping limb having a first clamping edge oriented towards the first contact portion of the busbar, a first spring bow, a bearing limb, a second spring bow and a second clamping limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Koellmann
  • Patent number: 11764494
    Abstract: A connecting terminal for connecting at least one first electrical conductor to a second electrical conductor, the connecting terminal including a housing with a first conductor insertion opening for inserting the first electrical conductor and with a second conductor insertion opening for inserting the second electrical conductor, the first and the second conductor insertion openings being arranged on opposite sides of the housing, the connecting terminal including a contact insert, which includes a first clamping spring, a second clamping spring and a busbar, the first and the second clamping springs being fastened in end areas of the busbar facing away from each other, and a free space being present between the first and the second clamping springs, the connecting terminal including an inner piece as a further separate component, which is arranged at least with a middle section predominantly in the free space between the first and second clamping springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Henry Stolze
  • Publication number: 20230291144
    Abstract: A housing of an electrical plug connector, which has the following features: at least one plug chamber, accessible from a plug face of the plug connector, into which a mating plug connector designed as the mating piece for the plug connector may be inserted; four circumferential walls, which surround at least the plug chamber on the circumferential side and extend in parallel to an insertion direction, in which the mating plug connector may be inserted into the plug chamber; at least one elastically resilient locking tab is formed on at least one circumferential wall for the purpose of locking the mating plug connector on the plug connector; the at least one locking tab is designed as a material tongue separated from the material of the circumferential wall by cutaway sections on both sides. An electrical plug connector is also provided, which includes the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Torben OBERHOMMERT, Rudolf MASTEL
  • Patent number: D1012040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Frank Hartmann
  • Patent number: D1016756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Jan Steussloff