Patents Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 12083906
    Abstract: A connection device for charging an electric vehicle includes a main unit on which a charging socket is arranged for plugging in a charging cable for connecting to the electric vehicle or to which the charging cable is connected directly. The connection device includes an additional connection with a separate additional housing on which an additional charging socket for a further charging cable is arranged or to which the further charging cable is connected directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Bönsch, Torsten Wünsche, Klaus Holterhoff, Thomas Kriete
  • Patent number: 12021339
    Abstract: A spring terminal, in particular a direct plug-in terminal, for connecting a conductor such as a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing with a chamber and an insertion channel for inserting the conductor into the chamber. A busbar and/or a clamping cage are arranged in the housing and a clamping spring is arranged in the chamber and acts as a pressure spring. The clamping spring includes a clamping limb, said clamping limb releasable out of a latching state by a pusher having a latching edge on which the pusher can be latched in the interior of the housing on a latching hook of the busbar or another element arranged in the housing in a latching state. The pusher holds the clamping spring in a latched manner in the open position, wherein the latching edge of the pusher can be released from the latching state by an opposite movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Fehling, Karlo Stjepanovic, Walter Hanning, Heike Schmidtpott
  • Patent number: 11999594
    Abstract: An elevator belt monitoring apparatus includes a housing for receiving an elevator belt and a plurality of screws or pins which are operable to pierce the belt and the spaced parallel cords arranged within the belt. One screw or pin engages each cord. A plurality of bridge contacts are connected with adjacent pairs of screws or pins and signal contacts are connected with the screws or pins adjacent to the outer edges of the belts. The signal contacts are connected with a monitoring device which sends and receives signals to the contacts to provide an indication of the condition or deterioration of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Xuefeng Ge
  • Patent number: 11991861
    Abstract: A controller for an industrial automation system includes a main module having a housing, which can be fitted onto a DIN rail via a base, at least two printed circuit boards arranged in the housing, and a heat sink also arranged in the housing and connected with the base. One of the circuit boards is a backplane bus printed circuit board, which provides a backplane bus, and the other is a main printed circuit board. The heat sink is attached to at least one of the printed circuit board to cool its components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: WEIDMÜLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Gurlt, Tobias Klug, Michael Schnatwinkel, Ralf Schumacher, Michael Kroner, Klaus Püschner, Marc Strünkmann
  • Patent number: 11953876
    Abstract: A modular wire processing center comprises a plurality of individual processing modules that are controlled by a central control unit. The plurality of processing modules includes an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules selected from the group of an automatic cutter, a marking system, a stripping unit, a terminal feeding device, a wire feeding unit and a wire discharging/bundling unit. The processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned with the control unit on a mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH, WEIDMÜLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Michael Mennig, Lars Brakemeier, Farhad Sarrafzadegan, Faysal Dogan, Daniel Weingart
  • Patent number: 11945241
    Abstract: A printer for printing plate-like media made of plastic and/or metal such as printing marker cards with markers for marking electrical appliances has various functional devices and an apparatus for handling the printable plate-like media. The marker cards are conveyed in the printer between the functional devices. The handling apparatus has several stations which are formed as receiving and fixing devices for a marker card to be printed. One or more of the stations is configured so as to be pivotable, such that it can be pivoted out of a first pivot position into a second pivot position against a resilient stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Dahlmann, Thorsten Bornefeld, René Manke, Rico Schindler, Thomas Köster
  • Patent number: 11932036
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for marking electrical devices which can be arranged in a row on a support rail, with the aid of a laser head, wherein the support rail is pivotable about its longitudinal axis and the laser head is guided such that it can be moved at least along the longitudinal axis of the support rail. A number of marking instructions, each including a marking content and a position and an orientation of the surface to which the marking content is to be applied are specified. An image of at least a section of the support rail and of at least one electrical device are created from an image capture device and at least one of the positions at which one of the marking contents is to be applied is corrected based on an evaluation of the image. The marking instructions are grouped into marking levels in such a way that all marking instructions of one marking level can be applied by the laser head without a movement of the laser head or the support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Dülme, Stefan Lorenz, Farhad Sarrafzadegan, Jan Marrenbach, Guido Männchen, Detlef Reising, Peter Langosch
  • Patent number: 11929584
    Abstract: One or more marking elements that can be provided with an inscription are formed on a terminal block which can be mounted on a mounting base or support rail has a housing made of plastic and at least one conductor connections formed in the housing, One or more marking recesses are formed in the housing with each marking recess being designed for the application of a corresponding marking element. The terminal block with the housing is formed by an injection molding toot One or more free spaces are formed in the region of the one or more marking recesses. One or more free spaces are sprayed with a plastic in the region of the marking recesses, whereby one or more inscribable marking elements are formed on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Detlev Hetland, Michael Gockel, Jörg Münstermann, Andreas Rutz, Arnd Schepmann, Marco Waldhoff
  • Patent number: 11916345
    Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting a conductor is formed as a direct plug-in terminal and includes a clamping spring arranged in a housing. The clamping spring includes a resilient clamping leg which can move into an open and locking position by pressing down an actuating device. The housing contains a conductor insertion channel for insertion of the conductor into a clamping point between the free end of the clamping leg and a busbar. The actuating device includes a pressing element and a pivoting element which interacts with the pressing element at least when the clamping point is being opened. At least one release device is provided for releasing the locking state of the clamping leg of the clamping spring. The release device is designed in such a way that the locking position can be released again by the action of the conductor on the release device when it is inserted, wherein the pivoting element acts on the pressing element and the pressing element acts on the clamping leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Karlo Stjepanovic, Walter Hanning, Till Schmitz, Stefan Aporius, Jens Oesterhaus
  • Patent number: 11824318
    Abstract: A busbar for electrically contacting an electrical conductor has two mutually opposing side walls and a bearing wall for the electrical conductor. The bearing wall extends between the side walls and transversely or substantially transversely to same, wherein the side walls and the bearing wall extend in an insertion direction and define a receiving space for receiving the electrical conductor. At least one electrically conductive projection is provided on one of the side walls and/or the bearing wall. The width of the projection is less than the width of the bearing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Rutz, Frank Hackemack, Karlo Stjepanovic, Jürgen Ziemke, Stefan Fischer, Marco Waldhoff, Jörg Münstermann
  • Patent number: 11817642
    Abstract: A modular plug connector in a strip-shaped design can be plugged together with a corresponding mating plug connector such as a printed circuit board plug connector. The modular plug connector has a plurality of plug connector modules which are arranged alongside one another and are connected mechanically to one another using mechanical connectors to form the strip shape. The plug connector modules each have a module housing, at least one plugging surface with at least one plugging contact and preferably at least one conductor or solder terminal for connection to a printed circuit board. The plug connector has at least two plug connector modules of different designs and an adapter plug connector module is provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann, Till Schmitz, Jens Oesterhaus, Jörg Münstermann, Holger Wehmeier, Volker Schröder
  • Patent number: 10827634
    Abstract: An electronics module includes a housing having a mounting foot or component suitable for mounting on a support rail and for fastening the electronics module to the support rail which is mounted on a mounting base. At least one spring element is provided in the lower region of the housing facing the mounting base when mounted. The at least one spring element is configured to provide a damping effect when the housing vibrates relative to the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Schumacher
  • Patent number: 10826207
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing which can be electrically connected on a connection side to an electrical connection part. On a contact side, one or more contacts are provided to electrically contact one or more counter-contacts of a printed circuit board. At least one latching peg assembly including two functional elements passes through an opening of the printed circuit board and can be moved by an actuation element from a non-expanded released position into an expanded latched position in which its diameter on the side of the opening which faces away from the housing is greater than the diameter of the opening of the printed circuit board. One of the functional elements is arranged on the actuation device and another element is arranged on a component of the connector which is movable relative to the actuation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Wright, Jürgen Ude, Andreas Muhs, Volker Schröder, Sascha Nolte
  • Patent number: 10827639
    Abstract: A housing to hold at least one electromechanical, electrical and/or electronic component includes at least one fastening element arranged on a portion of the housing for the component. A recess is formed in the housing portion and the fastening element is arranged in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Trapp, Ralf Schumacher, Mike Beermann, Niklas Wendt
  • Patent number: 10790602
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting an electrical conductor to a circuit board includes a housing electrically connected on a connecting side of the electrical connector to an electrical connecting part and including a contact side having one or more contacts, in order to make electrical contact with one or more mating contacts of the circuit board. A locking pin assembly passes through an opening of the circuit board and moves from a release position to a locking position in which its diameter on the side of the opening facing away from the housing is larger than the diameter of the opening of the circuit board. The housing includes at least one activating device and the locking pin assembly includes at least two functional elements which move relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Wright, Sascha Nolte
  • Patent number: 10666003
    Abstract: A contact and busbar assembly forms a bus system on electronics housings arranged in an array direction. Each housing includes a circuit board. The contact and busbar assembly includes multiple bus plugs having first connecting contacts for electrically contacting the circuit boards and second connecting contacts in the form of socket contacts for electrically contacting power rail strips. A plurality of power rail strips electrically connects the second connecting contacts of adjacent electronics housings. A first power rail strip electrically connects the bus plugs of two directly adjacent electronics housings and a second power rail strip of greater length electrically connects two spaced electronics housings. An electronics housing assembly is provided having multiple electronics housings arranged against one another in the array direction and a contact and busbar assembly as set forth above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Till Schmitz, René Arntzen, Volker Schröder, Peter Stuckmann
  • Patent number: 10658766
    Abstract: A direct clamp terminal for connecting a conductor in the form of a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing with a chamber and an insertion conduit for inserting the conductor into the chamber. A bus bar or a clamping cage is provided in the housing and a clamping spring is located in the chamber and acts as a compression spring for securing the electrical conductor to the bus bar or the clamping cage in the area of a clamping point. The clamping spring has a clamping limb that can be pivoted about a pivoting axis and that can be shifted from a detent mode in which it is locked in a detent position into a clamping mode in which it is released from the detent mode and presses the electrical conductor against the bus bar or the clamping cage. The clamping limb can be released from the detent mode using two different shifting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Herrmann, Constantin Classen, Karlo Stjepanovic, Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning, Jens Oesterhaus, Marco Waldhoff, Herbert Fricke
  • Patent number: 10627434
    Abstract: A measuring method is provided for monitoring a component of an electrical assembly, in which the voltage across at least one component of the electrical assembly and a current through the component are measured, and in which, from measurement values for the voltage and the current, a resistance value of the component is determined. The voltage and the current are measured in successive switching periods of a periodic switching signal of the electrical assembly, and the resistance value is determined based on the measurement values for voltage and current from the successive switching periods. A measuring circuit for monitoring a component of an electrical assembly is provided with an analog/digital converter. An electrical assembly, in particular a switching power supply, having such a measuring circuit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carlos Paiz Gatica, Rico Schindler
  • Patent number: D1000237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: WEIDMUELLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Carolin Kaiser
  • Patent number: D1018470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann