Patents by Inventor Achim Halfmann

Achim Halfmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Contact bank
    Patent number: 7830669
    Abstract: A contact bank, which can be terminated, or is terminated, at least one terminal module serving for signal communication and being adapted to allow telecommunications lines to be connected therewith, or at least one supplementary module, of a telecommunications distribution point, which is connected to a terminal module, whereby the contact bank further is mountable or mounted in the telecommunications distribution point, includes: (a) a plurality of tapping contacts directly and permanently electrically connected to the contacts of the module in the terminated condition of said contact bank; (b) a smaller number of outlet contacts than of tapping contacts; (c) a plurality of remote-controllable switches for selectively electrically connecting said outlet contacts to said tapping contacts; and (d) a control device for controlling the plurality of switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael Bake, Udo Bendig, Klaus Werner Bohle, Wolf-Dieter Fischer, Achim Halfmann, Axel Koruschowitz, Michael Mansholt, Peter R. Orda
  • CONTACT BANK
    Publication number: 20080232576
    Abstract: A contact bank, which can be terminated, or is terminated, at least one terminal module serving for signal communication and being adapted to allow telecommunications lines to be connected therewith, or at least one supplementary module, of a telecommunications distribution point, which is connected to a terminal module, whereby the contact bank further is mountable or mounted in the telecommunications distribution point, includes: (a) a plurality of tapping contacts directly and permanently electrically connected to the contacts of the module in the terminated condition of said contact bank; (b) a smaller number of outlet contacts than of tapping contacts; (c) a plurality of remote-controllable switches for selectively electrically connecting said outlet contacts to said tapping contacts; and (d) a control device for controlling the plurality of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Bake, Udo Bendig, Klause Werner Bohle, Wolf-Dieter Fischer, Achim Halfmann, Axel Koruschowitz, Michael Mansholt, Peter R. Orda