Patents by Inventor Alexander Schonfeld
Alexander Schonfeld 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).
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Publication number: 20230166778Abstract: An insulating element for a high-power plug connector system comprises at least one stop formation for limiting the distance of insertion into the high-power plug connector system and at least one cutout, which allows contact to be established between a receivable high-power contact and at least one electrically conductive bar. The insulating element has at least one retaining formation, which is located on the periphery of the insulating element, near the stop formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KGInventors: Alexander SCHÖNFELD, Bernard SCHLEGEL, Christof HERMONI
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Patent number: 11658437Abstract: A holding frame is provided, into which plug connector modules can be inserted, wherein the holder frame comprises or consists of two halves which can be connected to each other, a first half and a second half, wherein the halves each have a lateral surface and a cover surface, wherein the holding frame has at least one first blocking element, via which the halves can be fixed in a closed position, and wherein the at least one blocking element is movably held on the first half or on the second half. The blocking element is held on the first half or on the second half in a displaceable or rotatable or pivotable manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Alexander Schönfeld
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Patent number: 11038333Abstract: A cable feedthrough for feeding at least one cable into a housing with an opening is provided. The cable feedthrough includes a covering comprising at least two housing shells, the covering having at least one opening, wherein a separating plane of the housing shells extends centrally through the opening, wherein to seal the housing, at least one elastic and/or flexible sealing element is provided that comprises a cable passage with a slit extending to the lateral edge of the cable passage, and wherein a counter pressure plate is provided that comprises at least one cable passage and covers the opening, the counter pressure plate cooperating with the sealing element and the covering to seal the housing. The sealing element is arranged with a predetermined oversize between the covering and the counter pressure plate and is under pressing force, as a result of which the sealing element is compressed.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Wilhelm Kliever, Heinrich Friesen, Christof Hermoni
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Patent number: 10950976Abstract: Disclosed is a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part includes a lever mounted on a base body of the first connector part for pivotable movement about a pivot axis (C) between first and second positions relative to the base body. The connector assembly can be brought from a ready-to-mate state into a mated state by relative movement of the first and second connector parts towards each other along a connection axis and vice versa. At least one engaging portion of the lever interacts with at least one counter-engaging portion of the second connector part in such a way, that the connector assembly is forcibly brought from the mated to the ready-to-mate state by pivoting the lever from the first position into the second position when the connector assembly is in the mated state.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Chuansheng Ding, Alexander Schönfeld, Sebastian Griepenstroh, Dieter Riepe, Heiko Meier, Florian Hackemeier
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Publication number: 20200358276Abstract: A cable feedthrough for feeding at least one cable into a housing with an opening is provided. The cable feedthrough includes a covering comprising at least two housing shells, the covering having at least one opening, wherein a separating plane of the housing shells extends centrally through the opening, wherein to seal the housing, at least one elastic and/or flexible sealing element is provided that comprises a cable passage with a slit extending to the lateral edge of the cable passage, and wherein a counter pressure plate is provided that comprises at least one cable passage and covers the opening, the counter pressure plate cooperating with the sealing element and the covering to seal the housing. The sealing element is arranged with a predetermined oversize between the covering and the counter pressure plate and is under pressing force, as a result of which the sealing element is compressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Alexander SCHÖNFELD, Wilhelm KLIEVER, Heinrich FRIESEN, Christof HERMONI
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Patent number: 10559913Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame into which plug connector modules can be inserted. The holding frame has guiding means, whereby the holding frame can be aligned with a second holding frame in the plug-in direction so as to fit in a precise manner. Two holding frames which can be plugged together contain at least one respective pneumatic plug connector module. The first holding frame comprises a first pneumatic plug connector module, and the second holding frame comprises a second pneumatic plug connector module. The first pneumatic plug connector module is aligned with the second pneumatic plug connector module such that the modules can be plugged together. Such pneumatic plug connector modules are particularly sensitive to wear when they are plugged together without being aligned relative to one another in an exact manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier
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Patent number: 10530093Abstract: A plug connector housing has a cable connection element on which at least two cables, at least one first cable and at least one second cable can be fastened for shield connection and/or strain relief, wherein the cable connection element has different fastening planes for the at least first cable and the at least second cable. A plug connector with such a plug connector housing can thus be assembled in cleanroom environments.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Romano Deimel
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Publication number: 20200006893Abstract: Disclosed is a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part includes a lever mounted on a base body of the first connector part for pivotable movement about a pivot axis (C) between first and second positions relative to the base body. The connector assembly can be brought from a ready-to-mate state into a mated state by relative movement of the first and second connector parts towards each other along a connection axis and vice versa. At least one engaging portion of the lever interacts with at least one counter-engaging portion of the second connector part in such a way, that the connector assembly is forcibly brought from the mated to the ready-to-mate state by pivoting the lever from the first position into the second position when the connector assembly is in the mated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Chuansheng DING, Alexander SCHÖNFELD, Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH, Dieter RIEPE, Heiko MEIER, Florian HACKEMEIER
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Publication number: 20190245299Abstract: A plug connector housing has a cable connection element on which at least two cables, at least one first cable and at least one second cable can be fastened for shield connection and/or strain relief, wherein the cable connection element has different fastening planes for the at least first cable and the at least second cable. A plug connector with such a plug connector housing can thus be assembled in cleanroom environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Romano Deimel
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Patent number: 10340624Abstract: Disclosed is a retaining frame for retaining plug connector modules and for installation in plug connector housings or for screwing onto wall surfaces, wherein the plug connector modules are inserted in the retaining frame, and retaining means on the plug connector modules interact with cut-outs or recesses provided on opposite wall parts (lateral parts) of the retaining frame. According to the disclosure, the retaining frame is designed in two halves connected to one another in an articulated manner and the cut-outs or recesses for retaining the plug connector modules are designed as openings in the lateral parts of the retaining frame. The retaining frame for inserting the plug connector modules is opened and subsequently closed, wherein the plug connector modules are held form-fittingly in the retaining frame via the retaining means on the plug connector modules.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier
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Patent number: 10283900Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame into which plug connector modules can be inserted, wherein the holding frame comprises or consists of two halves connectable to one another, wherein the halves can be aligned in at least two positions relative to one another, wherein the holding frame has at least one fixing means and wherein the halves can be fixed in at least two positions relative to one another via the at least one fixing means. At least one press projection or lug, preferably, however, two press projections or lugs is/are molded on the first half. The second half has two recesses on one end face or two recesses on two end faces respectively, and the press projection or lug can be pressed into the two recesses or the press projections or lugs can be pressed into the two recesses respectively, as a result of which the halves can be fixed relative to one another in at least two positions, an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier, Alexander Schönfeld
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Patent number: 10263357Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame, into which plug-in connector modules can be inserted, wherein the holding frame is composed of two halves connected to each other, a first half and a second half, wherein, for the purpose of opening the holding frame, the halves can be brought into an angular position less than 180°. The holding frame has at least one spring element that exerts a restoring force upon the halves, as a result of which lateral parts of the holding frame are brought back into a substantially parallel orientation in relation to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier, Alexander Schonfeld
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Publication number: 20190036268Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame into which plug connector modules can be inserted. The holding frame has guiding means, whereby the holding frame can be aligned with a second holding frame in the plug-in direction so as to fit in a precise manner. Two holding frames which can be plugged together contain at least one respective pneumatic plug connector module. The first holding frame comprises a first pneumatic plug connector module, and the second holding frame comprises a second pneumatic plug connector module. The first pneumatic plug connector module is aligned with the second pneumatic plug connector module such that the modules can be plugged together. Such pneumatic plug connector modules are particularly sensitive to wear when they are plugged together without being aligned relative to one another in an exact manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier
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Patent number: 10177484Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame for holding plug connector modules, in particular for installation in plug connector casings and/or for screwing onto wall surfaces. In order to allow improved handling and more reliable populating and assembly of the holding frame comprising frame halves, it is proposed that the holding frame in the plug-in state has a stop for stopping the plug connector module on insertion into the holding frame, wherein the stop is so designed that when a plug connector module is stopped in the plug-in state, holding frame holding devices and plug module holding devices engage in each other in the holding state.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier
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Publication number: 20180277978Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame for retaining plug connector modules and for installing in plug connector housings or for screwing onto wall surfaces, wherein the plug connector modules are inserted into the holding frame and retention means on the plug connector modules interact with recesses or cut-outs provided on opposite wall parts (side parts) of the holding frame. The holding frame is formed of two halves, which are articulated to each other, and the recesses or cut-outs for retaining the plug connector modules are formed in the side parts of the holding frame as openings closed on all sides. The holding frame is folded open in order to insert the plug connector modules and then closed, wherein the plug connector modules are then interlockingly held in the holding frame by the retention means.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Alexander SCHÖNFELD, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier
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Publication number: 20180269622Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame for holding plug connector modules, in particular for installation in plug connector casings and/or for screwing onto wall surfaces. In order to allow improved handling and more reliable populating and assembly of the holding frame comprising frame halves, it is proposed that the holding frame in the plug-in state has a stop for stopping the plug connector module on insertion into the holding frame, wherein the stop is so designed that when a plug connector module is stopped in the plug-in state, holding frame holding devices and plug module holding devices engage in each other in the holding state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Alexander SCHÖNFELD, Heiko HERBRECHTSMEIER, Heiko MEIER
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Publication number: 20180269621Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame, into which plug connector modules can be inserted, wherein the holder frame comprises or consists of two halves which can be connected to each other, a first half and a second half, wherein the halves each have a lateral surface and a cover surface, wherein the holding frame has at least one first blocking element, via which the halves can be fixed in a closed position, wherein the at least one blocking element is movably held on the first half or on the second half. The blocking element is held on the first half or on the second half in a displaceable or rotatable or pivotable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventor: Alexander SCHÖNFELD
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Publication number: 20180254578Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame into which plug connector modules can be inserted, wherein the holding frame comprises or consists of two halves connectable to one another, wherein the halves can be aligned in at least two positions relative to one another, wherein the holding frame has at least one fixing means and wherein the halves can be fixed in at least two positions relative to one another via the at least one fixing means. At least one press projection or lug, preferably, however, two press projections or lugs is/are molded on the first half. The second half has two recesses on one end face or two recesses on two end faces respectively, and the press projection or lug can be pressed into the two recesses or the press projections or lugs can be pressed into the two recesses respectively, as a result of which the halves can be fixed relative to one another in at least two positions, an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier, Alexander Schönfeld
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Publication number: 20180248297Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holding frame, into which plug-in connector modules can be inserted, wherein the holding frame is composed of two halves connected to each other, a first half and a second half, wherein, for the purpose of opening the holding frame, the halves can be brought into an angular position less than 180°. The holding frame has at least one spring element that exerts a restoring force upon the halves, as a result of which lateral parts of the holding frame are brought back into a substantially parallel orientation in relation to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier, Alexander Schonfeld
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Publication number: 20180248298Abstract: Disclosed is a retaining frame for retaining plug connector modules and for installation in plug connector housings or for screwing onto wall surfaces, wherein the plug connector modules are inserted in the retaining frame, and retaining means on the plug connector modules interact with cut-outs or recesses provided on opposite wall parts (lateral parts) of the retaining frame. According to the disclosure, the retaining frame is designed in two halves connected to one another in an articulated manner and the cut-outs or recesses for retaining the plug connector modules are designed as openings in the lateral parts of the retaining frame. The retaining frame for inserting the plug connector modules is opened and subsequently closed, wherein the plug connector modules are held form-fittingly in the retaining frame via the retaining means on the plug connector modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Alexander Schönfeld, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Heiko Meier