Patents by Inventor Andreas Oettle

Andreas Oettle 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).

  • Patent number: 11955756
    Abstract: An electric terminal including a contact section having a locking lance locking the electric terminal in a connector housing of an electric connector and a transition section extending from the contact section and having a secondary latching with a secondary latching device latching the electric terminal in the connector housing. The locking lance is axially additionally secured in the contact section away from an attachment of the locking lance to the contact section and/or a plurality of side walls of the electric terminal are closed by a circumferential connection in the secondary latching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leiminger, Jochen Brandt, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Ulrich Lechler, Marina Hertlein, Florian Staufinger, Jiri Konrad, Andreas Merkle, Julia Stegmeier (nee Kirschbaum)
  • Publication number: 20240106148
    Abstract: A two-part electrical pin-contact assembly, in particular a nano or pico pin-contact assembly for an electrical plug connection in the automotive sector, is provided. The two-part electrical pin-contact assembly includes a pin-contact device extending in a longitudinal direction and a contact body extending in the longitudinal direction. The pin-contact device is secured in the contact body by a primary locking and a secondary locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Fabian Waldsauer, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab
  • Patent number: 11888251
    Abstract: A contact element for an electrical plug includes a base and a spring element deflectable towards and/or away from the base. The spring element is laterally limited by a first side flank and a second side flank. The spring element has a spring base at an end of the spring element connected to the base. The spring element extends away from the spring base in a longitudinal direction. The first side flank is closer to the base than the second side flank and the second side flank faces away from the first side flank. The first side flank has a first length and the second side flank has a second length. A ratio of the second length to the first length is greater than or equal to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab
  • Publication number: 20230198187
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing defining a first receiving space and a second receiving space, a conductive electrical connecting element arranged in the second receiving space, a retaining element engaging around at least portions of the electrical connecting element and a contact-securing insert arranged in the first receiving space. The conductive electrical connecting element includes a contact sleeve adapted to connect to a contact pin, and an electrical contact adapted to connect to an electrical conductor. The contact-securing insert fixing the electrical connecting element and the retaining element within the housing in an axial direction of the electrical connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Andre Mairoser, Harald Kraenzlein, Andreas Oettle, Alexander Rudi
  • Publication number: 20220320777
    Abstract: A contact element for an electrical plug includes a base and a spring element deflectable towards and/or away from the base. The spring element is laterally limited by a first side flank and a second side flank. The spring element has a spring base at an end of the spring element connected to the base. The spring element extends away from the spring base in a longitudinal direction. The first side flank is closer to the base than the second side flank and the second side flank faces away from the first side flank. The first side flank has a first length and the second side flank has a second length. A ratio of the second length to the first length is greater than or equal to 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab
  • Publication number: 20220231444
    Abstract: A contact device includes a contact housing and a contact element. The contact housing defines a contact receptacle and a latching receptacle opening into the contact receptacle. The contact element includes a contact body arranged within the contact receptacle and extending in a longitudinal direction and adapted to contact a mating contact of a mating contact device, and a latching spring connected to the contact body on a first end and extending along a spring axis into the latching receptacle. The latching spring has a stop inclining obliquely with respect to the spring axis and abutting a face of the latching receptacle and a recess formed through the latching spring at first distance from the stop face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kraenzlein, Daniel Leiminger, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Thomas Liebl, Marina Hertlein
  • Publication number: 20220115791
    Abstract: An electric terminal including a contact section having a locking lance locking the electric terminal in a connector housing of an electric connector and a transition section extending from the contact section and having a secondary latching with a secondary latching device latching the electric terminal in the connector housing. The locking lance is axially additionally secured in the contact section away from an attachment of the locking lance to the contact section and/or a plurality of side walls of the electric terminal are closed by a circumferential connection in the secondary latching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leiminger, Jochen Brandt, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Ulrich Lechler, Marina Hertlein, Florian Staufinger, Jiri Konrad, Andreas Merkle, Julia Stegmeier (nee Kirschbaum)