Patents by Inventor Arnd Backer

Arnd Backer 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: 6967848
    Abstract: Adapter for contacting chip cards with a connection of a data processing unit standardized according to a PCMCIA standard, including a plug-in card-like housing which has an insertion slot opening on a front end into a mounting channel for mounting a chip card and a connector panel arranged on an opposite front end, and a printed circuit electrically connected with the connector panel which extends parallel to the mounting channel and which is provided with contact elements for contacting the chip card, where the printed circuit has a length shortened in relation to the mounting channel in the direction of extension of the mounting channel and is provided with an apparatus for positioning the printed circuit and for guiding the chip card in the mounting channel on the front end facing the insertion slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: STOCKO Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Klatt, Arnd Bäcker, Walter Breuer
  • Publication number: 20040243748
    Abstract: Adapter for contacting chip cards with a connection of a data processing unit standardized according to a PCMCIA standard, including a plug-in card-like housing which has an insertion slot opening on a front end into a mounting channel for mounting a chip card and a connector panel arranged on an opposite front end, and a printed circuit electrically connected with the connector panel which extends parallel to the mounting channel and which is provided with contact elements for contacting the chip card, where the printed circuit has a length shortened in relation to the mounting channel in the direction of extension of the mounting channel and is provided with an apparatus for positioning the printed circuit and for guiding the chip card in the mounting channel on the front end facing the insertion slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dieter Klatt, Arnd Backer, Walter Breur
  • Patent number: 6443361
    Abstract: A contact unit for a card-shaped carrier element of electronic components, especially for ISO 7816 chip cards, is provided and includes an insertable card-shaped housing that has a base plate and a cover plate that is congruent thereto at least in the transverse direction, between which is formed a slot-like insertion channel that opens on one side of the housing for receiving a chip-card, and that at the opposing side is provided with a plug-in strip, especially in accordance with the PCMCIA standard, and that furthermore has arranged parallel to said 10 insertion channel in said housing a printed circuit board that is connected electrically to the plug-in strip and that is provided on its surface with a contact field for contact with the chip-card, whereby only the base plate is extended with a flat, lower-lip type segment that is joined to the base plate via a breaking line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Stocko Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Klatt, Arnd Bäcker
  • Patent number: 6368128
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in cable connector having contact elements that are arranged in a row in chambers of a plastic housing is provided. In the longitudinal direction, each contact element has on one side a first connecting segment, in particular insulation displacement contacts for bare connection of a cable, and on their opposing side a second connecting segment, in particular a flexible tongue pair for connecting a plug contact pin or a conductor strip. A short-circuit bypass is provided between two contact elements. Formed in the connection region of the contact element between the two connecting segments, in particular between the insulation displacement contact elements and the flexible tongue pair, is a recess that is laterally accessible. The recesses of at least two of these contact elements are interconnected by inserting an electrically conducting bypass element in the transverse direction to produce the short-circuit bypass. The bypass element is arranged in the recesses with press fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Stocko Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arnd Bäcker, Michael Degenhardt, Ralf Kupp
  • Patent number: 6272017
    Abstract: An adaptor for connecting a chip card to a PCMCIA-standard computer slot has a housing with a top cover, a separate bottom cover, and at least one intermediate insulative element or frame connecting the top cover to the bottom cover at a spacing to one another. The top cover and bottom cover have substantially congruent outer contours. The housing has a receiving channel. A printed circuit board is mounted in the housing and extends parallel to the receiving channel. The circuit board has contact elements for electrically contacting a chip card received in the receiving channel. The housing has a front face and a back face wherein the front face has an insertion slot communicating with the receiving channel. The back face has a contact plug electrically connected to the printed circuit board and adapted to electrically contact the PCMCIA-standard computer slot. Cams at the channel entrance are used for card retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Stocko Metallwarenfabriken Henkels und Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Dieter Klatt, Heinz Ungermann, Bernhard Pelke, Arnd Bäcker, Thomas Klenner
  • Patent number: 6134114
    Abstract: A contacting unit has a housing consisting of a base plate and a cover plate with a plastic frame. A printed circuit board, having a strip plug for contacting a computer slot and a contact field for contacting a chip card, is mounted between cover plate and base plate that such between the printed circuit board and the base plate an insertion channel is defined and such that the strip plug is located at a first narrow side of the housing. The printed circuit board is secured by the plastic frame. The insertion channel has an insertion guide located at the opposite narrow housing side. The base plate and the cover plate are separate stamped sheet metal parts, and at least the longitudinal edges have inwardly bent tabs. The base plate has plastic holders for securing opposite ends of the strip plug. The insertion guide is a profiled plastic member having a length matching the length of the narrow side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Stocko Metallwarenfabriken Henkels und Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventors: Heinz Ungermann, Arnd Backer, Dieter Klatt
  • Patent number: 6097605
    Abstract: A contacting unit for a card with electronic components has a housing with an insertion slot for receiving a card with electronic components. The housing has at least one lateral slot cutout for receiving a card with electronic components. A printed circuit board is positioned within the housing. The printed circuit board has contacting elements for the electronic components of the cards. The housing has a connector field at one lateral side thereof. The printed circuit board is connected to the connector field. The housing is designed so as to receive a plurality of cards in at least one plane of the housing in at least one arrangement including a stacked arrangement, a staggered arrangement, a side-by-side arrangement, an overlapping arrangement, an end-to-end arrangement, and a head-to-tail arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Stocko Metallwaren Fabriken Henkels und Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Dieter Klatt, Arnd Backer
  • Patent number: 6053775
    Abstract: A chip card contacting unit has a housing and a printed circuit board mounted in the housing. The printed circuit board has contacts for contacting electrically and mechanically a contact array of a chip card received in the housing. A switch is mounted in the housing. The switch has a stop limiting insertion of the chip card into the housing. A guide member guides the chip card during insertion and acts on the side of the chip card opposite the contact array to ensure correct positioning of the contact array at the contacts by providing an abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Stocko Metallwarenfabriken Henkels und Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Heinz Ungermann, Arnd Backer, Dieter Klatt