Patents by Inventor Arno WESTPHAL

Arno WESTPHAL 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).

  • Publication number: 20240014590
    Abstract: An angled printed circuit board connector is suitable for connecting at least one circuit board to at least one additional circuit board or at least one corresponding circuit board connector. It comprises a housing, at least two contact elements which are arranged in pairs and have at least two narrow sides and at least two wide sides. The contact elements have at least one flexible contact region. At least the flexible contact region of the contact elements are substantially identically shaped. The housing is designed to orient the contact elements substantially parallel to the connected circuit board. Each contact has a rigid contact region that adjoins the flexible contact region. The rigid contact region has at least one fastening element for fastening the contact element in the housing. The rigid contact region forms at least one angle of 80° to 100°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jana BÜTTEMEYER, Gert HAVERMANN, Arno WESTPHAL, Marc GENAU
  • Publication number: 20230411879
    Abstract: A printed circuit board connector for connecting at least one circuit board to at least one additional circuit board or at least one corresponding circuit board connector, comprises a housing, at least two contact elements which are arranged in pairs and have at least two narrow sides and at least two wide sides, the contact elements having at least one flexible contact region, at least the flexible contact region of the contact elements being substantially identically shaped, the housing being designed to orient the contact elements substantially perpendicularly to the receiving circuit board, each contact having a rigid contact region that adjoins the flexible contact region, the rigid contact region having at least one fastening element for fastening the contact element in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jana BÜTTEMEYER, Gert HAVERMANN, Marc GENAU, Arno WESTPHAL