Patents by Inventor Bert Bergner

Bert Bergner 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: 10490945
    Abstract: A contact assembly comprises a first pair of contact elements connected to a first pair of signal lines in a first connector, a second pair of contact elements connected to a second pair of signal lines in a second connector, and a first electrical arrangement connecting a first contact element of the first pair of contact elements and the first contact element of the second pair of contact elements. A second contact element of the first pair of contact elements and a first contact element of the second pair of contact elements are positioned adjacent one another. A capacitance of the first electrical arrangement corresponds to a capacitance between the second contact element of the first pair of contact elements and the first contact element of the second pair of contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bert Bergner, Carlos Almeida
  • Publication number: 20190208434
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data within a vehicle comprises evaluating a connection quality of a wireless connection between an antenna arranged external to the vehicle and a receiving unit of the vehicle, demodulating a signal received by the receiving unit, feeding the demodulated signal to a scaling unit, and providing an output data with the scaling unit having a data rate determined as a function of the connection quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Mandel, Andreas Winkelmann, Bert Bergner, Christian Rusch
  • Patent number: 10297956
    Abstract: A plug connector for insertion into a socket comprises a plug connector frame and a spring element. The plug connector frame has a side wall and a front opening receiving a cable head. The spring element is formed of a resilient material and electrically connects the cable head and the socket. The spring element has a first contacting portion projecting inward from the side wall and electrically contacting the cable head and a second contacting portion projecting outward from the side wall and electrically contacting the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Samir Abouklassem, Robert Wuerker, Christian Schrettlinger, Guenther Mumper, Alfons Ketteler, Bert Bergner
  • Publication number: 20190097330
    Abstract: An electrical contact device for a twin-axial electrical cable comprises a crimping section. In a crimped state on the twin-axial electrical cable, the crimping section is closed and has an oval cross-sectional shape in at least a portion of the crimping section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bert Bergner, Christian Mandel, Uwe Bluemmel, Rajesh Kumar
  • Publication number: 20180198238
    Abstract: A contact assembly comprises a first pair of contact elements connected to a first pair of signal lines in a first connector, a second pair of contact elements connected to a second pair of signal lines in a second connector, and a first electrical arrangement connecting a first contact element of the first pair of contact elements and the first contact element of the second pair of contact elements. A second contact element of the first pair of contact elements and a first contact element of the second pair of contact elements are positioned adjacent one another. A capacitance of the first electrical arrangement corresponds to a capacitance between the second contact element of the first pair of contact elements and the first contact element of the second pair of contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bert Bergner, Carlos Almeida
  • Patent number: 9960549
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has a middle housing having a first upper contact spring and a first upper opening, an upper cover connected to the middle housing and having a first upper termination clamp, wherein the upper cover rotatably and linearly moves with respect to the middle housing between an open position and a closed position, and a cable having a first core, the first core extending into the first upper opening. In the closed position of the upper cover, the first upper termination clamp contacts the first core in an electrically conductive manner and abuts the first upper contact spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Strelow, Guenter Feldmeier, Martin Szelag, Bert Bergner, Ralf Schmidt, Christian Schrettlinger, Matthias Haucke, In Gon Kang
  • Publication number: 20180102611
    Abstract: A plug connector for insertion into a socket comprises a plug connector frame and a spring element. The plug connector frame has a side wall and a front opening receiving a cable head. The spring element is formed of a resilient material and electrically connects the cable head and the socket. The spring element has a first contacting portion projecting inward from the side wall and electrically contacting the cable head and a second contacting portion projecting outward from the side wall and electrically contacting the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Samir Abouklassem, Robert Wuerker, Christian Schrettlinger, Guenther Mumper, Alfons Ketteler, Bert Bergner
  • Patent number: 9899775
    Abstract: A connector insert is disclosed. The connector insert has a cable including a plurality of wires, a plurality of plug contacts, a housing including at least one reception chamber defining an inlet, and a stabilizer including a first fastening location at which the stabilizer is attached to the housing and a second fastening location at which the stabilizer is attached to the cable. Each plug contact is attached to a wire, and the reception chamber accepts the plug contacts through the inlet. The stabilizer is composed of a dimensionally stable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bert Bergner, Robert Wuerker, Wolfgang Mueller, Christian Schellhaas
  • Patent number: 9825673
    Abstract: The invention relates to contactless plug connectors and contactless plug connector systems for electromagnetically connecting a correspondrng mating plug connector. In order to allow for an electromagnetic connection, the invention suggest providing at least one antenna element arranged within the mating end of the contactless plug connector to transmit and/or to receive radio waves modulated with a predetennined carrier frequency, a transmitting/receiving circuit for modulating an inputted baseband input signal onto the predeteimined carrier frequency and transmitting the modulated baseband input signal and/or for demodulating a received radio wave into a baseband output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Nederland BV, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk-Jan Riezebos, Bert Bergner, Gied Habraken
  • Patent number: 9634439
    Abstract: The invention relates to contactless plug connectors and contactless plug connector systems for electromagnetically connecting a corresponding mating plug connector. In order to allow for an electromagnetic connection, the invention suggest providing at least one input terminal for inputting a baseband input signal; an antenna element arranged at the mating end of the contactless plug connector; and a transmitting circuit for modulating the inputted baseband input signal on a predetermined carrier frequency and for transmitting the modulated baseband input signal via the antenna element as a radio wave with the predetermined carrier frequency. In particular, the contactless plug connector and contactless plug connector system include an electromagnetic shielding element arranged to surround the transmitting circuit and the antenna element with a rim portion forming an opening at the mating end of the contactless plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V., TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk-Jan Riezebos, Bert Bergner, Gied Habraken
  • Patent number: 9620905
    Abstract: A vehicular cable assembly that is easy to install and allows high transmission rates. This vehicular cable assembly includes at least two unshielded conductive signal lines that are untwisted around each other in a connection region in which the unshielded conductive signal lines are adapted to be connected to an external element and twisted around each other in a region next to the connection region. This vehicular cable assembly also includes a shielding assembly having at least one canal-like receptacle shielding part extending at least along the entire connection region and within which the unshielded conductive signal lines are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Bert Bergner
  • Patent number: 9548552
    Abstract: A plug contact arrangement is provided having a plurality of plug contact modules, including a plug socket module and a plug contact module. The plug socket module includes a base member and a socket contact section connected to the base member and having pair of contact members extending linearly and parallel with respect to each other and defining a contact blade receiving member there between. Each of the pair of contact members includes a contact face extending into the contact blade receiving member. The plug contact module is securable to the plug socket module and includes a plurality of lateral walls extending parallel to each other, a reinforcement member connecting the plurality of lateral walls, and a contact section extending from the plurality of lateral walls and having a contact blade having opposite contact faces to engage the pair of contact members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mohamed Aboulkassem, Bert Bergner, Rudolf Kraemer, Christian Schrettlinger, Konstantin Zech, Sabine Hass
  • Patent number: 9401566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging plug for connection to a charging socket of a device which is intended to be charged, for example, a motor vehicle which is at least partially driven by electrical energy, or a device which provides charging energy. In order to prevent the charging plug from prematurely becoming defective as a result of corrosion or electro migration, there is provision according to the invention for a switching device of the charging plug to be arranged partially inside and partially outside an enclosed conduction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Boeck, Bert Bergner, Dusan Ondrej, Sebastian Zabeck, Ulrich Buchmann
  • Publication number: 20160211622
    Abstract: A connector insert is disclosed. The connector insert has a cable including a plurality of wires, a plurality of plug contacts, a housing including at least one reception chamber defining an inlet, and a stabilizer including a first fastening location at which the stabilizer is attached to the housing and a second fastening location at which the stabilizer is attached to the cable. Each plug contact is attached to a wire, and the reception chamber accepts the plug contacts through the inlet. The stabilizer is composed of a dimensionally stable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bert Bergner, Robert Wuerker, Wolfgang Mueller, Christian Schellhaas
  • Patent number: 9373942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular data transmission system which is constructed for contactless data transmission by means of electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in the millimeter range. A modular data transmission system according to the invention comprises a mounting rail, a first bus participant and a second bus participant. The first bus participant comprises a transmitting/receiving module. The second bus participant also comprises a transmitting/receiving module. The first bus participant and the second bus participant are releasably secured to the mounting rail so as to be able to be attached to each other, and the transmitting/receiving modules of the first and second bus participants are constructed in order to transmit data by means of electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in the millimeter range. Another modular data transmission system according to the invention comprises a mounting rail and at least a first bus participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Feldmeier, Bert Bergner
  • Publication number: 20160072235
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has a middle housing having a first upper contact spring and a first upper opening, an upper cover connected to the middle housing and having a first upper termination clamp, wherein the upper cover rotatably and linearly moves with respect to the middle housing between an open position and a closed position, and a cable having a first core, the first core extending into the first upper opening. In the closed position of the upper cover, the first upper termination clamp contacts the first core in an electrically conductive manner and abuts the first upper contact spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Strelow, Guenter Feldmeier, Martin Szelag, Bert Bergner, Ralf Schmidt, Christian Schrettlinger, Matthias Haucke, In Gon Kang
  • Publication number: 20160064867
    Abstract: A vehicular cable assembly that is easy to install and allows high transmission rates. This vehicular cable assembly includes at least two unshielded conductive signal lines that are untwisted around each other in a connection region in which the unshielded conductive signal lines are adapted to be connected to an external element and twisted around each other in a region next to the connection region. This vehicular cable assembly also includes a shielding assembly having at least one canal-like receptacle shielding part extending at least along the entire connection region and within which the unshielded conductive signal lines are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Bert Bergner
  • Patent number: 9178305
    Abstract: Arrangement for establishing and/or breaking a connection between a plug and a complementary mating plug, wherein a lever which can be pivoted about an axis is arranged on the plug. The connection between the plug and the mating plug can be broken when the lever is pivoted into a disconnection position and/or can be established when the lever is pivoted into a connection position. The plug is, in particular, a switch module, for example a tripping module for a mating plug which is in the form of a circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG, TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Konietzko, Stephan Stanke, Guenter Baujan, Lothar Winzen, Thomas Freyermuth, Luis Javier Puras Trueba, Rudolf Kraemer, Mohamed Aboulkassem, Bert Bergner, Christian Schrettlinger
  • Publication number: 20150077907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular data transmission system which is constructed for contactless data transmission by means of electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in the millimetre range. A modular data transmission system according to the invention comprises a mounting rail, a first bus participant and a second bus participant. The first bus participant comprises a transmitting/receiving module. The second bus participant also comprises a transmitting/receiving module. The first bus participant and the second bus participant are releasably secured to the mounting rail so as to be able to be attached to each other, and the transmitting/receiving modules of the first and second bus participants are constructed in order to transmit data by means of electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in the millimetre range. Another modular data transmission system according to the invention comprises a mounting rail and at least a first bus participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Guenter Feldmeier, Bert Bergner
  • Publication number: 20140252876
    Abstract: The invention relates to contactless plug connectors and contactless plug connector systems for electromagnetically connecting a correspondrng mating plug connector. In order to allow for an electromagnetic connection, the invention suggest providing at least one antenna element arranged within the mating end of the contactless plug connector to transmit and/or to receive radio waves modulated with a predetennined carrier frequency, a transmitting/receiving circuit for modulating an inputted baseband input signal onto the predeteimined carrier frequency and transmitting the modulated baseband input signal and/or for demodulating a received radio wave into a baseband output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Dirk-Jan Riezebos, Bert Bergner, Gied Habraken