Patents by Inventor Bodo FINKEN

Bodo FINKEN 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).

  • Plug connector part having a temperature sensor device
    Patent number: 10439336
    Abstract: A plug connector part for connection to a mating plug connector part includes: at least one electrical contact element for carrying an electrical current and establishing electrical contact with at least one other contact element of a mating plug connector part; and a temperature sensor device for recording an increase in temperature of the plug connector part, the temperature sensor device including at least one sensor element, which is designed to detect infrared radiation emitted by the at least one electrical contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuehrer, Markus Rose, Bodo Finken
  • PLUG CONNECTOR PART HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170237205
    Abstract: A plug connector part for connection to a mating plug connector part includes: at least one electrical contact element for carrying an electrical current and establishing electrical contact with at least one other contact element of a mating plug connector part; and a temperature sensor device for recording an increase in temperature of the plug connector part, the temperature sensor device including at least one sensor element, which is designed to detect infrared radiation emitted by the at least one electrical contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas FUEHRER, Markus ROSE, Bodo FINKEN