Patents by Inventor Boris Fretze

Boris Fretze 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: 20080182447
    Abstract: Connector assembly comprising a first connector 1, which has a first housing 4 with a first end 5 and a second end 6, wherein the first housing 4 has first accommodation chambers 7 for first contact elements 8 and two second accommodation chambers 11 each for a second contact element 12 and wherein the first housing 4 has first locking means 15, has a slider 22, which is linearly displaceable in a limited manner on the first housing 4 in a direction away from the first end 5 towards the second end 6 and reversely between a first position and a second position, has, respectively, one receptacle 23 for one of the two second counter contact elements 26, wherein the two second counter contact elements 26 are electrically conductively connected to each other, a second connector 2, which has a second housing 34 with third accommodation chambers 40 arranged correspondingly to the first accommodation chambers 7 for the first counter contact elements 36 fitting to the first contact elements 8, has second lock
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Yazaki Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Michael LUTSCH, Josip Jelak, Boris Fretze, Mario Hanzek
  • Patent number: 7381085
    Abstract: A connection assembly having a first connector and a second connector which can be connected to or disconnected from one another by being adjusted along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first connector comprises a first housing which is provided with an elastically deformable locking arm comprising an end connected to the first housing and a free end, as well as a first stop; the second connector comprises a second housing which is provided with a second stop; the first stop and the second stop are designed in such a way that when the two connectors are being connected to one another, they cooperate in such a way that the elastic locking arm 6 temporarily experiences an elastic deformation and, that, after the connected position has been achieved, it experiences an elastic return movement; the second housing comprises a first tunnel portion with a tunnel axis, into which first tunnel portion the locking portion 6, in the connected condition of the two connectors, projects at least partially, which first tunne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Michael Lutsch, Ranko Resman, Josip Jelak, Boris Fretze
  • Publication number: 20080032545
    Abstract: A connection assembly having a first connector and a second connector which can be connected to or disconnected from one another by being adjusted along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first connector comprises a first housing which is provided with an elastically deformable locking arm comprising an end connected to the first housing and a free end, as well as a first stop; the second connector comprises a second housing which is provided with a second stop; the first stop and the second stop are designed in such a way that when the two connectors are being connected to one another, they cooperate in such a way that the elastic locking arm 6 temporarily experiences an elastic deformation and, that, after the connected position has been achieved, it experiences an elastic return movement; the second housing comprises a first tunnel portion with a tunnel axis, into which first tunnel portion the locking portion 6, in the connected condition of the two connectors, projects at least partially, which first tunne
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Yazaki Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Michael Lutsch, Ranko Resman, Josip Jelak, Boris Fretze