Patents by Inventor Dennis Gazke

Dennis Gazke 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: 20230396011
    Abstract: A connection unit includes an insulating mounting frame and multiple resilient press-on contacts situated on the mounting frame. Each press-on contact includes a helical pressure spring that can exert an elastic force on a metal contact body. The contact body is connected in one piece to a connection plug or a connection socket. For each press-on contact, the mounting frame includes a hollow cylinder that forms a cavity within a circumferential wall, the cavity being closed off by a cover that is situated so as to be axially displaceable at the wall of the hollow cylinder. The pressure spring is situated inside the cavity, and with its elastic force acts on the cover. The contact body, in one piece, forms a contact disk that is situated on the outer side of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis GAZKE, Holger BOTZEN, Andreas SCHEIB, Sebastian VOGT
  • Patent number: 11837813
    Abstract: A multipole electrical plug-in connector includes a plug-in connector housing and a mounting block. The plug-in connector housing has a housing base that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the plug-in connector housing. The housing base has insertion openings. Contact elements are respectively inserted through the housing base insertion openings. Each contact element has a contact portion that is connectable to a mating plug-in connector, a press-in portion, with a fir tree profile, that is pressed into the housing base insertion opening in which the contact element is inserted through, and a connection portion for connecting an electrical connection line. Each contact element further has a retaining portion between the press-in portion and the connection portion. The retaining portions of the contact elements are inter-lockingly fastened in the mounting block. A method for producing a multipole electrical plug-in connector of this type is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Dennis Gazke, Stephane Michaud, Andreas Scheib
  • Publication number: 20210408714
    Abstract: A multipole electrical plug-in connector includes a plug-in connector housing and a mounting block. The plug-in connector housing has a housing base that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the plug-in connector housing. The housing base has insertion openings. Contact elements are respectively inserted through the housing base insertion openings. Each contact element has a contact portion that is connectable to a mating plug-in connector, a press-in portion, with a fir tree profile, that is pressed into the housing base insertion opening in which the contact element is inserted through, and a connection portion for connecting an electrical connection line. Each contact element further has a retaining portion between the press-in portion and the connection portion. The retaining portions of the contact elements are inter-lockingly fastened in the mounting block. A method for producing a multipole electrical plug-in connector of this type is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Dennis Gazke, Stephane Michaud, Andreas Scheib
  • Publication number: 20120045937
    Abstract: A junction box, in particular for solar modules, including a base that is parallel to a mounting surface at the module and an inner cavity formed by a housing and closed by a cover, wherein a solar module contact is connected in the inner cavity with a connecting conductor for putting out generated electricity, wherein the connecting conductor exiting the inner cavity is provided with a plug connector which includes a plug-in device supporting a connecting contact and a safety device maintaining a plug connection, wherein the plug connector is arranged in a support device at the junction box, wherein the support device includes a plug-in mechanism that is complementary to the plug-in device, and wherein the plug connector is arranged at the plug-in mechanism through its plug-in device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Richter, Dennis Gazke
  • Publication number: 20120043106
    Abstract: A junction box, in particular for a solar module, the junction box including a housing with functional components arranged therein for connecting with solar module connecting contacts, wherein the housing of the junction box includes a spacer configured to fixate an additional junction box at a distance from the junction box supporting the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Richter, Dennis Gazke
  • Publication number: 20120043986
    Abstract: A junction box for a solar module, including a base that is parallel to a mounting surface for the solar module; an inner cavity formed by a housing and closed by a cover; a connecting conductor for putting out electricity generated by the solar module and connected in the inner cavity with a contact for the solar module, and a test contact that is accessible in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base. The connecting conductor exits the inner cavity and is provided with a plug connector that is arranged in a support device at the junction box, wherein the test contact is electrically connected with a connecting contact of the plug connector of the connecting conductor, and wherein a function of the junction box is testable through feeding an electrical voltage into the test contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Richter, Dennis Gazke
  • Patent number: 8003885
    Abstract: A box for connecting a ribbon output conductor of a solar panel with a feed cable has a base mountable on the solar panel and formed with a first hole for the ribbon output conductor and a second hole for the feed cable, a removable cover fittable with the base and forming when fitted with the base a substantially closed compartment, and two holders at the first hole oriented at a predetermined angle to each other and adapted to hold a conductive part of the feed cable in either of two positions offset by the predetermined angle relative to the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Richter, Dennis Gazke, Lothar Fuhrmeister
  • Publication number: 20090272559
    Abstract: A box for connecting a ribbon output conductor of a solar panel with a feed cable has a base mountable on the solar panel and formed with a first hole for the ribbon output conductor and a second hole for the feed cable, a removable cover fittable with the base and forming when fitted with the base a substantially closed compartment, and two holders at the first hole oriented at a predetermined angle to each other and adapted to hold a conductive part of the feed cable in either of two positions offset by the predetermined angle relative to the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Richter, Dennis Gazke, Lothar Fuhrmeister