Patents by Inventor Dieter Gerke

Dieter Gerke 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: 6068503
    Abstract: A terminal, isolating or connecting strip for telecommunications and data technology, having contact elements and having a mounting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Manfred Muller, Harald Bulow, Peter Meurers
  • Patent number: 5989057
    Abstract: A connection element having electric insulation-piercing terminal contact elements in a chamber of a receptacle part intended for the connection of electric conductors without stripping them. A sliding part is provided enclosing a part of the insulation-piercing terminal contact elements arranged in the chamber. The connection element permits easy and reliable connection of electrical insulated conductors without a special connecting tool and at the same time ensures as high a current-carrying capacity of the conductor as possible. A locating opening for the conductors is made in a sliding part 1 in an inclined position relative to the longitudinal axis of the sliding part, which longitudinal axis is at the same time the longitudinal axis of the chamber. The conductors are inserted into the insulation-piercing terminal connecting contacts, set at an angle to the wall of the chamber, and make electrical contact with the insulation-piercing terminal connection contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Frank Mossner
  • Patent number: 5803772
    Abstract: A termination device for telecommunication and data transmission applications, comprising a carrier rail, a base element with a receiving opening and functional modules. Various termination tasks can be solved by the base element being latched or onto or held by the carrier rail. Receiving portions for a termination element for incoming cables and for a termination element for outgoing cables are provided in the base element. A functional module is disposed between the two termination elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Muller, Dieter Gerke
  • Patent number: 5772472
    Abstract: A terminal block for high transmission rates in the telecommunication and data technique, comprising a plastic body with chambers disposed in at least one row for insulation displacement contact elements and slots for shield plates disposed in the transverse walls between said chambers and extending with parallel axes thereto. The shield plates of at least one chamber are connected by narrow webs inserted in grooves in the bottom of plastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Petra Beutler, Sabine Zimmer, Dieter Gerke, Ferenc Nad, Frank Mossner
  • Patent number: 5667400
    Abstract: An obliquely disposed insulation displacement contact for the communication and data transfer. Wires having a lower rigidity than a copper wire of 0.4 mm diameter can also be contacted, and the insulation displacement contact to be provided is intended to fit into the previously used receiving portions of housings, without reducing the rigidity of the insulation displacement contact. This is achieved by opposingly providing angles, bending or parallely displacing contact parts towards outside the contact zones of the contact legs in the area of the contact slot or by cut-free portions of the contact zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Janczak, Dieter Gerke
  • Patent number: 5620332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal element including electrical contacts in insulation displacement technique in chambers of a receiving part for the strapless connection of conductors. The terminal element defines openings for receiving the electrical conductors. A chamber of a receiving part includes at least one opening for the introduction of a conductor. A sliding part surrounding a part of an insulation displacement contact element disposed in the chamber. The sliding part has an opening coinciding in one position of the sliding part with the opening in the receiving part, with the opening in the chamber and with the contact zone of the insulation displacement contact element. The closing part includes a device accessible from outside for moving the sliding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Manfred Muller, Harald Bulow
  • Patent number: 5299953
    Abstract: The invention relates in general to a cutting and clamping sleeve contact for contacting a cable core transversely to the sleeve axis, and in particular for cable cores of the telecommunication technology. The contact is made of a metal sleeve shell and includes a clamping slot for the insulated cable core and a cutting and clamping contact slot within the sleeve for the stripless termination of the cable core. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the cutting and clamping sleeve contact. A portion 13 of a sleeve shell 12 is bent off radially into an interior of the sleeve body 12 and is provided with a cutting/clamping contact slot 2. A clamping slot 3 is opposite to the cutting/clamping contact slot 2 and is cut into the sleeve shell 15. The present invention improves the cutting and clamping sleeve contact, with regard to the independence of the cutting/clamping slot 2 from the movements at the clamping slot 3, and with regard to the observation of accurate tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Andrzey Janczak
  • Patent number: 5297975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a terminal bank for the telecommunication and data technology, with a cable connecting member 1 provided with cutting and clamping contact elements 10 for the termination of incoming cable cores 14, and a terminating element to be latched thereunto for the connection of the incoming cable cores 14 with the outgoing cable cores 37. The cutting and clamping contact elements 10 of the cable connecting member 1 have contact lugs 7, onto which bifurcated contacts 9 of the terminating element can be plugged. The terminating element is adapted as a plug connector receiving portion 2 with chambers 23 being open towards bottom, for the insertion of plug connectors 6 connected with the outgoing cable cores 37, and that the bifurcated contacts 9 are provided at the plug connectors 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Manfred Muller, Harald Bulow
  • Patent number: 5192223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wire connector for cable wires, in particular of telecommunication cables.The invention provides housing sections 2, 2' are constructed identically, and are adapted to be snap-fitted with each other after being rotated by 180 degrees relative to each other, that the crosspieces 6, 7 between the guide channels 8, 9 form the press-in sections, that the snap-fit elements are formed of the side walls 4, 5 of the housing sections 2, 2' extending parallely to the guide channels 8, 9 and that on the inner side of the longer side wall 4 is provided a receiving groove 11 for the other, shorter side wall 5 of the housing section 2, 2'.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Manfred Muller
  • Patent number: 5163855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector bank for telecommunication systems comprising connecting elements 4, 25, 26 for cable wires and comprising contact elements 10 for electrical connection of the connecting elements 4, 25, 26 with the circuit tracks of a printed-circuit board 20.The arrangement prevents damage due to connecting forces which are otherwise transferred to the contact elements when connecting the cable wires to the connecting elements 4, 25, 26. According to the invention the contact elements 10 are provided as separate components of a contact pin 11 and of a plug connector member 12 being formed as one piece therewith for connection with the connecting elements 4, 25, 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Andrzey Janczak
  • Patent number: 5131863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting/clamping contact (1) for contacting an insulated cable core (5), comprising two contact legs (2, 3) made of a blade-type, resilient metal material, between the inner sides (13, 14; 23, 24) of which an upwardly open contact slot (4) with an enlarged wire introduction section (7) is formed. In order to provide a cutting/clamping contact (1) which allows for contacting cable cores (5) having a thick insulation (6) as well as cable cores having a thin conductive core (12), in particular with a ratio of insulation to conductive core diameter larger than 3, the inner side (13, 14; 23, 24) of at least one contact leg (2, 3) comprises, in the wire introduction section (7) an inclined surface (8, 9) forming a cutting edge (10) directed into the wire introduction section (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Andrzey Janczak
  • Patent number: 5114356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting block for connecting insulated cable conductors, in particular cable conductors of the telecommunication and data technology, comprising insulation displacement contact elements received in block bodies and arranged in lines. In order to provide a connecting block (1), wherein it is at any time possible to connect or disconnect cable conductors, without the block body (3, 4) impeding the connection of the cable conductors to the other block body (3, 4), at least one block body (3, 4) is provided with an axis of rotation (5), about which the block body can be swung out off the connecting block (1) or a connector arrangement is provided allowing relative movement between the block bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Krone AG
    Inventors: Christa Taybl, Manfred Muller, Dieter Gerke, Harald Bulow
  • Patent number: 5086368
    Abstract: A connector bank with two rows of insulation displacement contacts for connecting insulated conductors, in particular of cables for telecommunication and data systems, comprising a surge arrester magazine to be inserted into the connector bank. In order to provide a connector bank having a voltage surge protection and allowing connecting and disconnecting as well as testing the attached cable conductors at the insulation displacement contacts even with inserted voltage surge protection, the two rows of insulation displacement contacts are arranged on different sides of the connector bank. An insulation displacement contact of the first row is connected over a connecting element with an insulation displacement contact of the second row. The surge arrester magazine is arranged laterally approximately centrally between the two rows of insulation displacement contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Lutz Biederstedt, Manfred Muller
  • Patent number: 5033974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector device for telecommunication and data systems, comprising a plug connector 1 and a connector bank 30. The connector bank 30 is formed of a housing with insulation displacement contacts 31 connected each to switching contacts 6. The plug connector 1 comprises a housing 2 with a connector tongue 4 supported therein and has contact tracks 5 on either side which can be inserted between two switching contacts 5 opposed to each other of the connector bank 30. The exterior distance B of two contact tracks 5 being smaller than the interior distance A between two stitching contacts 6.The plug connector 1 is provided such that there is no abrasion between the contact tracks 5 of the plug connector 1 and the switching contacts 5 of the connector bank 30 during the insert procedure. After the insert procedure, a contact connection with a sufficiently high contact force is established between the contact tracks 5 and the switching contacts 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lutz Biederstedt, Dieter Gerke, Markus Springer
  • Patent number: 4973262
    Abstract: A contact member for electrical conductors, in particular for cable wires of telecommunication systems, comprises two electrically conductive contact sections forming a contact slot, in order to simplify and make less costly manufacture and assembly of the components including the contact members, the contact section are formed from an insulating material and are provided with metallized contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengeselschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Wilhelm Bramkamp, Gunter Hegner, Lutz Biederstedt, Robert A. Williams, Manfred Muller, Wolfgang Radelow
  • Patent number: 4897040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting and clamping sleeve contact for contacting a cable wire laterally to the sleeve axis. The sleeve contact exhibits at least one clamping through slot at the periphery of the sleeve and a cutting and clamping contact in the interior of the sleeve. Wall pieces are cut free at the wall of a sleeve. They provide a one-piece sleeve contact suitable to contact cable wires having varying diameters and multi-stranded conductors. The wall pieces are also made of a metal material, and are bent into the interior of the sleeve and form contact legs for forming the cutting/clamping contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesllschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Manfred Muller
  • Patent number: 4851967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution bank for communication cables in particular a house incoming distribution bank. The distribution bank includes several plug accommodation sections formed each by four conductor plug sockets, one earth plug socket, connecting elements and plug sockets and being provided with test portions for test plugs. In order to obtain a simple electrical connection between the plug accommodation sections, the connecting elements and the test positions, the plug accommodation sections, the plug sockets and the connecting elements are arranged in parallel rows. A row of the plug accommodation sections is arranged centrally, and one row each of test plug sockets and connecting elements are arranged on both sides of the central row of plug accommodation sections. Connecting plates extend to the parallel rows and are plugged into the distribution bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Heide Teichler
  • Patent number: 4822300
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting cable wires to cutting/clamping contacts of dropwire connector banks of telecommunication sytems by means of a press-in tool provided with guide and press-in pieces and an actuating face. In order to allow a connection of a dropwire cable wire that thick insulation jacket in one single operation step to a cutting/clamping contact of the dropwire connector bank, the actuating face of the press-in tool is formed as an application body immediately adjacent to the guide and press-in pieces for a striking or lever tool, in particular a screwdriver. By exerting a striking or lever force on the press-in tool, a dropwire cable wire can, thus, be connected in one single operation step to a cutting/clamping contact of a dropwire connector bank. In a further embodiment of the invention, the press-in tool is formed as a part of the closing plug and serves for the fixation of the thin cable wires in dropwire connector banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Lutz Biederstedt, Eberhard Klaiber
  • Patent number: 4822298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wire connector for cable wires, in particular for telecommunications.A device is provided in a wire connector, which can be used for generating a connecting splice as well as for generating a branching splice, without special tools for cutting the cable wires off being necessary. Guide channels (4) are provided having a separating knife (6) for the cable wires (7,8). Furthermore, the upper part of housing (2) includes separating pieces on its underside. The upper part of housing (2) is latchable with the lower part of housing (1) in two different positions, the separating pieces cooperating in one position only with the separating knives (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Manfred Muller, Lutz Biederstedt
  • Patent number: D399490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Gerke, Harald Bulow, Manfred Muller