Patents by Inventor Dieter Holste

Dieter Holste 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: 10856431
    Abstract: A carrier assembly for carrying an electronics housing includes: a base; a carrier element that locks to the base; a slot on which the electronics housing is put; and a locking element that is adjustably arranged on the carrier element, locks the base to the carrier element when in a locked position, and is blocked in the locked position when an electronics housing is put onto the slot such that the locking element cannot be moved out of the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kettern, Dieter Holste
  • Publication number: 20190109395
    Abstract: An electric connection terminal includes a housing, a spring clip and a metal part. The spring clip has a clamping leg and a contact leg. The clamping leg, together with a portion of the metal part, forms a spring force clamping connection for an electrical conductor. The housing includes a conductor insertion opening for the electrical conductor to be connected, and an actuation opening for opening the spring force clamping connection. An electrical conductor can be easily connected to a circuit board with the electrical connection terminal by virtue of the metal part being electrically and mechanically connected to a plug contact via a connection region. The plug contact includes two contact legs, which are resilient relative to each other, for plugging into a contact hole of a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Geske, Dieter Holste, Ralf Gehle
  • Publication number: 20190053395
    Abstract: A carrier assembly for carrying an electronics housing includes: a base; a carrier element that locks to the base; a slot on which the electronics housing is put; and a locking element that is adjustably arranged on the carrier element, locks the base to the carrier element when in a locked position, and is blocked in the locked position when an electronics housing is put onto the slot such that the locking element cannot be moved out of the locked position,
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Markus KETTERN, Dieter HOLSTE
  • Patent number: 9065234
    Abstract: A connecting contact for SM D-components includes a metal material and the metal material at least partially comprises a coating with a different metal material. The connecting contact has a substantially laminar contact area for solderable contact to a board and comprises edge regions. At least one segment of the edge region is at a distance from the laminar contact area, so that a soldered fillet is formed for a soldered contact to a board. Also, a method for producing connecting contacts for SM D-components for solderably contacting a board includes the steps of punching metal strips, bending the metal strips so that a conducting region and a laminar contact area are produced, and forming the edge areas at the laminar contact area. At least one segment of the edge area is at a distance from the laminar contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Holste, Ulrich Rosemeyer
  • Publication number: 20130192874
    Abstract: A connecting contact for SM D-components includes a metal material and the metal material at least partially comprises a coating with a different metal material. The connecting contact has a substantially laminar contact area for solderable contact to a board and comprises edge regions. At least one segment of the edge region is at a distance from the laminar contact area, so that a soldered fillet is formed for a soldered contact to a board. Also, a method for producing connecting contacts for SM D-components for solderably contacting a board includes the steps of punching metal strips, bending the metal strips so that a conducting region and a laminar contact area are produced, and forming the edge areas at the laminar contact area. At least one segment of the edge area is at a distance from the laminar contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Holste, Ulrich Rosemeyer
  • Patent number: 8485768
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting flange for an electric terminal, comprising a housing and a duct provided thereon for receiving a screw, wherein the duct has a duct wall made of an elastic material, on which a safety device is configured such that the screw can be captively received by the duct when not screwed in. A free cross-section of the safety device and the largest cross-section of the screw have different shapes, wherein the length of an interior circumference of the safety device is adapted to the length of the exterior circumference of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Holste
  • Publication number: 20130005163
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact arrangement of a spring contact element (10) on a printed circuit board (12) with a soldering area (16) arranged on a surface of the printed circuit board (12) and a planar contact area (18) arranged on the soldering area (16), wherein the spring contact element (10) can be arranged on the contact area (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GMBH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dieter Holste, Ulrich Rosemeyer
  • Patent number: 7993156
    Abstract: A contact insert for a connecting terminal of a multiplicity of mutually isolated connection elements, designed in particular for printed circuit boards, with a spring force element being mounted symmetrically, with the spring force element designed with a simple section geometry and its simple mounting together with the advantageous connection to the contact insert, results in a closed terminal cage which makes it possible to reduce the physical height of the dielectric housing to a major The connecting terminal is used as a linking element in printed circuit board connection technology for providing a reliable supply to industrial electronics and economic individual wiring on printed circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Holste
  • Publication number: 20100266362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting flange for an electric terminal, comprising a housing and a duct provided thereon for receiving a screw, wherein the duct has a duct wall made of an elastic material, on which a safety device is configured such that the screw can be captively received by the duct when not screwed in. A free cross-section of the safety device and the largest cross-section of the screw have different shapes, wherein the length of an interior circumference of the safety device is adapted to the length of the exterior circumference of the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Holste
  • Publication number: 20100173531
    Abstract: A contact insert for a connecting terminal of a multiplicity of mutually isolated connection elements, designed in particular for printed circuit boards, with a spring force element being mounted symmetrically, with the spring force element designed with a simple section geometry and its simple mounting together with the advantageous connection to the contact insert, results in a closed terminal cage which makes it possible to reduce the physical height of the dielectric housing to a major The connecting terminal is used as a linking element in printed circuit board connection technology for providing a reliable supply to industrial electronics and economic individual wiring on printed circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Holste
  • Patent number: 7083463
    Abstract: An electrical supply or connecting terminal with a clamping spring and a metal part, the clamping spring having a clamping leg and a contact leg, and the metal part having a conductor bar piece. The clamping leg and the conductor bar piece form a spring force clamp connection for the electrical conductor. The contact leg of the clamping spring has a recess for insertion of the electrical conductor, and an end of the clamping leg extends through the recess. The clamping spring has a retaining section which runs essentially parallel to the insertion direction of the electrical conductor and parallel to the conductor bar piece and the conductor bar piece has been inserted though the recess in a direction opposite the insertion direction of the electrical conductor, the conductor bar piece being clamped securely between the end of the clamping leg and the retaining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Steinkemper, Udo Hoppe, Ralf Geske, Dieter Holste, Thomas Beier, Ralf Lange, Markus Kettern, Sebastian Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20060063419
    Abstract: An electrical supply or connecting terminal with a clamping spring and a metal part, the clamping spring having a clamping leg and a contact leg, and the metal part having a conductor bar piece. The clamping leg and the conductor bar piece form a spring force clamp connection for the electrical conductor. The contact leg of the clamping spring has a recess for insertion of the electrical conductor, and an end of the clamping leg extends through the recess. The clamping spring has a retaining section which runs essentially parallel to the insertion direction of the electrical conductor and parallel to the conductor bar piece and the conductor bar piece has been inserted though the recess in a direction opposite the insertion direction of the electrical conductor, the conductor bar piece being clamped securely between the end of the clamping leg and the retaining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Steinkemper, Udo Hoppe, Ralf Geske, Dieter Holste, Thomas Beier, Ralf Lange, Markus Kettern, Sebastian Schafer