Patents by Inventor Dieter Lüttermann

Dieter Lüttermann 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: 20220393386
    Abstract: Add-on housing for a plug-in connection, which add-on housing has a housing side with at least one first fastening form and a plug-in side with at least one holding form, wherein a flange is arranged between the housing side and the plug-in side, which flange is provided for attaching the add-on housing to an appliance housing, wherein the plug-in side has at least two holding forms, at least one first holding form and at least one second holding form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter LÜTTERMANN
  • Patent number: 10658796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shielding metal plate (3) suitable for connecting at least one shielded conductor. The shielding metal plate (3), which can be held in a housing of a plug connector, protects the held conductor from external, interfering influences. The shielding metal plate (3) can be variably adapted to different conductor cross-sections such that both thin and thick conductors can be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Lüttermann
  • Publication number: 20190305489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shielding metal plate (3) suitable for connecting at least one shielded conductor. The shielding metal plate (3), which can be held in a housing of a plug connector, protects the held conductor from external, interfering influences. The shielding metal plate (3) can be variably adapted to different conductor cross-sections such that both thin and thick conductors can be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: HARTING Electronics GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Lüttermann
  • Patent number: 10218112
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, comprising an insulating plug connector housing and at least one electrical contact element accommodated in the plug connector housing is provided. The plug connector housing forms a plugging side and a connection side, wherein at least one contact opening extends through the plug connector housing from the plugging side to the connection side. An electrical contact element is accommodated in the contact opening and is fastened and retained in the contact opening. An additional cable fixing arrangement for fastening a connected cable is formed on the connection side of the electrical plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lüttermann, Uwe Foss
  • Patent number: 10128623
    Abstract: Provided is a wall bushing for establishing contact between a plug connector and a housing wall or the like. The wall bushing can be placed and fastened over an opening by three fastening bores. Advantageous arrangement of the three fastening bores ensures that the wall bushing is fitted on the housing in a particularly safe and stable manner. The special shaping of the wall bushing additionally allows a high mounting density of a large number of wall bushings in a small area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Arnaud Barlemont, Dieter Luettermann
  • Publication number: 20180219324
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, comprising an insulating plug connector housing and at least one electrical contact element accommodated in the plug connector housing is provided. The plug connector housing forms a plugging side and a connection side, wherein at least one contact opening extends through the plug connector housing from the plugging side to the connection side. An electrical contact element is accommodated in the contact opening and is fastened and retained in the contact opening. An additional cable fastening means for fastening a connected cable is formed on the connection side of the electrical plug connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Dieter LÜTTERMANN, Uwe FOSS
  • Publication number: 20170352993
    Abstract: Provided is a wall bushing for establishing contact between a plug connector and a housing wall or the like. The wall bushing can be placed and fastened over an opening by three fastening bores. Advantageous arrangement of the three fastening bores ensures that the wall bushing is fitted on the housing in a particularly safe and stable manner. The special shaping of the wall bushing additionally allows a high mounting density of a large number of wall bushings in a small area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Arnaud BERLEMONT, Dieter LUETTERMANN
  • Publication number: 20170005444
    Abstract: To minimise the assembly effort of a plug-in connector the plug-in connector has multiple parts in the form of assembled individual parts. The shielding device has first guide in operative connection with a second guide of the contact support, so that the contact support can be inserted into the insulating body or can be attached thereto by a pivoting movement of the shielding device. After manually inserting the contacts into the contact support, the shielding device can be pivoted via the insulating body with a single movement, as a result of which the contact support is inserted into the insulating body, whereby the contacts are finally fixed in the insulating body, the shielding device is latched onto the contact support and as a result the contact support can be fixed in or on the insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Dieter Luettermann
  • Patent number: 9466928
    Abstract: To minimize the assembly effort of a plug-in connector the plug-in connector has multiple parts in the form of assembled individual parts. The shielding device has first guide in operative connection with a second guide of the contact support, so that the contact support can be inserted into the insulating body or can be attached thereto by a pivoting movement of the shielding device. After manually inserting the contacts into the contact support, the shielding device can be pivoted via the insulating body with a single movement, as a result of which the contact support is inserted into the insulating body, whereby the contacts are finally fixed in the insulating body, the shielding device is latched onto the contact support and as a result the contact support can be fixed in or on the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventor: Dieter Luettermann
  • Publication number: 20140302714
    Abstract: To minimise the assembly effort of a plug-in connector the plug-in connector has multiple parts in the form of assembled individual parts. The shielding device has first guide in operative connection with a second guide of the contact support, so that the contact support can be inserted into the insulating body or can be attached thereto by a pivoting movement of the shielding device. After manually inserting the contacts into the contact support, the shielding device can be pivoted via the insulating body with a single movement, as a result of which the contact support is inserted into the insulating body, whereby the contacts are finally fixed in the insulating body, the shielding device is latched onto the contact support and as a result the contact support can be fixed in or on the insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Dieter Luettermann
  • Patent number: 8077471
    Abstract: A pressure guide for an electric connection between strip conductors on a circuit board and electric contacts arranged in an edge connector is provided. The pressing device aligns a circuit board guided between two guide bars by a spring element arranged in the one of the guide bars, such that the electric strip conductors applied on the circuit board exactly conform to the contacts arranged within the edge connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7677906
    Abstract: In a board-edge connector designed for directly contacting a printed board includes a ground connection between the printed board and the connector which engages before the printed board is completely mated and connected to the voltage supply. A grounding contact is arranged in one of the corner regions within the plug-in slot of the printed board connector, wherein the grounding contact is connected to a grounding strip on the printed board on which the printed board connector is fixed. During the mating process, the printed board, onto which a grounding strip is applied on at least one of the lateral edges within the mating region, slides past the grounding contact such that an electrostatic equalization between the printed board to be newly inserted and the connector takes place before the contacting of the remaining electric contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20090209114
    Abstract: In a printed board connector (1), particularly a board-edge connector designed for directly contacting a printed board (30), it is proposed that at least a ground connection between the printed board and the connector is initially produced before the printed board is completely mated and connected to the voltage supply. To this end, a grounding contact (10) is arranged in one of the corner regions (4) within the plug-in slot (3) of the printed board connector, wherein the grounding contact (10) is connected to a grounding strip on the printed board (40), on which the printed board connector (1) is fixed. During the mating process, the printed board (30), onto which a grounding strip (33) is applied on at least one of the lateral edges (32) within the mating region (31), slides past the grounding contact (10) such that an electrostatic equalization between the printed board to be newly inserted and the connector takes place before the contacting of the remaining electric contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7503796
    Abstract: Precise contact guidance of contact decks on a printed circuit board relative to the electric contacts in a card edge connector, is achieved using a pressing spring within the slot of the card edge connector in such a way that it mechanically deflects the mating region of the printed circuit board into a position in which a precisely fitted coincidence of the respective contacts is expected before the electric contacting takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20080013261
    Abstract: The invention proposes a pressure guide for an electric connection between contact decks on a circuit board (1) and electric contacts arranged in an edge connector (6), wherein said pressing device aligns a circuit board (1) guided between two guide bars (10, 11) by means of a spring element (16, 26) arranged in the one of the guide bars, namely in such a way that the electric strip conductors applied on the circuit board exactly conform to the contacts arranged within the edge connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20070141884
    Abstract: In order to achieve a precise contact guidance of contact decks on a printed circuit board relative to the electric contacts in a card edge connector, the invention proposes to arrange a pressing spring within the slot of the card edge connector in such a way that it mechanically deflects the mating region of the printed circuit board into a position in which a precisely fitted coincidence of the respective contacts is expected before the electric contacting takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Dieter LUETTERMANN, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 6422878
    Abstract: For the manufacture of a plug-type connector for surface-mounting on circuit boards, it is proposed that the required contact elements be provided with a constricted portion in a region between the plug-in contact end and the soldering-connection end, and that the contact elements introduced into the insulating casing of the plug-type connector be bent over, at the soldering-connection ends in the region of the constricted portion, by a first angle with the aid of a first tool, and be then bent further to almost 90° with the aid of a second tool, all the soldering-connection ends being aligned in a coplanar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Harting KGaA
    Inventors: Günter Pape, Dieter Lüttermann
  • Patent number: 6305983
    Abstract: A screened electrical plug connector for surface mounting on printed circuit boards, consisting of an insulating plug housing (1), in which electrical connection elements are arranged, which are provided for making contact with contacts of a complementary plug connector, with terminals for connection to printed conductors of a printed circuit board, wherein at least one side of the plug housing is provided with a screening plate (2) that has a contact edge (6) for making contact with grounded printed conductors (13) of a printed circuit board (12), is characterised in that the screening plate (2) has a retaining edge (30; 32) opposite the contact edge (6), for attachment to the plug housing (1), and that the screening plate (2) is locked to the plug housing (1) at a distance from the retaining edge (30; 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Harting KGaA
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Günter Pape, Dieter Lüttermann
  • Patent number: 6196875
    Abstract: For a screened electrical plug connection, it is proposed that contact-making between the screening plates of two plug connectors be carried out side by side in one plane, under which circumstances a smaller overall height is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Harting KGaA
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Günter Pape, Dieter Lüttermann
  • Patent number: 6193561
    Abstract: For an electrical plug connector with one-piece contact elements which are disposed in contact chambers and have spring legs with an embossed contour which are disposed in a mirror-inverted manner, it is proposed that the spring legs be constructed in such a way that they are at a distance from the contact chamber walls when the contact elements are inserted in the contact chambers, the spring legs being deflected in such a way, when a contact pin is inserted in the contact elements, that the said spring legs are supported on the contact chamber walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Harting KGaA
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Günter Pape, Dieter Lüttermann