Patents by Inventor Dirk Bechtel

Dirk Bechtel 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: 10790622
    Abstract: A technique is provided for detecting decoupling of a first connector part, connected to a first device, of an electrical plug connector from a second connector part, connected to a second device, of the electrical plug connector. A corresponding method, a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding electrical plug connector as well as the first connector part and the second connector part of the plug connector, a corresponding device and a computer program product are stated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher Pohl, Thomas Rettig, Hans Beckhoff, Dirk Bechtel
  • Patent number: 10614013
    Abstract: An input/output module is provided for a bus system having a socket, the five contact cups of which each may comprise an electrical contact, and a measuring device for detecting a connector of a four-wire data cable. The measuring device can be configured to detect, when a connector is inserted into the socket, whether the connector comprises four or five electrical contact pins which are each plugged into one of the contact cups and are electrically connected to the respective electrical contact of the contact cups. The measuring device may be configured to close a first and a second switching device only when five electrical contact pins are detected in order to apply a respective supply voltage from two DC voltage supplies to the corresponding plugged contact pins of the connector plugged into the socket via the respective electrical contacts of the contact cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Büttner, Thomas Rettig, Dirk Bechtel, Michael Jost, Christopher Pohl, Hans Beckhoff
  • Patent number: 10424879
    Abstract: Hybrid plug connectors are provided for connecting different electronic modules to insulators arranged in an outer casing and for receiving a power conductor transmitting a power supply and a shielded data conductor for data transmission for transmitting signals/data of an industrial bus, such as ISA, ethernet or similar, wherein the power conductor has at least two power lines and the data conductor has at least one data line, wherein the power lines and the data lines are guided in contact parts designed as plugs or sockets and can be coupled via these contacts parts, and wherein the outer casings of the pair-type hybrid plug connectors can be joined inside one another for interlocking coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH, CONEC ELEKTRONISCHE BAUELEMENTE GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Vogel, Thomas Rettig, Dirk Bechtel, Werner Schmidt, Christian Schramm
  • Publication number: 20180323549
    Abstract: Hybrid plug connectors are provided for connecting different electronic modules to insulators arranged in an outer casing and for receiving a power conductor transmitting a power supply and a shielded data conductor for data transmission for transmitting signals/data of an industrial bus, such as ISA, ethernet or similar, wherein the power conductor has at least two power lines and the data conductor has at least one data line, wherein the power lines and the data lines are guided in contact parts designed as plugs or sockets and can be coupled via these contacts parts, and wherein the outer casings of the pair-type hybrid plug connectors can be joined inside one another for interlocking coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH, CONEC ELEKTRONISCHE BAUELEMENTE GMBH
    Inventors: Florian VOGEL, Thomas RETTIG, Dirk BECHTEL, Werner SCHMIDT, Christian SCHRAMM
  • Publication number: 20170288348
    Abstract: A technique is provided for detecting decoupling of a first connector part, connected to a first device, of an electrical plug connector from a second connector part, connected to a second device, of the electrical plug connector. A corresponding method, a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding electrical plug connector as well as the first connector part and the second connector part of the plug connector, a corresponding device and a computer program product are stated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Pohl, Thomas Rettig, Hans Beckhoff, Dirk Bechtel
  • Publication number: 20170185556
    Abstract: An input/output module is provided for a bus system having a socket, the five contact cups of which each may comprise an electrical contact, and a measuring device for detecting a connector of a four-wire data cable. The measuring device can be configured to detect, when a connector is inserted into the socket, whether the connector comprises four or five electrical contact pins which are each plugged into one of the contact cups and are electrically connected to the respective electrical contact of the contact cups. The measuring device may be configured to close a first and a second switching device only when five electrical contact pins are detected in order to apply a respective supply voltage from two DC voltage supplies to the corresponding plugged contact pins of the connector plugged into the socket via the respective electrical contacts of the contact cups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Holger Büttner, Thomas Rettig, Dirk Bechtel, Michael Jost, Christopher Pohl, Hans Beckhoff
  • Patent number: 7878717
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical waveguide plug part of an optical waveguide plug connector for an optical waveguide, which has a fiber and a sheath, with a contact carrier for receiving the optical waveguide and at least one clamping part for securing the optical waveguide in the contact carrier, wherein the clamping part as a first clamping section for clamping the sheath of the optical waveguide and a second clamping section for clamping the fiber of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Escha Bauelemente GmbH, Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schube, Dirk Bechtel, Franz-Joseph Kucharski
  • Publication number: 20090190885
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical waveguide plug part of an optical waveguide plug connector for an optical waveguide, which has a fiber and a sheath, with a contact carrier for receiving the optical waveguide and at least one clamping part for securing the optical waveguide in the contact carrier, wherein the clamping part as a first clamping section for clamping the sheath of the optical waveguide and a second clamping section for clamping the fiber of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicants: ESCHA BAUELEMENTE GMBH, BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Schube, Dirk Bechtel, Franz-Joseph Kucharski
  • Patent number: D824857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Conec Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Vogel, Thomas Rettig, Dirk Bechtel, Werner Schmidt, Christian Schramm