Patents by Inventor Dirk-Peter Post

Dirk-Peter Post 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).

  • Connector for a solar module
    Patent number: 7655859
    Abstract: In order to deliver the current generated by means of photovoltaic solar elements, the invention proposes a connector for a solar module that is accommodated in a connector housing and can be connected to the solar elements. The solar elements are interconnected by means of flat connecting lines and embedding in a translucent sandwich panel. The current is delivered through an opening in one of the sheets of the sandwich panel by means of springable contact elements that are in electric contact with the connecting lines of the solar elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Naβ, Dirk-Peter Post, Martin Schmidt, Ludger Sorig, Hartwig Stein
  • Connector for a solar module
    Publication number: 20050022859
    Abstract: In order to deliver the current generated by means of photovoltaic solar elements, the invention proposes a connector for a solar module that is accommodated in a connector housing and can be connected to the solar elements. The solar elements are interconnected by means of flat connecting lines and embedded in a translucid sandwich panel. The current is delivered through an opening in one of the sheets of the sandwich panel by means of springable contact elements that are in electric contact with the connecting lines of the solar elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Andreas Nass, Dirk-Peter Post, Martin Schmidt, Ludger Sorig, Hartwig Stein
  • Electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus
    Patent number: 6551144
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus (1) consists of a receiving socket (10), a contact carrier (14) arranged in the receiving socket, insulation piercing contacts (18) which are held in the contact carrier (14), and arresting means (28, 30; 32, 34) by means of which the contact carrier (14) is held in the receiving socket (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Harting KGaA
    Inventors: Christa Wellmann, Stephan Schreier, Dirk-Peter Post
  • Electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus
    Publication number: 20010027051
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus (1) consists of a receiving socket (10), a contact carrier (14) arranged in the receiving socket, insulation piercing contacts (18) which are held in the contact carrier (14), and arresting means (28, 30; 32, 34) by means of which the contact carrier (14) is held in the receiving socket (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Christa Wellmann, Stephan Schreier, Dirk-Peter Post