Patents by Inventor Dirk Pfaffenbach

Dirk Pfaffenbach 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: 11791582
    Abstract: A plug contact stamped from a strip of sheet metal, the plug contact including cut edges and rolled sides; a clamping section configured to fix the plug contact in a contact carrier; a contact fork formed by two spring elastic contact arms forming a receiving cavity between each other and including cut edges that are oriented towards each other, wherein a first end of the two spring elastic contact arms respectively originates from the clamping section and a second end of the two spring elastic contact arms respectively forms a contact bud, wherein the two spring elastic contact arms include rolled sides that are oriented towards each other and produced by forming the second end of the spring elastic contact arms respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH
    Inventors: Oleg Svencickij, Paulo Russo, Dirk Pfaffenbach
  • Publication number: 20220360010
    Abstract: A plug contact stamped from a strip of sheet metal, the plug contact including cut edges and rolled sides; a clamping section configured to fix the plug contact in a contact carrier; a contact fork formed by two spring elastic contact arms forming a receiving cavity between each other and including cut edges that are oriented towards each other, wherein a first end of the two spring elastic contact arms respectively originates from the clamping section and a second end of the two spring elastic contact arms respectively forms a contact bud, wherein the two spring elastic contact arms include rolled sides that are oriented towards each other and produced by forming the second end of the spring elastic contact arms respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Oleg Svencickij, Paulo Russo, Dirk Pfaffenbach
  • Patent number: 10665972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that, the contact carrier is provided with a secondary safety which fixes the contact carrier at the circuit board in addition to the primary safety and which is operable independently from the primary safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Paulo Russo, Frank Rentrop, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Olaf Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10535950
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that the primary safety includes at least two interlocking arms that are arranged in pairs adjacent to each other wherein interlocking devices of the interlocking arms have different interlocking geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Paulo Russo, Frank Rentrop, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Olaf Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20190229450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that, the contact carrier is provided with a secondary safety which fixes the contact carrier at the circuit board in addition to the primary safety and which is operable independently from the primary safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Paulo RUSSO, Frank RENTROP, Dirk PFAFFENBACH, Olaf STEINBACH
  • Publication number: 20190229464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that the primary safety includes at least two interlocking arms that are arranged in pairs adjacent to each other wherein interlocking devices of the interlocking arms have different interlocking geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Paulo Russo, Frank Rentrop, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Olaf Steinbach
  • Patent number: 8827753
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insertion contact for arrangement at a contact support including an opposite contact, the insertion contact including a contact arm which contacts a first contact surface of an opposite contact in an electrically conductive manner which opposite contact is arranged on a top side of a contact support; a support arm which contacts a bottom side of the contact support; and a connection arm which arranges the contact arm at the support arm, wherein the contact arm and/or the support arm is deflectable in a spring elastic manner, wherein the insertion contact includes a connection member for connecting a conductor, wherein the insertion contact is configured as a stamped component. It is an object of the invention to provide insertion contacts which facilitate reducing grid pitches of plug connectors, in particular according to Rast 2.5 standard, while maintaining predetermined technical specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Neumann, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Frank Umbach
  • Publication number: 20130244507
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insertion contact for arrangement at a contact support including an opposite contact, the insertion contact including a contact arm which contacts a first contact surface of an opposite contact in an electrically conductive manner which opposite contact is arranged on a top side of a contact support; a support arm which contacts a bottom side of the contact support; and a connection arm which arranges the contact arm at the support arm, wherein the contact arm and/or the support arm is deflectable in a spring elastic manner, wherein the insertion contact includes a connection member for connecting a conductor, wherein the insertion contact is configured as a stamped component. It is an object of the invention to provide insertion contacts which facilitate reducing grid pitches of plug connectors, in particular according to Rast 2.5 standard, while maintaining predetermined technical specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Neumann, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Frank Umbach
  • Patent number: 7997941
    Abstract: A plug connector comprising a first contact support, in which contacts are disposed, which enter an electrical connection with mating contacts of a second contact support, when the contact supports are joined. The first contact support comprises first coding device, which interacts with a second coding device of the second contact support and assures a defined joining of the contact supports in order to connect the contacts and the mating contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Pfaffenbach, Dirk Pellizari, Sandra Wiegen, Frank Rentrop
  • Patent number: 7909658
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector (1c) with a plug (11) which has a handle element (13) which has at least one snap-in unit (19) and one contact support (14) oriented in the plug-in direction (X), and with a bushing (12) whose handle element (40) forms a contact support holder (45) and an opposing snap-in means (44) corresponding to the snap-in means, said opposing snap-in means cooperates with the snap-in means to secure the plug and the bushing in the connected state, wherein the contact support (14) and the contact carrier holder (45) form mutually corresponding positioning means (23, 49) which allow insertion of the plug into the bushing only with the snap-in means facing the opposing snap-in means. The problem of the invention is to create a plug connector which improves in particular the blind insertion of plug and bushing and thus improves the ease of assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Pfaffenbach
  • Publication number: 20100240242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector (1c) with a plug (11) which has a handle element (13) which has at least one snap-in unit (19) and one contact support (14) oriented in the plug-in direction (X), and with a bushing (12) whose handle element (40) forms a contact support holder (45) and an opposing snap-in means (44) corresponding to the snap-in means, said opposing snap-in means cooperates with the snap-in means to secure the plug and the bushing in the connected state, wherein the contact support (14) and the contact carrier holder (45) form mutually corresponding positioning means (23, 49) which allow insertion of the plug into the bushing only with the snap-in means facing the opposing snap-in means. The problem of the invention is to create a plug connector which improves in particular the blind insertion of plug and bushing and thus improves the ease of assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Dirk Pfaffenbach
  • Publication number: 20100144206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector comprising a first contact support, in which contacts are disposed, which enter an electrical connection with mating contacts of a second contact support, when the contact supports are joined, wherein the first contact support comprises first coding device, which interacts with a second coding device of the second contact support and assures a defined joining of the contact supports in order to connect the contacts and the mating contacts. It is the object of the invention to simplify the production of plug connectors, in particular plug connectors with mechanical coding devices. The object is accomplished through a plug connector according to claim 1, which is in particular characterized in that at least one contact support comprises a receiver for a coding device configured as a separate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Pfaffenbach, Dirk Pellizari, Sandra Wiegen, Frank Rentrop