Patents by Inventor Eckart Wirries

Eckart Wirries 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: 20240049416
    Abstract: A connector connecting a line to a printed circuit board. The connector has a section of the line that has a first end, has a connection element that is joined to the end of the section of the line by a first end and is joined to a printed circuit board by a second end, has an insert part that receives the first end of the connection element and the end of the section of the line, the insert part has a recess through which the connection element projects or in which the first end of the connection element and the end of the section of the line are arranged, and has a cured casting compound that fills the recess so as to enclose the connection element or so as to enclose the first end of the connection element and the end joined thereto of the section of the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sascha DIENWIEBEL, Steffen HOPPE, Andreas KUPEZKI, Stefan PETERS, Eckart WIRRIES
  • Publication number: 20220334013
    Abstract: An angular position sensor may include a housing, and a rotor including a rotor assembly with a rotor latching device. The rotor and the housing are connected by the rotor latching device secured by a retaining ring. The retaining ring can be transferred into a secured position in an axial direction. The retaining ring is integral with the rotor assembly and features at least one retaining element with which the retaining ring secures the connection of rotor and housing. The retaining ring and the rotor latching device each feature corresponding latching elements. The rotor assembly features axial position-securing elements. The latching elements interact such that the retaining ring is secured in an axial direction along the rotary axis relative to the rotor. The axial position-securing elements interact so that the rotor is secured essentially free of play on the housing in an axial direction along the rotary axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen Hoppe, Holger Oberste-Freilinghaus, Martin Pankoke, Eckart Wirries
  • Patent number: 9719783
    Abstract: A level sensor (20) for a motor vehicle that comprises a housing (1), a rotor (2) that is rotatably mounted on the housing (1), a circuit board (3) that is enclosed by the housing (1) and contains at least a single stator as well as a connector (4). The level sensor (20) should be improved in such a way that the rotor (2) is easy to mount on the housing (1) and that there is practically no play so that a relative position of the stator as compared to a rotor structure (9) is largely maintained. Overall, the sensor should also be inexpensive to manufacture. This is achieved by the circumstance that the housing (1) exhibits a cylinder (6) with a circular cross-section that is mounted on the outside, that the rotor (2) is made of plastic with the exception of the rotor structure (9) and that the rotor (2) is guided within the cylinder (6) and interlocks with the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Manfred Bartscht, Thomas Elpermann, Eckart Wirries
  • Patent number: 9316497
    Abstract: A level sensor for a motor vehicle includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted on the housing, and a printed circuit board enclosed in the housing. The printed circuit board includes at least one stator and is connected to a plug which can be attached to an opening in the housing, and seals the opening thereby. The printed circuit board and electronic components are readily and permanently protected against environmental influences. Housing has a chamber for accommodating the printed circuit board, and the opening is allocated to the chamber. The chamber is closed on all sides, with the exception of the opening. The printed circuit board can be inserted in the chamber in the manner of a drawer and can be positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO.
    Inventors: Manfred Bartscht, Thomas Elpermann, Steffen Hoppe, Eckart Wirries
  • Publication number: 20150185005
    Abstract: A level sensor for a motor vehicle that comprises a housing (1), a rotor (2) that is rotatably mounted on the housing (1), a circuit board (3) that is enclosed by the housing (1) and contains at least a single stator as well as a connector (4). The level sensor should be improved in such a way that the rotor (2) is easy to mount on the housing (1) and that there is practically no play so that a relative position of the stator as compared to a rotor structure (9) is largely maintained. Overall, the sensor should also be inexpensive to manufacture. This is achieved by the circumstance that the housing (1) exhibits a cylinder (6) with a circular cross-section that is mounted on the outside, that the rotor (2) is made of plastic with the exception of the rotor structure (9) and that the rotor (2) is guided within the cylinder (6) and interlocks with the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Manfred Bartscht, Thomas Elpermann, Eckart Wirries
  • Publication number: 20150047212
    Abstract: A level sensor for a motor vehicle includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted on the housing, and a printed circuit board enclosed in the housing. The printed circuit board includes at least one stator and is connected to a plug which can be attached to an opening in the housing, and seals the opening thereby. The printed circuit board and electronic components are readily and permanently protected against environmental influences. Housing has a chamber for accommodating the printed circuit board , and the opening is allocated to the chamber. The chamber is closed on all sides, with the exception of the opening. The printed circuit board can be inserted in the chamber in the manner of a drawer and can be positioned therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Manfred Bartscht, Thomas Elpermann, Steffen Hoppe, Eckart Wirries