Patents by Inventor Eric Rooks

Eric Rooks 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: 12431662
    Abstract: A shielding element and a plug connector providing reliable shielding as well as reduced assembly effort and assembly and savings on material, weight and material costs. Inner spring elements are arranged at a first end of a hollow cylindrical main body and configured to establish electrical contact with a shielding of a mating connector The shielding element furthermore has a plurality of tabs arranged along the circumference of a hollow cylindrical main body at a second end of the hollow cylindrical main body, wherein the tabs are bent and project at least in part radially from a longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignees: FEP Fahrzeug Electrik Pira GmbH & Co KG, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Anke Schöps, Christian Höhn, Bernd Lucius, Oliver Gormanns, Eric Rooks
  • Patent number: 12266879
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting electrical connections, in particular through a housing, for a device for driving a compressor with a connection arrangement with at least one electrically conductive connecting element and at least one contact device, fixed in a PCB, for mounting the connecting element in an axial direction. The contact device exhibits at least one spring contact element with elastically de-formable lamellar contact springs that are in electrically conductive contact with the connecting element. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for mounting the arrangement for connecting electrical connections, a device for driving a compressor of a vaporous fluid, in particular an electric motor, with the arrangement and a use of the device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bernd Gunermann, Eric Rooks, Oliver Gormanns, Senol Gecgel
  • Patent number: 12088039
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a plug-in connector for establishing electrical connections via a housing, in particular a device for driving a compressor. The seal arrangement exhibits a mounting element to accommodate plug-in connectors for transmitting electrical energy and data, and a sealing element located between the housing and the mounting element. The mounting element is designed with a flange with a sealing surface facing in the direction of the housing. The sealing surface of the flange thus exhibits a first contour and the housing exhibits a second contour in the area of the location of the sealing surface surrounding a pass-through opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Andrea Gentile, Eric Rooks, Oliver Gormanns
  • Patent number: 12027796
    Abstract: A sealing-and-insulating arrangement for guiding electrical connections through a housing. The sealing-and-insulating arrangement exhibits a connection arrangement with at least one electrically conductive connecting element and a retaining element, as well as a support element with a mounting element with a connection pass-through that is enclosed by a wall. Here, the connecting element is arranged in such a way that it is enclosed by the retaining element and has both a form and fluid-tight connection to the retaining element via a form element and that the connecting element projects beyond the retaining element with a first and a second section. The connecting element is arranged such that its first section projects through the connection pass-through and into the mounting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Senol Gecgel, Bernd Guntermann, Eric Rooks
  • Publication number: 20220311164
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting electrical connections, in particular through a housing, for a device for driving a compressor with a connection arrangement with at least one electrically conductive connecting element and at least one contact device, fixed in a PCB, for mounting the connecting element in an axial direction. The contact device exhibits at least one spring contact element with elastically de-formable lamellar contact springs that are in electrically conductive contact with the connecting element. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for mounting the arrangement for connecting electrical connections, a device for driving a compressor of a vaporous fluid, in particular an electric motor, with the arrangement and a use of the device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bernd Gunermann, Eric Rooks, Oliver Gormanns, Senol Gecgel
  • Publication number: 20220278481
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a plug-in connector for establishing electrical connections via a housing, in particular a device for driving a compressor. The seal arrangement exhibits a mounting element to accommodate plug-in connectors for transmitting electrical energy and data, and a sealing element located between the housing and the mounting element. The mounting element is designed with a flange with a sealing surface facing in the direction of the housing. The sealing surface of the flange thus exhibits a first contour and the housing exhibits a second contour in the area of the location of the sealing surface surrounding a pass-through opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Gentile, Eric Rooks, Oliver Gormanns
  • Publication number: 20220228599
    Abstract: A sealing-and-insulating arrangement for guiding electrical connections through a housing. The sealing-and-insulating arrangement exhibits a connection arrangement with at least one electrically conductive connecting element and a retaining element, as well as a support element with a mounting element with a connection pass-through that is enclosed by a wall. Here, the connecting element is arranged in such a way that it is enclosed by the retaining element and has both a form and fluid-tight connection to the retaining element via a form element and that the connecting element projects beyond the retaining element with a first and a second section. The connecting element is arranged such that its first section projects through the connection pass-through and into the mounting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Senol Gecgel, Bernd Guntermann, Eric Rooks
  • Patent number: 10172247
    Abstract: An enclosure for electronic components with a base and a capping forming a room for receiving at least one circuit board at least one circuit board support positioned on the base for the support of the at least one circuit board. At least one fastening element attaches the at least one circuit board to the circuit board support through an engagement with the circuit board support, wherein the capping is formed and/or attached to the base in such a manner that room is formed between the fastening element and the capping in such a manner that a detachment of the fastening element from the circuit board support is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Mario Lenz, Stephan Werker, Eric Rooks
  • Patent number: 10097062
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical feed-through unit for penetration of electrical contacts through the wall of a housing of an electric motor. It has a pin made of an electrically conducting material, which is surrounded by an electrically insulating material. The pin possesses an at least partially wedge-shaped contact surface for the area of a penetration through the wall of the housing and is able to be arranged with the sheath surrounding it in an at least partially wedge-shaped borehole penetrating through the wall of the housing. In addition, the invention relates to a housing of an electric motor, which contains at least one such electrical feed-through unit as well as an electric motor which has such a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bernd Guntermann, Eric Rooks, Bernadette Goebbels
  • Publication number: 20180160556
    Abstract: An enclosure for electronic components with a base and a capping forming a room for receiving at least one circuit board at least one circuit board support positioned on the base for the support of the at least one circuit board. At least one fastening element attaches the at least one circuit board to the circuit board support through an engagement with the circuit board support, wherein the capping is formed and/or attached to the base in such a manner that room is formed between the fastening element and the capping in such a manner that a detachment of the fastening element from the circuit board support is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Mario Lenz, Stephan Werker, Eric Rooks
  • Publication number: 20170201145
    Abstract: An electrical power feed-through system for external energy supply to an electric motor located within a sealed housing, in which one or more motor winding wires of the electric motor are each fed through an electrically insulating sleeve in a portion of an end segment of the motor winding wire, wherein the motor winding wire is enclosed in the segment by the sleeve forming a hermetic seal, and each sleeve has an at least partially conical contact area, which corresponds with an at least partially conical hole that passes through a dividing wall of the housing, into which hole the sleeve is pressed in such a way that the hole is sealed, and the motor winding wire that is fed through the sleeve (17) is fed though the dividing wall (15a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Rooks, Andrea Gentile
  • Publication number: 20170054342
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical feed-through unit for penetration of electrical contacts through the wall of a housing of an electric motor. It has a pin made of an electrically conducting material, which is surrounded by an electrically insulating material. The pin possesses an at least partially wedge-shaped contact surface for the area of a penetration through the wall of the housing and is able to be arranged with the sheath surrounding it in an at least partially wedge-shaped borehole penetrating through the wall of the housing. In addition, the invention relates to a housing of an electric motor, which contains at least one such electrical feed-through unit as well as an electric motor which has such a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd Guntermann, Eric Rooks, Bernadette Goebbels
  • Patent number: 8525047
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through includes an electrically conductive connection pin and an elastic insulation member coupled to the connection pin by vulcanizing the insulation member, wherein the coupled connection pin and insulation member are arranged in an opening of a casing and pressure-tightly clamped in the opening by a fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Guntermann, Thomas Alberternst, Jochen Petzke, Eric Rooks
  • Publication number: 20110186350
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through includes an electrically conductive connection pin and an elastic insulation member coupled to the connection pin by vulcanizing the insulation member, wherein the coupled connection pin and insulation member are arranged in an opening of a casing and pressure-tightly clamped in the opening by a fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bernd Guntermann, Thomas Alberternst, Jochen Petzke, Eric Rooks