Patents by Inventor Erik Glombitza

Erik Glombitza 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: 20250030212
    Abstract: A crimping tool, in particular for a crimp applicator or a crimping machine, for crimping a crimp sleeve, in particular a crimp sleeve of an electrical crimping terminal, includes a plurality of sub-tools movable against each other, wherein an individual sub-tool has a mechanically effective sub-crimp surface global to it for partial crimping of the crimp sleeve, and at least one sub-tool, in particular exactly or at least two sub-tools, has a local measuring location insertion device within the relevant global sub-crimp surface, by means of which a measuring location can be incorporated into the crimp sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Uwe BLUEMMEL, Erik GLOMBITZA, Michael HASPEL
  • Patent number: 12206214
    Abstract: A crimp contact includes a crimp barrel having a crimp base, a pair of crimp shoulders, a crimp region, and an impedance matching region. The crimp shoulders in the crimp region form a longitudinal seam when bent around an electrical conductor. An outer surface of the crimp barrel in the impedance matching region has a gradual expansion along a direction of the longitudinal seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier De Cloet, Uwe Bluemmel, Daniel Volkmann, Turgay Yilmaz, Michael Delp, Erik Glombitza, Karl Zhung-Wei Choi
  • Patent number: 12068569
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an electric cable having a first electric conductor and a contact device having a crimp barrel and a contact element mechanically and electrically connected to the crimp barrel. The crimp barrel extends along an axis and has a first inner circumferential side and a first outer circumferential side. A first impress and a second impress are stamped into a first sub-portion of the crimp barrel, the second impress is offset circumferentially from the first impress with respect to the axis. The first inner circumferential side is shaped by the first impress and the second impress in such a manner that the first inner circumferential side is pressed against a second outer circumferential side of the first electric conductor and electrically contacts the second outer circumferential side, with the first inner circumferential side fitting against the second outer circumferential side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Haspel, Uwe Bluemmel, Erik Glombitza
  • Publication number: 20220368039
    Abstract: A crimp contact includes a crimp barrel having a crimp base, a pair of crimp shoulders, a crimp region, and an impedance matching region. The crimp shoulders in the crimp region form a longitudinal seam when bent around an electrical conductor. An outer surface of the crimp barrel in the impedance matching region has a gradual expansion along a direction of the longitudinal seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier De Cloet, Uwe Bluemmel, Daniel Volkmann, Turgay Yilmaz, Michael Delp, Erik Glombitza, Karl Zhung-Wei Choi
  • Publication number: 20210226355
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an electric cable having a first electric conductor and a contact device having a crimp barrel and a contact element mechanically and electrically connected to the crimp barrel. The crimp barrel extends along an axis and has a first inner circumferential side and a first outer circumferential side. A first impress and a second impress are stamped into a first sub-portion of the crimp barrel, the second impress is offset circumferentially from the first impress with respect to the axis. The first inner circumferential side is shaped by the first impress and the second impress in such a manner that the first inner circumferential side is pressed against a second outer circumferential side of the first electric conductor and electrically contacts the second outer circumferential side, with the first inner circumferential side fitting against the second outer circumferential side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Haspel, Uwe Bluemmel, Erik Glombitza
  • Patent number: 10276959
    Abstract: A contact for an electrical plug connector comprises a plug portion and a contact spring. The plug portion has an opening receiving a pin contact in an insertion direction. The contact spring is connected by at least one spring arm base to the plug portion and extends from the at least one spring arm base toward the opening in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The contact spring exerts a contact force on the pin contact perpendicular to the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Lehner, Rolf Jetter, Erik Glombitza, Uwe Bluemmel, Marcel Baltes
  • Patent number: 9882289
    Abstract: An electrical connector unit and having an electrical connector and a connection tab connected to the electrical connector or connecting the electrical connector to a carrier-strip when a carrier strip is included in the electrical connector unit. The connector tab has a weakened shear resistance zone, so when the connection tab is sheared to separate it from the electrical connector or to separate the electrical connector and the carrier-strip, a reduced shearing force is required to shear the connection tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: TE Connectivity India Private, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Seipel, Erik Glombitza, Jens Nickel, Sowmya Shivananda
  • Publication number: 20170324184
    Abstract: A contact for an electrical plug connector comprises a plug portion and a contact spring. The plug portion has an opening receiving a pin contact in an insertion direction. The contact spring is connected by at least one spring arm base to the plug portion and extends from the at least one spring arm base toward the opening in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The contact spring exerts a contact force on the pin contact perpendicular to the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Lehner, Rolf Jetter, Erik Glombitza, Uwe Bluemmel, Marcel Baltes
  • Publication number: 20170077619
    Abstract: An electrical connector unit and having an electrical connector and a connection tab connected to the electrical connector or connecting the electrical connector to a carrier-strip when a carrier strip is included in the electrical connector unit. The connector tab has a weakened shear resistance zone, so when the connection tab is sheared to separate it from the electrical connector or to separate the electrical connector and the carrier-strip, a reduced shearing force is required to shear the connection tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Volker Seipel, Erik Glombitza, Jens Nickel, Sowmya Shivananda