Patents by Inventor Frank Karger

Frank Karger 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).

  • Assembly having a solder pin and a solder point
    Patent number: 12170431
    Abstract: An assembly is provided. The assembly includes a component, a solder pin arranged on the component, an electrical structural unit, and a soldering point which is arranged on the electrical structural unit and forms an opening, into which the solder pin is insertable along an insertion direction in order to produce a soldered joint. The solder pin has an insertion portion which, on sides of the solder pin that face away from each other, forms insertion walls which are arranged at an acute angle to one another in such a way that the insertion portion tapers in the insertion direction. A part of the insertion portion is arranged outside the opening in such a way that one or more portions of the insertion walls extend inside the opening and one or more portions of the insertion walls extend outside the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Geske, Simon Follmann, Frank Karger
  • ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOLDER PIN AND A SOLDER POINT
    Publication number: 20220239047
    Abstract: An assembly is provided. The assembly includes a component, a solder pin arranged on the component, an electrical structural unit, and a soldering point which is arranged on the electrical structural unit and forms an opening, into which the solder pin is insertable along an insertion direction in order to produce a soldered joint. The solder pin has an insertion portion which, on sides of the solder pin that face away from each other, forms insertion walls which are arranged at an acute angle to one another in such a way that the insertion portion tapers in the insertion direction. A part of the insertion portion is arranged outside the opening in such a way that one or more portions of the insertion walls extend inside the opening and one or more portions of the insertion walls extend outside the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf Geske, Simon Follmann, Frank Karger