Patents by Inventor Günter Pape

Günter Pape 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: 11637397
    Abstract: A plug-side first electrical plug connector has at least two flat electrical contact elements arranged in parallel extending in a housing of the connector in the insertion direction of the connector for accommodating socket-side second plug connector in the direction of an opening of the housing. A plastic tip is formed on one end of a contact region of the contact elements, and at least one dome-like shock hazard protection element is provided in the housing, extending in the insertion direction adjacent to the contact elements and protrudes beyond the contact region of the contact elements. The plug connector is suitable for a motor vehicle inverter to supply power to an auxiliary unit of the motor vehicle, and provides shock hazard protection of the contact elements for a human finger and/or reliable operating security is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 11189950
    Abstract: A plug connector to which a cable having at least one insulated conductor can be connected is provided, wherein the plug connector has a conductive rubber element with at least one conductive layer, but preferably with at least two conductive layers. The electrical connection of the conductors is realized by the conductive rubber element. The conductive rubber element can also form the plug face of the plug connector. As an alternative, the conductors can be connected to contact elements by the conductive rubber element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Pape, Andreas Kohler, Andreas Schwarz, Torsten Wolf
  • Publication number: 20210057847
    Abstract: A plug-side first electrical plug connector has at least two flat electrical contact elements arranged in parallel extending in a housing of the connector in the insertion direction of the connector for accommodating socket-side second plug connector in the direction of an opening of the housing. A plastic tip is formed on one end of a contact region of the contact elements, and at least one dome-like shock hazard protection element is provided in the housing, extending in the insertion direction adjacent to the contact elements and protrudes beyond the contact region of the contact elements. The plug connector is suitable for a motor vehicle inverter to supply power to an auxiliary unit of the motor vehicle, and provides shock hazard protection of the contact elements for a human finger and/or reliable operating security is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Marc LINDKAMP, Guenter PAPE
  • Publication number: 20200328549
    Abstract: A plug connector to which a cable having at least one insulated conductor can be connected is provided, wherein the plug connector has a conductive rubber element with at least one conductive layer, but preferably with at least two conductive layers. The electrical connection of the conductors is realized by the conductive rubber element. The conductive rubber element can also form the plug face of the plug connector. As an alternative, the conductors can be connected to contact elements by the conductive rubber element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Günter Pape, Andreas Kohler, Andreas Schwarz, Torsten Wolf
  • Patent number: 10148026
    Abstract: A sliding element for electrically contacting conductor paths on two facing printed circuit boards is provided. The sliding element comprises a main body, at least one electrical contact element, and a through-going opening provided for accepting a threaded stud. An internal thread in the through-going opening allows the sliding element to move linearly along the threaded stud when the threaded stud is rotated. By moving the sliding element along the threaded stud, different conductor paths on the printed circuit boards are brought into electrical contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Pape
  • Publication number: 20180166808
    Abstract: A sliding element for electrically contacting conductor paths on two facing printed circuit boards is provided. The sliding element comprises a main body, at least one electrical contact element, and a through-going opening provided for accepting a threaded stud. An internal thread in the through-going opening allows the sliding element to move linearly along the threaded stud when the threaded stud is rotated. By moving the sliding element along the threaded stud, different conductor paths on the printed circuit boards are brought into electrical contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Günter Pape
  • Publication number: 20170244449
    Abstract: Provided is a plug connector to which a multicore cable having at least two or more individual conductors can be connected, wherein the plug connector has at least one signal transmitter for contactless signal transmission, wherein the plug connector has a microchip, wherein the microchip can be electrically connected to the individual conductors and is electrically connected to the at least one signal transmitter. Also provided is a system including a plug connector and a mating connector, each of which having at least one signal transmitter, wherein the respective signal transmitters are aligned parallel to each other when mated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Guenter PAPE, Jean-Merri DE VANSSAY
  • Patent number: 9692161
    Abstract: Provided a connector for establishing an electrical connection between an electrical conductor and a printed circuit board. The connector includes an insulating element which has a plurality of cavities for accommodating contact elements. The printed circuit board can be inserted in the connector via a slot in a connection face of the insulating element and can be connected to the first contact faces of the contact element provided in the connection face. Opposite the first contact face, the contact elements have a second contact face which is provided for the insulation-piercing contacting of the electrical conductor. The arrangement of the contact elements in the insulating element allows a particularly space-saving design of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20160190720
    Abstract: Provided a connector for establishing an electrical connection between an electrical conductor and a printed circuit board. The connector includes an insulating element which has a plurality of cavities for accommodating contact elements. The printed circuit board can be inserted in the connector via a slot in a connection face of the insulating element and can be connected to the first contact faces of the contact element provided in the connection face. Opposite the first contact face, the contact elements have a second contact face which is provided for the insulation-piercing contacting of the electrical conductor. The arrangement of the contact elements in the insulating element allows a particularly space-saving design of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 9246243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a contacting unit (t) for electrical conductors or pin contacts (8). Contacting units (1) of this kind are used for reversibly contacting said conductors or pin contacts (8) in an electrical and mechanical manner. In the present invention, the spring force that acts on a conductor or pin contact (8) to be connected can be variably adjusted. To this end, the free, spring-loaded length of a spring contact member (11) is varied by means of a sliding element (20). As a result of the variation of the spring-loaded length of the spring contact member (11), the spring force is increased in the case of a shortening and is correspondingly reduced in the case of an extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schuetz, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20150214640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a contacting unit (1) for electrical conductors or pin contacts (8). Contacting units (1) of this kind are used for reversibly contacting said conductors or pin contacts (8) in an electrical and mechanical manner. In the present invention, the spring force that acts on a conductor or pin contact (8) to be connected can be variably adjusted. To this end, the free, spring-loaded length of a spring contact member (11) is varied by means of a sliding element (20). As a result of the variation of the spring-loaded length of the spring contact member (11), the spring force is increased in the case of a shortening and is correspondingly reduced in the case of an extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Schuetz, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 8732941
    Abstract: In order to simplify the assembly of printed board connectors, there is provided an assembly aid that features one or more recesses in accordance with the dimensions of the printed board connectors, wherein one or more printed board connectors to be assembled on a printed board can be inserted into said recesses. The contact spacing on the printed board corresponds with the arrangement of the printed board connectors in the assembly aid such that an exact alignment of the printed board connectors is realized. The assembly aid remains on the printed board until the soldering process is completed, wherein this prevents, for example, flotation of SMD components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schuetz, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 8077471
    Abstract: A pressure guide for an electric connection between strip conductors on a circuit board and electric contacts arranged in an edge connector is provided. The pressing device aligns a circuit board guided between two guide bars by a spring element arranged in the one of the guide bars, such that the electric strip conductors applied on the circuit board exactly conform to the contacts arranged within the edge connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20100229379
    Abstract: In order to simplify the assembly of printed board connectors, the invention proposes an assembly aid that features one or more recesses in accordance with the dimensions of the printed board connectors, wherein one or more printed board connectors to be assembled on a printed board can be inserted into said recesses. In this case, the contact spacing on the printed board corresponds with the arrangement of the printed board connectors in the assembly aid such that an exact alignment of the printed board connectors is realized. It is proposed that the assembly aid remains on the printed board until the soldering process is completed, wherein this prevents, for example, flotation of SMD components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Schuetz, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7677906
    Abstract: In a board-edge connector designed for directly contacting a printed board includes a ground connection between the printed board and the connector which engages before the printed board is completely mated and connected to the voltage supply. A grounding contact is arranged in one of the corner regions within the plug-in slot of the printed board connector, wherein the grounding contact is connected to a grounding strip on the printed board on which the printed board connector is fixed. During the mating process, the printed board, onto which a grounding strip is applied on at least one of the lateral edges within the mating region, slides past the grounding contact such that an electrostatic equalization between the printed board to be newly inserted and the connector takes place before the contacting of the remaining electric contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20090209114
    Abstract: In a printed board connector (1), particularly a board-edge connector designed for directly contacting a printed board (30), it is proposed that at least a ground connection between the printed board and the connector is initially produced before the printed board is completely mated and connected to the voltage supply. To this end, a grounding contact (10) is arranged in one of the corner regions (4) within the plug-in slot (3) of the printed board connector, wherein the grounding contact (10) is connected to a grounding strip on the printed board (40), on which the printed board connector (1) is fixed. During the mating process, the printed board (30), onto which a grounding strip (33) is applied on at least one of the lateral edges (32) within the mating region (31), slides past the grounding contact (10) such that an electrostatic equalization between the printed board to be newly inserted and the connector takes place before the contacting of the remaining electric contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7513780
    Abstract: In order to produce a plug-type connection between two circuit boards that are arranged parallel to one another, the invention proposes a coaxially designed connector that is simultaneously realized in the form of a hermaphroditic contact. This means that only one surface-mountable connector element is required which can be mated with a second connector element of identical design. The two collar-shaped connector elements (1) to be mated can be inserted into one another by means of notches (15, 17) that are provided in the collar (11) for this purpose. The connector element (1) to be manufactured by means of injection moulding and the MID-technique preferably features a square, collar-shaped base body (10) with an electrically conductive coating and a separate electric signaling contact (40) that is arranged in insulating fashion in a contact holder (30) within the base body (10) such that effective shielding is also realized for the transmission of high frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7503796
    Abstract: Precise contact guidance of contact decks on a printed circuit board relative to the electric contacts in a card edge connector, is achieved using a pressing spring within the slot of the card edge connector in such a way that it mechanically deflects the mating region of the printed circuit board into a position in which a precisely fitted coincidence of the respective contacts is expected before the electric contacting takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20080194125
    Abstract: In order to produce a plug-type connection between two circuit boards that are arranged parallel to one another, the invention proposes a coaxially designed connector that is simultaneously realized in the form of a hermaphroditic contact. This means that only one surface-mountable connector element is required which can be mated with a second connector element of identical design. The two collar-shaped connector elements (1) to be mated can be inserted into one another by means of notches (15, 17) that are provided in the collar (11) for this purpose. The connector element (1) to be manufactured by means of injection moulding and the MID-technique preferably features a square, collar-shaped base body (10) with an electrically conductive coating and a separate electric signaling contact (40) that is arranged in insulating fashion in a contact holder (30) within the base body (10) such that effective shielding is also realized for the transmission of high frequency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20080013261
    Abstract: The invention proposes a pressure guide for an electric connection between contact decks on a circuit board (1) and electric contacts arranged in an edge connector (6), wherein said pressing device aligns a circuit board (1) guided between two guide bars (10, 11) by means of a spring element (16, 26) arranged in the one of the guide bars, namely in such a way that the electric strip conductors applied on the circuit board exactly conform to the contacts arranged within the edge connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Dieter Luettermann, Guenter Pape