Patents by Inventor Gabriele Aydt

Gabriele Aydt 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: 6132234
    Abstract: Coaxial plug connector with snap lock for the communications technology, especially in motor vehicles,comprising a plug (1) which carries a locking device (10) on the outside, and a jack (21) with locking means (27) on the outside surface, whereby, upon completing the plug connection in the direction of the plug-in center line (14), the sleeve (5) of the plug (1) and the outer conductor of the jack (21) on the one hand, and the locking device (10) and the locking means (27) on the other mesh with each other, and, with respect to the inner conductor, contact (6) and mating contact (25x) mesh with each other also. The locking device (10) is a latching spring which is fixed at a location (9) on the housing (2) of the plug (1) in the vicinity of the dielectric bushing (8) and extends alongside the sleeve (5) with at least one finger (12, 13), and at the tip of the fingers (12, 13) has a protrusion (16) which is oriented toward the plug-in center line (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Wilheilm Sihn, Jr., KG
    Inventors: Frank Waidner, Gabriele Aydt