Patents by Inventor Gerd Conrad

Gerd Conrad 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: 6916214
    Abstract: A connecting terminal has a connecting structure with a connector that allows making contact with at least one conductor. The connecting structure further has a conductor track connection for connecting the connecting terminal to a profiled protective conductor bar. The conductor track connection is integrally connected to the connecting structure in one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Gerd Conrad
  • Patent number: 6911602
    Abstract: A connecting terminal, in particular a terminal strip, has a busbar and at least one spring terminal element. The spring terminal element is formed separately from the busbar, it is electrically conductively connected to it, and it is as thin as possible, with minimum use of material. The spring element has a spring limb and a contact limb opposite the spring limb, for connecting an electrical conductor which has been inserted between these limbs and rests against the contact limb. The spring limb and the contact limb are both supported against the busbar for absorbing spring forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Inventor: Gerd Conrad
  • Publication number: 20050029003
    Abstract: A connecting terminal, in particular a terminal strip, has a busbar and at least one spring terminal element. The spring terminal element is formed separately from the busbar, it is electrically conductively connected to it, and it is as thin as possible, with minimum use of material. The spring element has a spring limb and a contact limb opposite the spring limb, for connecting an electrical conductor which has been inserted between these limbs and rests against the contact limb. The spring limb and the contact limb are both supported against the busbar for absorbing spring forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventor: Gerd Conrad
  • Publication number: 20040152367
    Abstract: A connecting terminal has a connecting structure with a connector that allows making contact with at least one conductor. The connecting structure further has a conductor track connection for connecting the connecting terminal to a profiled protective conductor bar. The conductor track connection is integrally connected to the connecting structure in one piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Gerd Conrad
  • Patent number: 5816852
    Abstract: A bus bar for a series terminal includes a round rod having end portions with two sides and parallel surfaces on both of the sides. A cross connection for a bus bar includes a flat material having a longitudinal direction and a top part. The flat material has a longer first slit extending centrally therein in the longitudinal direction forming at least two U-shaped clamps being joined together in the top part. The clamps each have one shorter second slit therein forming clamp tongues with free ends. The free ends have circular-arc-shaped recesses formed therein being adapted to a diameter of a round rod of a bus bar. A method for producing a bus bar for a series terminal includes cold forming end portions of a round rod of a conductor material having an original round shape, to form parallel surfaces on both sides and a middle region retaining the original round shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: Gerd Conrad