Patents by Inventor Gottfried Hintner

Gottfried Hintner 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: 20060156835
    Abstract: A measuring device is provided, which is usable at high temperatures. The device includes: a housing, which has a first section, on which a means is provided for securement of the housing to a measurement location; a second section, which borders on the first section; and a third section, which borders on the second section and which contains electronic components. The second section is constructed such that, in the case of a temperature difference between an environment of the first section and an environment of the third section, a small heat flow flows through the second section parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co., KG
    Inventors: Alexander Mueller, Gottfried Hintner, Helmut Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 6991475
    Abstract: An electrotechnical device is provided, having components connected by means of plug connections. The interior of the device is filled with a casting material. The device includes: a housing; arranged in the housing a first components which has at least one terminally-protruding contact pin; a second component which has a socket on which terminally-located contact plugs are provided for receiving the contact pins; and an insert in which the first component is arranged. The insert includes a secluded chamber which has an opening into which the socket of the second component is introduced. The chamber additionally includes a rear wall lying opposite the opening through which the contact pins are stuck into the contact plugs of the socket. An air-tight seal exists between the contact pins and the rear wall. The housing is filled with the casting material from an end lying opposite to the opening of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Dreyer, Wolfgang Brutschin, Gottfried Hintner
  • Publication number: 20050255733
    Abstract: An electrotechnical device is provided, having components connected by means of plug connections. The interior of the device is filled with a casting material. The device includes: a housing; arranged in the housing a first component which has at least one terminally-protruding contact pin; a second component which has a socket on which terminally-located contact plugs are provided for receiving the contact pins; and an insert in which the first component is arranged. The insert includes a secluded chamber which has an opening into which the socket of the second component is introduced. The chamber additionally includes a rear wall lying opposite the opening through which the contact pins are stuck into the contact plugs of the socket. An air-tight seal exists between the contact pins and the rear wall. The housing is filled with the casting material from an end lying opposite to the opening of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Volker Dreyer, Wolfgang Brutschin, Gottfried Hintner
  • Patent number: 5855491
    Abstract: A device is provided for the detachable fastening of one or more instruments (1) at one or more locations and their electrical connection to a cable (5) having one or more wires, using at least one fastening element which is mounted at one of the locations, in which device each instrument (1) has a snap mounting (12) by means of which it can be locked onto the respective fastening element, in which the electrical connection of the respective instrument (1) is carried out while it is being locked on, in which a cable mounting (4) is arranged on the fastening element, which cable mounting has a profile (45) reproducing the line shape, into which the line (5) is inserted, and which has a guide element which, while the instrument (1) is being locked on, engages into an identically-shaped recess (13) on the instrument (1), and in which the connection of the respective instrument (1) to the wires of the line (5) while the respective snap mounting (12) is being locked onto the respective fastening element is carried
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser GmbH+Co.
    Inventors: Gottfried Hintner, Udo Grittke