Patents by Inventor Guenter Ploehn

Guenter Ploehn 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: 7651374
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a carrier assembly and a header. The carrier assembly includes a plurality of shielded connectors and a coaxial cable terminated to each of the shielded connectors. The header includes opposed grounding plates each having ground tabs configured for attachment to a circuit board and a plurality of pins disposed between the opposed plates in a stripline configuration. The coaxial cables of the carrier assembly electrically communicate with the circuit board through a stripline configuration of pins in the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven Feldman, Harald Westkamp, Alexander W. Barr, Joseph N. Castiglione, Gerardus A.C.A. Nuiten, Guenter Ploehn
  • Publication number: 20090305533
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a carrier assembly and a header. The carrier assembly includes a plurality of shielded connectors and a coaxial cable terminated to each of the shielded connectors. The header includes opposed grounding plates each having ground tabs configured for attachment to a circuit board and a plurality of pins disposed between the opposed plates in a stripline configuration. The coaxial cables of the carrier assembly electrically communicate with the circuit board through a stripline configuration of pins in the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Feldman, Harald Westkamp, Alexander W. Barr, Joseph N. Castiglione, Roland Nuiten, Guenter Ploehn
  • Publication number: 20090117786
    Abstract: The electrical connector assembly comprises first (12) and second (14) connectors each including an array of first (24) and second (48) contact elements, respectively. One of the connectors is provided with a collar (30) surrounding the array of contact elements and projecting there-beyond. The other connector is provided with guiding elements (38) projecting from the respective connector. Within the array defined by the collar there is provided an abutment edge (56, 60, 66, 74, 76) extending within the area of contact elements of that connector and above these contact elements. The greatest distance (52,78) between the collar portions and the abutment edge is smaller than the width (50) of the guiding elements so that in case of a misalignment where the connectors are displaced relative to each other, the guiding element by the collar and the abutment edge is prevented from contacting the contact elements surrounded by the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Harald Westkamp, Guenter Ploehn
  • Patent number: 7121888
    Abstract: The multiple wire cable connector comprises an outer housing having at least one opening for a multiple wire cable to pass therethrough and at least one inner housing for arranging therein termination sockets of the wires of the multiple wire cable the inner housing comprising a front end for contacting a device to be electrically connected to the wires of the multiple wire cable, and a receiving end for receiving the wires of the multiple wire cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Konrad W. Brandt, Guenter Ploehn
  • Publication number: 20060014416
    Abstract: The multiple wire cable connector comprises an outer housing having at least one opening for a multiple wire cable to pass therethrough and at least one inner housing for arranging therein termination sockets of the wires of the multiple wire cable the inner housing comprising a front end for contacting a device to be electrically connected to the wires of the multiple wire cable, and a receiving end for receiving the wires of the multiple wire cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Konrad Brandt, Guenter Ploehn
  • Patent number: 5921787
    Abstract: An interconnection providing multiple electrical interconnections at a fine pitch can be formed in a pluggable and unpluggable form having a pitch on the order of 0.8 mm, using four rows of contact elements in each of the plug and socket which are in a continuous row and not staggered along the row with other contact elements, making the interconnection easier to manufacture and utilize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Pope, Guenter Ploehn, Thomas M. Cherney, Juergen K. Schmidt, David S. Hardcastle, Adalberto Gonzalez