Patents by Inventor Hans Jost Heimueller

Hans Jost Heimueller 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: 6524142
    Abstract: A unitary contact with a box-like contact part, in which two spring legs are oppositely arranged that extend to respective free ends in the direction of the mating face of the contact spring where one of the spring legs is formed by a reverse inward bend and the other spring leg is formed through separation from an opposite wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Publication number: 20020065006
    Abstract: A unitary contact with a box-like contact part, in which two spring legs are oppositely arranged that extend to respective free ends in the direction of the mating face of the contact spring where one of the spring legs is formed by a reverse inward bend and the other spring leg is formed through separation from an opposite wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Patent number: 6305993
    Abstract: The contact socket is of single-part construction and has a base spring and two spring legs, which are integrally formed on the base spring and both spring legs include contacting sections, facing each other where, as a result of the single-piece construction, the manufacturing process of this contact socket can be optimized and one of the spring legs is supported by an additional support member thereby increasing the resilient force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Amp GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Publication number: 20010027068
    Abstract: The contact socket is of single-part construction and has a base spring and two spring legs, which are integrally formed on the base spring and both spring legs include contacting sections, facing each other where, as a result of the single-piece construction, the manufacturing process of this contact socket can be optimized and one of the spring legs is supported by an additional support member thereby increasing the resilient force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Publication number: 20010019925
    Abstract: A contact socket of a single-part construction, having a base spring and two spring legs, integrally formed on the base spring that have contacting sections facing each other where, as a result of the single-piece construction, the manufacturing process of this contact socket can be optimized and each spring leg is supported by an additional support member thereby increasing the resilient force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Publication number: 20010019924
    Abstract: A contact socket formed of two parts, an engagement sleeve and a contact spring, which is enclosed in a chamber-like manner by the engagement sleeve and the contact spring is provided through a support spring resulting in support between a contact location of contact spring and a holding section of contact spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Publication number: 20010019921
    Abstract: A contact socket according to the invention, which is formed in two parts, an engagement sleeve and a contact spring, the contact sleeve is engaged in a sleeve-like manner onto the frontal side of engagement sleeve where two-part construction allows the material for the engagement sleeve and the contact spring to be separate so the manufacturing process can be optimized and adapted to the individual component function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Hans Jost Heimueller
  • Patent number: 6217379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in contact (10) configured as a single-piece and made from a metal strip, comprising a pin-shaped contact part (12) and a connecting part (16) for connecting an electric line (18). A guide part (14) is arranged between the contact part (12) and the connecting part (16). The guide part (14) is configured in the shape of a box with a triangular cross-section and a flat side of said guide part (14) is arranged at a distance parallel to the original level of the metal strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: TYCO Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventors: Freddy D'Hulster, Hans-Jost Heimüller, Dimitri Meulemeester, Frans Van Deynse
  • Patent number: 6059616
    Abstract: A crimp contact is provided for connecting an electrical line to a rectangularly profiled contact member of a plug-in system. The crimp contact includes a contact piece connected to a transitional region. The transitional region is connected to a wire crimp and disposed between the contact piece and the wire crimp. The wire crimp is connected to an insulating crimp and is disposed between the transitional region and the insulating crimp. The insulating crimp includes a planar base side disposed between two opposing legs. The planar base side and opposing legs have a substantially rectangular profile after the crimp contact is connected to the electrical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Bluemmel, Hans-Jost Heimueller
  • Patent number: 6033262
    Abstract: The contact spring has a conventional base spring. A novel detent sleeve is mounted on the base spring. The detent sleeve projects beyond the base spring in the insertion direction and it is formed with a recess or a void in the projecting portion. A detent element inside the housing snaps into the void and locks the detent sleeve and the base spring in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Jost Heimueller, Martin Straeb
  • Patent number: 5957709
    Abstract: A modular electrical connector coupling has a plurality of connector parts which can be plugged into one another. One of the connector parts has an enveloping housing with double-walled side walls and latching hooks for retaining the other connector parts. A locking slide is inserted into the gap formed by the double-walled side walls and prevents the latching hooks from springing back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Jost Heimueller, Martin Straeb
  • Patent number: 5941741
    Abstract: The one-piece contact spring has two spring arms, bent back inwardly in a box-shaped contact part. The spring arms are supported on a support which helps relieve the bend. The support is recessed into the box interior from the forward end of the bend by approximately two to five times the thickness of the bottom or top wall, respectively. A preferred embodiment of the one-piece contact spring has spring arms supported by support arms stamped and bent out from the bottom wall and the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joris Dobbelaere, Hans-Jost Heimueller, Dimitri Meulemeester
  • Patent number: 5842892
    Abstract: A lockable plug connector includes a prong strip housing which contains prong contacts and onto which a multichambered bush housing with bush contacts, connected to electric lines, can be plugged and locked by a snap connection, so that the prong contacts are put into electrical contact with the bush contacts. For the sake of attaining a very compact structure, a cover cap is thrust onto the plug contact side of the bush housing, and with this cap a secondary securing of the bush contacts is achieved. An annular wall of the prong strip housing fits over the cover cap completely and terminates at an end surface in an encompassing recess of the bush housing. For sealing purposes, a sealing plate can be disposed inside the bush housing, a sealing ring can be disposed between the prong strip housing and the bush housing, and a sealing ring encompassing the outer wall of the prong strip housing can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Jost Heimueller, Martin Straeb, Michael Gib, Miroslav Smoravek, Rony Van Houdenhove
  • Patent number: 5810626
    Abstract: A plug connector has a housing of insulating material with at least one row of contact chambers into which contact elements can be inserted. The inserted contact elements can be secured with a securing slide which can be inserted orthogonally to a plugging direction of the plug connector into a gap of the housing. The securing slide has a primary detent edge orthogonally to the plugging direction of the plug connector, extending along two long sides of the securing slide and a segmented detent edge extending below the primary edge for secondary securing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Jost Heimueller, Michael Gib, Martin Straeb, Joris Dobbelaere, Rony Van Houdenhove, Bart Kerckhof
  • Patent number: 5683274
    Abstract: A contact spring includes a base spring including a spring arm base having two ends, two parallel side walls with ends, a connection part extending integrally away from the side walls at one end of the spring arm base, and spring arms extending integrally away from the side walls at the other end of the spring arm base. An overspring is retained on the spring arm base and has a bottom wall spanning the side walls of the spring arm base, and side walls peripherally adjoining the bottom wall, being parallel to the side walls of the spring arm base and extending around the ends of the side walls of the spring arm base. The base spring, in the vicinity of the spring arm base, and the overspring each having a top with at least one shaped tab joined to one of the side walls. One of the shaped tabs is retained by snapping under or underlapping another of the shaped tabs, forming a clamping device for securing the overspring and the base spring against mutual slippage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Straeb, Hans-Jost Heimueller
  • Patent number: 5217381
    Abstract: A coding mechanism for assemblies pluggable onto a backplane wiring is provided. The backplane wiring is composed of a wiring backplane having contact blades introduced thereinto, and of blade connectors pluggable thereonto and designed as a rectangular housing open at one side for the acceptance of spring clips which are rigidly connected to electrical assemblies. Both the blade connectors as well as the spring clips are composed of individual sub-strips whose lengths correspond to single or multiples of the length of a given sub-segment. Sub-strips of both the blade connector as well as of the spring clip having the length of a sub-segment are partially designed as corresponding coding units in combination with special contacts, and can be attached at arbitrary locations of the strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Zell, Hans-Jost Heimueller, Peter Seidel