Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Mews
Hans-Peter Mews 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).
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Patent number: 7506993Abstract: A fluorescent bulb retaining spring (6) comprises a one piece, sheet-metal stamped and bent part, entirely and seamlessly comprised of one material. The retaining spring (6) can be produced especially simply from one rectangular piece of sheet metal of substantially uniform thickness, with all functional parts and functional regions created by cutting out spring tongues and bending them outwardly from the sheet. Connecting legs between a bulb retainer portion (9) and a fastening portion (8) form an annular region which is closed in force-locking fashion by a crimped connection (29, 31, 32), which can be produced in automated fashion as part of the stamping and bending operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbHInventors: Burkhard Kain, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 7338302Abstract: A novel lamp socket finding application with a type of increased protection, has a housing part (13) in which a one-piece elastomer sealing sleeve (20) is preferably rotatably held. The sealing sleeve (20) is at its lamp-side end preferably slightly radially compressible, while it is stiffer in the axial direction. As a result, it yields inward when axially pressed by the frustoconical inner side of the housing part (13). The one-piece construction of the sealing sleeve (20) from a single material, on the one hand, ensures a simple manufacture and, on the other hand, prevents a faulty mounting caused by slipped seals or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbHInventors: Jürgen Thiele, Hans-Peter Mews
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Publication number: 20070117466Abstract: A novel lamp socket finding application with a type of increased protection, has a housing part (13) in which a one-piece elastomer sealing sleeve (20) is preferably rotatably held. The sealing sleeve (20) is at its lamp-side end preferably slightly radially compressible, while it is stiffer in the axial direction. As a result, it yields inward when axially pressed by the frustoconical inner side of the housing part (13). The one-piece construction of the sealing sleeve (20) from a single material, on the one hand, ensures a simple manufacture and, on the other hand, prevents a faulty mounting caused by slipped seals or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Jurgen Thiele, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 7168970Abstract: A holder (6), which is suitable in particular for luminaires which do not provide any direct manual access to the capped lighting means, has a slide by means of which the lamp cap and/or the contact pins thereof can be pushed out of the holder or at least released from the holder. In the case of a preferred embodiment, the holder housing (8) is designed in two parts, the housing part (9) being designed as the slide.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbHInventors: Jürgen Thiele, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 6971917Abstract: A socket according to the invention for an electrically operated device has two housing parts (9, 11), which are held together by clamping springs (22, 23). Each clamping spring may have, for example, at least one for example rectangular leg (28) with a recess, which in the installed state is interlocked with a snap-in lug of one housing part (11). Another leg (29) of each clamping spring (22, 23) extends at an angle <90° to the leg (28) and rests resiliently on the other housing part (9). As a result, production variations that occur can be compensated for, so that both housing parts (9, 11) are held against one another without play. The production and assembly of such lamp sockets are simplified considerably, compared to known lamp sockets.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbHInventors: Winfried Faust, Hans-Peter Mews
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Publication number: 20050248937Abstract: A fluorescent bulb retaining spring (6) comprises a one piece, sheet-metal stamped and bent part, entirely and seamlessly comprised of one material. The retaining spring (6) can be produced especially simply from one rectangular piece of sheet metal of substantially uniform thickness, with all functional parts and functional regions created by cutting out spring tongues and bending them outwardly from the sheet. Connecting legs between a bulb retainer portion (9) and a fastening portion (8) form an annular region which is closed in force-locking fashion by a crimped connection (29, 31, 32), which can be produced in automated fashion as part of the stamping and bending operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Burkhard Kain, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 6824409Abstract: A lamp holder is provided comprising a housing, a contact pin retainer arranged within the housing, a rotary member rotatably mounted in the housing, and a fastener for fastening the rotary member to the housing. The contact pin retainer is adapted to receive a lamp contact pin. The rotary member comprises an insertion slot, a front shield, and a slotted pivot section extending away from the front shield and into the housing. The fastener includes a retaining pin fixed to the housing and penetrates a bearing opening provided in an end section of the slotted pivot section.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbHInventors: Juergen Thiele, Hans-Peter Mews
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Publication number: 20040219839Abstract: A socket according to the invention for an electrically operated device has two housing parts (9, 11), which are held together by clamping springs (22, 23). Each clamping spring may have, for example, at least one for example rectangular leg (28) with a recess, which in the installed state is interlocked with a snap-in lug of one housing part (11). Another leg (29) of each clamping spring (22, 23) extends at an angle <90° to the leg (28) and rests resiliently on the other housing part (9). As a result, production variations that occur can be compensated for, so that both housing parts (9, 11) are held against one another without play. The production and assembly of such lamp sockets are simplified considerably, compared to known lamp sockets.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: VOSSLOH-SCHWABE DEUTSCHLAND GmbHInventors: Winfried Faust, Hans-Peter Mews
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Publication number: 20030214778Abstract: A holder (6), which is suitable in particular for luminaires which do not provide any direct manual access to the capped lighting means, has a slide by means of which the lamp cap and/or the contact pins thereof can be pushed out of the holder or at least released from the holder. In the case of a preferred embodiment, the holder housing (8) is designed in two parts, the housing part (9) being designed as the slide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: VOSSLOH-SCHWABE GmbHInventors: Jurgen Thiele, Hans-Peter Mews
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Publication number: 20020155742Abstract: A lamp holder is provided comprising a housing, a contact pin retainer arranged within the housing, a rotary member rotatably mounted in the housing and a fastener for fastening the rotary member to the housing. The contact pin retainer is adapted to receive a lamp contact pin. The rotary member comprises an insertion slot, a front shield, and a slotted pivot section extending away from the front shield and into the housing The fastener includes a retaining pin fixed to the housing and penetrates a bearing opening provided in an end section of the slotted pivot section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: VOSSLOH-SCHWABE GmbHInventors: Juergen Thiele, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 5931691Abstract: An easily assembled socket, particularly for elongated lamps such as fluorescent lamps for use with, or without associated starters, which can be wired by automatic wiring machinery. A socket housing (2) of insulating material has reception chambers (33, 48) for receiving the blade part (57) of an slit blade insulation piercing (SBIP) connector portion (53) of a contact spring (49). The connector portion (53) extends to a connecting element portion (52) which, in turn, terminates in a contact terminal end portion (51) for engagement with a projecting terminal pin of the electrical device. The contact spring (49) is a unitary element, which can be slipped into the reception chamber (33, 48) via a lateral opening (44). Wire positioning recesses (24, 25, 34, 35) are formed in the housing leading to and from the chambers (33, 48).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1996Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Mews, Norbert Ruster
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Patent number: 5720625Abstract: An electrical clamping terminal arrangement with an IDC contact located in a housing of insulating material is formed, in particular for use in an automatic wiring, in such a way that the housing, on at least one side adjoining the introduction slit of the IDC contact, has a slitlike or groovelike indentation opening toward the introduction side for the conductor. The dimensions of this indentation are chosen such that a free end, located in the vicinity of the IDC contact, of a line contacted in the IDC contact is received in the indentation in a shock-hazard-proof manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1995Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Vossloh Schwabe GmbHInventors: Bernhard Albeck, Herbert Emmerich, Stefan Koller, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 5515606Abstract: Wiring of terminals of electrical apparatus or apparatus systems (4, 5, 7) is done automatically in the course of the direct wiring. A preassembled electrical apparatus or apparatus system is made available with terminals (9, 10, 11) fixedly located in it, whereupon by means of an automatically guided line-laying tool (59), an endlessly supplied line (68) is moved into the contacting zones of the specially formed terminals, fixed there, and either clipped or through-wired.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1994Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Vossloh Schwabe GmbHInventors: Bernhard Albeck, Herbert Emmerich, Stefan Koller, Hans-Peter Mews
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Patent number: 5480323Abstract: An electric connection structure for at least one electric device has slit blade insulation piercing connectors (5) and additional plug connectors (31) for connecting conductive parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1994Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Mews, Norbert Ruster
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Patent number: 5320547Abstract: To permit easy insertion and removal of a compact fluorescent lamp (2) in and from a socket, the socket is formed with a body (3) having an engagement surface wall (5) from which a shelf (4) projects bounded by side walls (22, 23) to define a base reception cavity (25). The engagement wall (5) is formed with slits (11) to permit terminal pins (13) from the lamp to pass therethrough, for engagement with electrical terminal contacts (T). The lamp is held in position by a resilient catch or latch or snap-over element (14) movably mounted on the engagement wall (5), for example by being molded on a separated strip portion (15) forming a resilient holder, and projecting from the engagement wall (5), to snap over the end portion of a base (35) of the lamp, when inserted. To release the lamp, the catch can be bent backwardly. Holding projections (30) on the shelf lock the lamp in position.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1993Date of Patent: June 14, 1994Assignee: Vossloh-Schwabe GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Mews, Peter Morlinghaus