Patents by Inventor Heinz Penz

Heinz Penz 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).

  • Process and device for attachment of identification plates, particularly to electrical distributor components, and identification plate to be thereby attached
    Patent number: 4752998
    Abstract: A process and device for attachment of identification plates to an electrical distributor component, initially interconnected plates forming strips that can be inserted into the device, which has at least one storage groove and from which, by means of a thumbpiece 6, a plate can be introduced into a receiving groove in the distributor component. The plates themselves have a narrowed guide portion which facilitates finding the storage groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Inventors: Safa Kirma, Reiner Wurth, Heinz Penz
  • Device for making an electrically conductive contact to an insulated cable lead
    Patent number: 4738633
    Abstract: A device for making an electrically conductive contact to an insulated cable lead, comprising a holder for the cable lead which is to be contacted, and an electrically conductive perforation needle for penetrating the insulating jacket of the lead. In a preferred embodiment an indicator unit shows when successful contact has been made. The device allows contact to be made to an existing cable lead without cutting that cable lead. It also causes minimal damage to the insulation of the existing cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Walter Rose GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dieter Fremgen, Heinz Penz, Georg Reitmeyer, Rolf-Udo Weber