Patents by Inventor Helmut Mensching

Helmut Mensching 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: 5600092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single contact spring, especially for RF-screening of electronic devices, for latch-locking into sheet-metal apertures. The invention envisages, in a first embodiment, that the single contact spring includes a latch cage (14) and a resilient contact part (2) configured as a contact cup (6), the latch cage (1) is generally configured in a trough shape and, in its lower part, trapezoidally in cross-section, being open at its two front ends and being provided on its two longitudinal sides with two opposing cutouts (16). The top edge of the longitudinal side is angled-off outward and the contact cup (6) is held by means of an angled-off, resilient carrier part (14) fastened to one of the front ends. The advantage of this spring is that it can be mounted in one mounting direction and can be laterally traversed. The contact cup can also, in a further embodiment, be configured in a roof shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignees: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft, J. N. Eberle Federnfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Max Patscheck, Dieter Schmalzl, Helmut Mensching