Patents by Inventor Jochen Reese

Jochen Reese 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).

  • Electrical conductor connecting means
    Patent number: 6796855
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metal housing having at least one side wall, and first and second end walls cooperating with the side wall to define an open-topped chamber, an inverted generally U-shaped resilient contact having first and second leg portions introduced into the chamber adjacent the first and second end walls, respectively, and a bridging portion adjacent the open top of the metal housing, the housing side wall having a bent portion for supporting the resilient contact bridging portion, the resilient contact first leg portion being connected against coplanar movement relative to the housing first end wall. The resilient contact second leg portion is biased outwardly from the first leg portion, thereby to bias a conductor introduced within the housing chamber toward engagement with a bus bar defined adjacent the housing second end wall. The housing may be formed of an electrically conductive metal, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Fricke, Jörg Diekmann, Manfred Wilmes, Michael Lenschen, Rainer Schulze, Siegfried Storm, Thomas Tappe, Thomas Wielsch, Jochen Reese
  • Electrical conductor connecting means
    Publication number: 20030194918
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metal housing having at least one side wall, and first and second end walls cooperating with the side wall to define an open-topped chamber, an inverted generally U-shaped resilient contact having first and second leg portions introduced into the chamber adjacent the first and second end walls, respectively, and a bridging portion adjacent the open top of the metal housing, the housing side wall having a bent portion for supporting the resilient contact bridging portion, the resilient contact first leg portion being connected against coplanar movement relative to the housing first end wall. The resilient contact second leg portion is biased outwardly from the first leg portion, thereby to bias a conductor introduced within the housing chamber toward engagement with a bus bar defined adjacent the housing second end wall. The housing may be formed of an electrically conductive metal, such as copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Fricke, Jorg Diekmann, Manfred Wilmes, Michael Lenschen, Rainer Schulze, Siegfried Storm, Thomas Tappe, Thomas Wielsch, Jochen Reese
  • Resilient terminal including conductor centering means
    Patent number: 6270383
    Abstract: A resilient electrical terminal includes a pair of beveled centering surfaces that cooperate to center a conductor relative to the side walls of the clamping opening through which a bus bar and the conductor extend in clamped side-by-side conductive relation. A groove contained in the adjacent surface of the bus bar centers the conductor relative to the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Wielsch, Jochen Reese