Patents by Inventor Johan Vanbesien

Johan Vanbesien 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: 6899551
    Abstract: Described is a component for mounting on a circuit board, comprising a multiplicity of electrical terminal members for connection to said circuit board. The component is characterized in that several electrical terminal members are fixed in a predetermined relative position by a plastics body that is injection-molded thereto. The electrical terminal members can thus be permanently and reliably fixed in an exact, predetermined relative position with minimum expenditure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6632107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector and connector system between a first substrate (1) which may be, for example, a back plane with a male connector (2), and a second substrate (3) on which a corresponding female connector (4) is mounted. For centering and coding, the first substrate has a perpendicularly projecting guide pin (6) arranged thereon on which a coding key (7) is mounted which, during connection of first substrate (1) and second substrate (3), is introduced during the mating operation into a coding box (8) having a corresponding complementary coding key (11). The guide pin (6) is clampingly retained in coding box (8) via a spring contact (10). With short centering pins, centering of the guide pin (6) in coding box (8) takes place by the cooperation of coding key (7) and complementary coding key (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6585526
    Abstract: The invention describes an electrical connector having a multitude of adjacent contacts and side walls. At least part of the side walls are flexibly moveable, and the side walls are positioned so that they surround at least part of the contact element region. Because of the flexibility of the side walls, an electrical connector of this type can be connected to a second electrical connector under any circumstances and without any problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Gillenberg, Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6579124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shielded electrical connector comprising an insulating front housing part (2) and a plurality of juxtaposed contact lamellas (3), said contact lamellas (3) consisting of a mating contact portion (4) received in the front housing part (2), an intermediate portion (5) molded into an insulating material, as well as a rear contact portion (6) following said intermediate portion (5). According to the invention a rear housing part (1) is provided for shielding between the intermediate portions (5); said rear housing part a) receives the intermediate portions (5), b) separates the same from each other in said rear housing part (1) by continuous partition walls (10), and c) the rear housing part (1) is provided with a metallization layer for shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Publication number: 20020090841
    Abstract: The invention describes an electrical connector having a multitude of adjacent contacts and side walls. At least part of the side walls are flexibly moveable, and the side walls are positioned so that they surround at least part of the contact element region. Because of the flexibility of the side walls, an electrical connector of this type can be connected to a second electrical connector under any circumstances and without any problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Eric Gillenberg, Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6354874
    Abstract: The component for mounting on a circuit board (LP) has a plurality of electrical terminal members (2) to be soldered to the circuit board (LP), and a shielding member (3) enclosing at least the electrical terminal members (2). The component described is characterized in that the shielding member (3) and the electrical terminal members (2) are movable relative to each other. The effect achievable thereby is that the shielding member (3) cannot impair mounting of the component concerned on the circuit board (LP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6059600
    Abstract: A guide pin for electrical connectors has an attachment section possessing two zones. Specifically a fastening zone in the form of a sturdy press-fit zone and a guide zone which has a slightly reduced outside diameter as a prepositioning zone for insertion of the guide pin into a mounting hole of an assembly. The guide pin is fastened by further pressing of the guide pin into place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6012932
    Abstract: A cable connector with a grounding contact having a bipartite connector housing formed of two mutually closable parts having therein a strip member formed of plastic material and provided with plug-in contacts, and a grounding plate having at one side thereof a terminal element for cable shielding, and on another side thereof a plurality of contact lugs extending at an angle away from the grounding plate, includes insulation-piercing connecting devices formed on the plug-in contacts of the strip member in a line terminal region thereof, the insulation-piercing connecting devices being accessible from an outer side of the strip member, the contact lugs being formed and arranged in the vicinity of the insulation-piercing connecting devices so that they can make contact with the respective insulation-piercing connecting devices assigned thereto, when the two parts of the connector housing are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 6012950
    Abstract: A high-polarity shielded cable plug includes a substantially roof-shaped plug housing which is disposed on a connection side and has two oblique surfaces. A cable is connected to one of the oblique surfaces solely with a length of shrink-fit hose having electrically conductive adhesive on the inside. The cable plug has good cable tension relief and a simultaneous electrical connection between a cable shield of the cable and the plug housing for tight installation conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 5639269
    Abstract: A spring clip is provided which may be inserted by a flat die pressing onto it from above. The spring clip includes an insulator body with a plurality of contact springs arranged in at least one row. Each contact spring has two press-in shoulders (8,9) in its terminal region. The contact springs can be inserted into a lower part (1) of the insulator body in press-in direction from above. Each respective terminal region is deformably twisted to a fixed angle relative to the remaining part of the contact spring such that the press-in shoulders (8,9) contact against press-in surfaces (10,11) fashioned in the lower part (1) of the insulator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johan Vanbesien, Jozef Meyfroidt, Johan Verhegghe, Roger Schoubben
  • Patent number: 5632635
    Abstract: An electric connector array includes a knife strip and a spring strip of insulating material each having a plurality of signal contacts being disposed in columns and rows for connection to one another by being plugged together, and each of the signal contacts being shielded on all sides by sheet-metal elements. Ground strips which are disposed in the knife strip extend over an entire length of the knife strip and are disposed between adjacent signal contact rows. Small ground plates are disposed in the spring strip between adjacent signal contact columns. Each of the ground strips have pin-like ground contacts disposed in an intermediate grid relative to the signal contacts, for making a pluggable electrical contact with each of the small ground plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johan Vanbesien, Jacques Longueville
  • Patent number: 5539978
    Abstract: A method for producing groups of contact elements for 90.degree.-angle plug connectors by the press-in technique, includes forming the contact elements with a stamping device into a contact region on a plug side having a plugging direction, a terminal region on a terminal side, the terminal region having a press-in segment extending at right angles to the plugging direction, and connecting struts joining the press-in segment to the contact region. Different cutting tools are inserted into the stamping device to produce groups with a different number of contact elements. Different connections are stamped between the contact regions and the terminal regions of certain contact elements with the cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 5500788
    Abstract: A printed circuit board plug connector includes first and second mutually perpendicular printed circuit boards. A first contact bank in the form of a multiple plug is disposed on the first board and a second contact bank in the form of a multiple connector is disposed in an edge region and protrudes at a longitudinal edge of the second board. The second contact bank has a plug-in area and a body with a lower surface and electrical connections protruding from a lower surface of the second board. A metal shielding element which is a rigid, rectangular, closed circumferential frame surrounds the sides of the first contact bank. The frame has longitudinal walls and transverse walls with inner surfaces. Circumferential metal sheets being feathered at narrow intervals are attached to inner surfaces of the walls of the frame in the form of inwardly curved, resilient, inner contact elements. Insert pins plug the metal shielding element into bores formed in the first board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jacques Longueville, Johan Vanbesien
  • Patent number: 5429528
    Abstract: A shielded transfer system is disposed on a back panel printed wiring board for receiving cable plugs to be inserted next to one another. A shielding device for the cable plugs includes a rectangular sheet-metal frame having long side walls in the form of two mutually parallel longitudinal plates with ends and upper and lower edges. Individual crosswise plates join the longitudinal plates together at the ends and at certain intervals being predetermined by the cable plugs. The longitudinal plates and the crosswise plates have driving prongs securing the longitudinal plates and the crosswise plates to the printed wiring board. The crosswise plates have upper edges and a height placing the upper edges close to the upper edges of the longitudinal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jacques Longueville, Johan Vanbesien