Patents by Inventor Johannes P. M. Kusters
Johannes P. M. Kusters 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: 11355876Abstract: An electrical connector provides electrical connection between first, second, and third printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector defines spaced apart substantially parallel, first, second and third mating slots and includes a plurality of pairs of first terminals and a plurality of pairs of second terminals. For each pair of first terminals: the first terminals are electrically connected to each other; one of the first terminals is disposed in the first mating slot; and the other of the first terminals is disposed in the third mating slot. For each pair of second terminals: the second terminals are electrically isolated from each other; one of the second terminals is disposed in the second mating slot; and the other of the second terminals is disposed in the third mating slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu, Johannes P. M. Kusters
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Publication number: 20210216773Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) configured to present an (AR) augmented reality display to a user and at least one computing device. The computing device may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The memory may include instructions that when executed by the one or more processors identify a field of view of the user, determine information relating to the field of view of the user, generate one or more indicator images related to the determined information of the field of view, and generate the AR display including at least the one or more indicator images.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Kandyce M. Bohannon, Britton G. Billingsley, Matthew J. Blackford, Ronald D. Jesme, Johannes P.M. Kusters, Caroline M. Ylitalo
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Publication number: 20210210202Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; an industrial controller device that is configured to control an industrial device and includes a communication component; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE and the industrial controller device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive PPE data from the article of PPE and industrial controller data from the industrial controller device; determine, based at least in part on a set of the PPE data that temporally corresponds to a set of the industrial controller data, an occurrence of a safety event; and perform, based at least in part on the determination of the safety event, at least one operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Steven T. Awiszus, Michael G. Wurm, David R. Stein, Johannes P.M. Kusters
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Publication number: 20210151917Abstract: An electrical connector provides electrical connection between first, second, and third printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector defines spaced apart substantially parallel, first, second and third mating slots and includes a plurality of pairs of first terminals and a plurality of pairs of second terminals. For each pair of first terminals: the first terminals are electrically connected to each other; one of the first terminals is disposed in the first mating slot; and the other of the first terminals is disposed in the third mating slot. For each pair of second terminals: the second terminals are electrically isolated from each other; one of the second terminals is disposed in the second mating slot; and the other of the second terminals is disposed in the third mating slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu, Johannes P.M. Kusters
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Publication number: 20210117933Abstract: A system includes a computing device and an article of personal protective equipment (PPE). The article of PPE includes at least one sensor configured to generate a stream of PPE data. The computing device is configured to store the PPE data in transaction data that is stored by a distributed ledger managed by a consensus network of computing devices. The computing device is further configured to perform at least one action based at least in part on the transaction data stored by the distributed ledger.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Eric C. Lobner, Oscar G. Naim D'Paola, Michael L. Gannon, Joseph P. Kronzer, Johannes P.M. Kusters, Lyle L. Luppes
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Patent number: 10938135Abstract: An electrical connector provides electrical connection between first, second, and third printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector defines spaced apart substantially parallel, first, second and third mating slots and includes a plurality of pairs of first terminals and a plurality of pairs of second terminals. For each pair of first terminals: the first terminals are electrically connected to each other; one of the first terminals is disposed in the first mating slot; and the other of the first terminals is disposed in the third mating slot. For each pair of second terminals: the second terminals are electrically isolated from each other; one of the second terminals is disposed in the second mating slot; and the other of the second terminals is disposed in the third mating slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu, Johannes P. M. Kusters
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Publication number: 20200313323Abstract: An electrical connector provides electrical connection between first, second, and third printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector defines spaced apart substantially parallel, first, second and third mating slots and includes a plurality of pairs of first terminals and a plurality of pairs of second terminals. For each pair of first terminals: the first terminals are electrically connected to each other; one of the first terminals is disposed in the first mating slot; and the other of the first terminals is disposed in the third mating slot. For each pair of second terminals: the second terminals are electrically isolated from each other; one of the second terminals is disposed in the second mating slot; and the other of the second terminals is disposed in the third mating slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu, Johannes P.M. Kusters
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Patent number: 7722399Abstract: A connector system including a header connector with a header body having an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings extend from the internal surface to the external surface of the header body. A plurality of signal pins are inserted into the plurality of first openings to form an array of pin contacts extending from the internal surface of the header body. A plurality of shield blades are inserted into the plurality of second openings. Each of the plurality of shield blades has at a first end thereof a generally right angle shielding portion configured to be disposed adjacent to a corresponding signal pin. The first ends of the plurality of shield blades are substantially coplanar with the internal surface of the header body.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Richard J. Scherer, Kevin R. Meredith, Johannes P. M. Kusters, Jerome P. Dattilo
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Publication number: 20090163078Abstract: A connector system including a header connector with a header body having an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings extend from the internal surface to the external surface of the header body. A plurality of signal pins are inserted into the plurality of first openings to form an array of pin contacts extending from the internal surface of the header body. A plurality of shield blades are inserted into the plurality of second openings. Each of the plurality of shield blades has at a first end thereof a generally right angle shielding portion configured to be disposed adjacent to a corresponding signal pin. The first ends of the plurality of shield blades are substantially coplanar with the internal surface of the header body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Richard J Scherer, Kevin R. Meredith, Johannes P.M. Kusters, Jerome P. Dattilo
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Patent number: 7513797Abstract: A header connector includes a header body having an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings extend from the internal surface to the external surface of the header body. A plurality of signal pins are inserted into the plurality of first openings to form an array of pin contacts extending from the internal surface of the header body. A plurality of shield blades are inserted into the plurality of second openings. Each of the plurality of shield blades has at a first end thereof a generally right angle shielding portion configured to be disposed adjacent to a corresponding signal pin. The first ends of the plurality of shield blades are substantially coplanar with the internal surface of the header body.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Richard J. Scherer, Kevin R. Meredith, Johannes P. M. Kusters
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Publication number: 20070238323Abstract: A terminal for use in an electronic connector for establishing electrical contact with a conductive surface on a first printed circuit board. The terminal includes a base section configured for electrical connection with a second printed circuit board, and a resilient contact beam having a proximal end coupled to the base section and a free distal end. The contact beam is shaped to provide a contact section between the proximal end and the distal end. The contact section is configured for engaging the conductive surface on the first printed circuit board upon insertion of the first printed circuit board into the housing in a first direction. The free distal end of the contact beam extends substantially in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Alexander R. Mathews, Johannes P.M. Kusters, Juan P. Rios, Kevin R. Meredith, Alexander W. Barr, Richard J. Scherer, Steven Feldman