Patents by Inventor Kevin Scheer

Kevin Scheer 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).

  • Publication number: 20260221687
    Abstract: A plug connector support element is provided for supporting a plug on a mating plug arrangement connected to the plug, wherein the plug connector support element is designed to be mounted externally between the plug and the mating plug arrangement. The plug connector support element includes at least one plug support surface designed to rest on the outside of the plug, and at least one counter support surface opposite the at least one plug support surface, designed to rest on the outside of the mating plug arrangement. A plug system with such a plug connector support element and a plug connection with such a plug system are provided. The proposed means contribute to making plug connections more robust against relative movements between the plug and the mating plug arrangement and less susceptible to wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin SCHEER, Harald ULRICH
  • Publication number: 20260180207
    Abstract: A contact arrangement for electrical HV connections includes a contact socket and a contact bolt that can be inserted into the contact socket along an insertion direction. The contact arrangement includes a spring arrangement comprising a spring which, when the contact bolt is inserted into the contact socket, is arranged and compressed between the contact socket and the contact bolt in a radial direction. The contact arrangement includes a support surface arrangement which has at least one support surface inclined relative to the insertion direction, wherein the compressed spring is supported on the support surface arrangement and an axial spring force pointing in the insertion direction is generated on the support surface arrangement by the compressed spring supported thereon. Such a contact arrangement is particularly wear-resistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin SCHEER, Harald ULRICH
  • Patent number: 12519269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing assembly for an electrical connector which is pluggable with a mating connector, comprising a manually movable operating element for connecting the electrical connector to the mating connector, a connector housing at which the operating element is arranged to be movable between an initial position and a final position, a securing element which is movable between a release position and a secured position, and a trigger mechanism which holds the securing element in the release position pre-stressed in the direction of the secured position, where the trigger mechanism is activated in the final position of the operating element, and the securing element is movable to the secured position, whereby the operating element is securable in the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Panitz, Harald Ulrich, Christoph Kosmalski, Kevin Scheer, Maximilian Veihl
  • Patent number: 12431665
    Abstract: An electrical flat socket contact device includes a contact chamber, a plurality of electrical contact springs arranged in the contact chamber, and a mechanical retaining spring arranged in the contact chamber separately from the electrical contact springs. A tab contact is insertable into the contact chamber. The electrical contact springs electrically contact the tab contact and the mechanical retaining spring mechanically retains the tab contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Caio Carvalho, Kevin Scheer, Harald Ulrich, Maik Schaefer, Stefan Masak, Holger Stange
  • Publication number: 20250023276
    Abstract: A plug connector is designed such that a plug connector mating piece can be plugged together with the plug connector along a connection direction. The plug connector has a contact socket, via which electrical contact with a correspondingly designed contact connector mating piece can be effected. The contact socket is formed in such a way that an electrical contact with the plug connector mating piece can be achieved via a contact pin and/or a mating contact socket of the plug connector mating piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Harald ULRICH, Stefan MASAK, Kevin SCHEER
  • Patent number: 12136788
    Abstract: A shielding spring contact includes a flat base portion having a top side and a cutout, and a shielding portion having a wall connected to the flat base portion and encircling the cutout. The wall has an outer side, an inner side, an upper side, and a lower side. The lower side of the wall is arranged on the top side of the flat base portion with the lower side of the wall laterally surrounding the cutout. The top side of the flat base portion bears against a bottom side of an assembly housing portion of a first plug-in connector and the shielding portion projects through a first passage opening in the assembly housing portion. The shielding portion projects through a second passage opening in a shielding housing wall and into a shielding housing of a second plug-in connector, bearing against the shielding housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Fertig, Maximilian Veihl, Martin Listing, Christoph Kosmalski, Uemit Bulduk, Eike Luellich, Kevin Scheer, Ivan Ivanov
  • Publication number: 20240275101
    Abstract: An electrical flat socket contact device for an electrical power connection includes a carrier structure, wherein the carrier structure forms a primarily cuboid contact box unit, into which a primarily cuboid tab contact for electrically contacting the flat socket contact device can be plugged; and a primarily cuboid contact body arranged in the contact box unit for contacting the tab contact plugged into the contact box unit, wherein the contact body is arranged on a base wall of the carrier structure, wherein on a top wall of the carrier structure arranged opposite the base wall there is arranged at least one spring element unit for mechanically contacting the tab contact, and wherein the top wall has at least twice the wall thickness of the base wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin SCHEER, Harald ULRICH, Willi DIETRICH, Daniel ROSAN
  • Publication number: 20240243503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration-resistant electromechanical flat socket terminal, such as a high-voltage flat socket terminal, for an electrical connection, such as a high-voltage connection for a vehicle, such as a vehicle with an electric traction motor, with an essentially cuboid tab contact receptacle into which an essentially cuboid tab contact section of an electrical mating terminal, such as a high-voltage mating terminal, for making electrical contact with the flat socket terminal can be plugged, wherein the tab contact receptacle is formed between a plug contact section of an electromechanical connection piece and a mechanical contact spring cage, formed apart therefrom, of the flat socket terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin SCHEER, Harald ULRICH, Stefan MASAK
  • Publication number: 20240106165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing assembly for an electrical connector which is pluggable with a mating connector, comprising a manually movable operating element for connecting the electrical connector to the mating connector, a connector housing at which the operating element is arranged to be movable between an initial position and a final position, a securing element which is movable between a release position and a secured position, and a trigger mechanism which holds the securing element in the release position pre-stressed in the direction of the secured position, where the trigger mechanism is activated in the final position of the operating element, and the securing element is movable to the secured position, whereby the operating element is securable in the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Gregor Panitz, Harald Ulrich, Christoph Kosmalski, Kevin Scheer, Maximilian Veihl
  • Publication number: 20240030659
    Abstract: A shielding spring contact for an electrical plug-in connector for an electrical plug-in connector system includes a sleeve-shaped main body having a cylindrical base portion, a conical shielding portion, and a plurality of passage openings by which the shielding spring contact is arranged on a cable of the electrical plug-in connector. The shielding spring contact is connectable to a braid of the cable via the cylindrical base portion by a crimp connection. The conical shielding portion has a plurality of apertures extending along a longitudinal direction of the shielding spring contact and is elastically deformable. The shielding spring contact is contactable with an assembly housing of a cable shield connection of the plug-in connector system via the conical shielding portion. A current of the braid can be diverted to the assembly housing via contact between the conical shielding portion and the assembly housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Uemit Bulduk, Jochen Fertig, Kevin Scheer
  • Patent number: 11848516
    Abstract: A plug connector pluggable with a mating connector in a connecting direction has a locking spring. The locking spring exerts a force on a pressure chamfer of the mating connector acting in the connecting direction when the plug connector is fully plugged together with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Scheer, Harald Ulrich, Stefan Masak
  • Patent number: 11837805
    Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly includes a line section having a plurality of conductor wires formed of a first electrically conductive material, a contact section in which the conductor wires are compacted to form a contact unit, and a layer formed of a second electrically conductive material. The layer is disposed on a contact surface of the contact unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Veihl, Chris Buechling, Manuel Eheim, Frank Kaehny, Marcus Wolf, Harald Ulrich, Kevin Scheer, Florian Lueck, Christoph Kosmalski, Rolf Maurus
  • Patent number: 11677202
    Abstract: A contact ring including a ring-shaped structure formed of an electrically conductive material. The ring-shaped structure has a plurality of projections on at least one side and a plurality of blades on at least one side. The projections and the blades penetrate an electrically insulating surface layer of each of a pair of contact elements and contact an electrically conductive material of each of the contact elements to electrically connect the contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Burghard, Jochen Fertig, Stefan Masak, Hubert Pollok, Kevin Scheer, Ivan Ivanov
  • Publication number: 20220368071
    Abstract: An electrical flat socket contact device includes a contact chamber, a plurality of electrical contact springs arranged in the contact chamber, and a mechanical retaining spring arranged in the contact chamber separately from the electrical contact springs. A tab contact is insertable into the contact chamber. The electrical contact springs electrically contact the tab contact and the mechanical retaining spring mechanically retains the tab contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Caio Carvalho, Kevin Scheer, Harald Ulrich, Maik Schaefer, Stefan Masak, Holger Stange
  • Publication number: 20220336974
    Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly includes a line section having a plurality of conductor wires formed of a first electrically conductive material, a contact section in which the conductor wires are compacted to form a contact unit, and a layer formed of a second electrically conductive material. The layer is disposed on a contact surface of the contact unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Veihl, Chris Buechling, Manuel Eheim, Frank Kaehny, Marcus Wolf, Harald Ulrich, Kevin Scheer, Florian Lueck, Christoph Kosmalski, Rolf Maurus
  • Patent number: 11462848
    Abstract: A conical contact spring sleeve includes a radial concavity that projects radially inwards beyond an inner peripheral surface of the conical contact spring sleeve and/or a radial convexity that projects radially outwards beyond an outer peripheral surface of the conical contact spring sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Listing, Bernd Leonhardt, Maximilian Veihl, Christoph Kosmalski, Harald Ulrich, Stefan Masak, Rajesh Kumar, Kevin Scheer
  • Publication number: 20220255267
    Abstract: A shielding spring contact includes a flat base portion having a top side and a cutout, and a shielding portion having a wall connected to the flat base portion and encircling the cutout. The wall has an outer side, an inner side, an upper side, and a lower side. The lower side of the wall is arranged on the top side of the flat base portion with the lower side of the wall laterally surrounding the cutout. The top side of the flat base portion bears against a bottom side of an assembly housing portion of a first plug-in connector and the shielding portion projects through a first passage opening in the assembly housing portion. The shielding portion projects through a second passage opening in a shielding housing wall and into a shielding housing of a second plug-in connector, bearing against the shielding housing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Fertig, Maximilian Veihl, Martin Listing, Christoph Kosmalski, Uemit Bulduk, Eike Luellich, Kevin Scheer, Ivan Ivanov
  • Publication number: 20220158398
    Abstract: A contact ring including a ring-shaped structure formed of an electrically conductive material. The ring-shaped structure has a plurality of projections on at least one side and a plurality of blades on at least one side. The projections and the blades penetrate an electrically insulating surface layer of each of a pair of contact elements and contact an electrically conductive material of each of the contact elements to electrically connect the contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Burghard, Jochen Fertig, Stefan Masak, Hubert Pollok, Kevin Scheer, Ivan Ivanov
  • Publication number: 20210351545
    Abstract: A plug connector pluggable with a mating connector in a connecting direction has a locking spring. The locking spring exerts a force on a pressure chamfer of the mating connector acting in the connecting direction when the plug connector is fully plugged together with the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Scheer, Harald Ulrich, Stefan Masak
  • Publication number: 20210273364
    Abstract: A conical contact spring sleeve includes a radial concavity that projects radially inwards beyond an inner peripheral surface of the conical contact spring sleeve and/or a radial convexity that projects radially outwards beyond an outer peripheral surface of the conical contact spring sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Listing, Bernd Leonhardt, Maximilian Veihl, Christoph Kosmalski, Harald Ulrich, Stefan Masak, Rajesh Kumar, Kevin Scheer