Patents by Inventor Lucas Wirz
Lucas Wirz 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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Publication number: 20220255255Abstract: A socket for connection to a plug comprises a socket housing with a socket wall and a contact element. The contact element has a contact region which is designed to form a functional contact with the plug. The contact element has, at least in regions, at least one elastic contact section which is designed in such a way that, when the plug is received in a contact element opening of the contact element, it expands radially with respect to a longitudinal direction (L). The socket wall has on the inside a limiting element which is designed in such a way that a radial expansion of the elastic contact section of the contact element is limited, the limiting element being in particular in the region of the contact region of the contact element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: STÄUBLIEL ECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom KUFNER, Philipp Alexander STREHLER, Lucas WIRZ-VITIUK
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Patent number: 11316293Abstract: A contact element (1) for establishing electric contact between two contact pieces (K1, K2) comprises a support strip (2) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) as well as a plurality of contact parts (5, 5a, 5b), each of which has a first contact section (6) for contacting one of the two contact pieces (K1, K2), a second contact section (7) for contacting the other one of the two contact pieces (K2, K1), and a fastening section (8) for securing the contact part (5, 5a, 5b) to the support strip (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: 10855015Abstract: A contact element (1) for establishing electric contact between two contact pieces (K1, K2) comprises a support strip (2), which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and is designed in such a way that the length of the support strip (2) changes in the longitudinal direction (L) when a force (F) is applied to the support strip (2), as well as a plurality of contact parts (5, 5a, 5b), each of which has a first contact section (6) for contacting one of the two contact pieces (K1, K2), a second contact section (7) for contacting the other one of the two contact pieces (K2, K1), and a fastening section (8) for securing the contact part (5, 5a, 5b) to the support strip (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: 10686272Abstract: A contact element (1) for establishing electric contact between two contact pieces comprises a support grip (2) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) as well as a plurality of contact parts (5,5a, 5b), each of which has a first contact section (6) for contacting one of the two contact pieces (K1, K2), a second contact section (7) for contacting the other one of the two contact pieces (K2, K1), and a fastening section (8) for securing the contact part (5, 5a, 5b) to the support strip (2) at a fastening point (3). Each contact part (5, 5a, 5b) comprises at least one plastically deformable connection element (50) for securing the contact part (5, 5a 5b) to the support strip (2). The at least one connection element (50) forms an integral part of the contact part (5, 5a, 5b).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz
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Publication number: 20190305458Abstract: A contact element (1) for establishing electric contact between two contact pieces comprises a support grip (2) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) as well as a plurality of contact parts (5,5a, 5b), each of which has a first contact section (6) for contacting one of the two contact pieces (K1, K2), a second contact section (7) for contacting the other one of the two contact pieces (K2, K1), and a fastening section (8) for securing the contact part (5, 5a, 5b) to the support strip (2) at a fastening point (3). Each contact part (5, 5a, 5b) comprises at least one plastically deformable connection element (50) for securing the contact part (5, 5a 5b) to the support strip (2). The at least one connection element (50) forms an integral part of the contact part (5, 5a, 5b).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom KUFNER, Philipp Alexander STREHLER, Fabian HILTI, Lucas WIRZ
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Publication number: 20190207338Abstract: A contact element (1) for establishing electric contact between two contact pieces (K1, K2) comprises a support strip (2), which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and is designed in such a way that the length of the support strip (2) changes in the longitudinal direction (L) when a force (F) is applied to the support strip (2), as well as a plurality of contact parts (5, 5a, 5b), each of which has a first contact section (6) for contacting one of the two contact pieces (K1, K2), a second contact section (7) for contacting the other one of the two contact pieces (K2, K1), and a fastening section (8) for securing the contact part (5, 5a, 5b) to the support strip (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom KUFNER, Philipp Alexander STREHLER, Fabian HILTI, Lucas WIRZ
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Patent number: 10135180Abstract: A contact element comprises at least two strips and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips and are contiguous with the strips, wherein the webs are connected resiliently to one of the strips via torsion sections and are inclined with respect to the strips in the deformed state, with the result that a first contact section extends above the strip and a second contact section extends below the strip, wherein the webs each have a front web rim and a rear web rim, which front web rim has a bulge, and which rear web rim has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web rim, wherein the bulge provides said front contact section, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web sections, which provide the second contact section.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Stäubli Electrical Connectors AGInventors: Mark Sturgess, Falk Blumenroth, Tom Ledermann, Lucas Wirz
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Publication number: 20160226181Abstract: A contact element comprises at least two strips and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips and are contiguous with the strips, wherein the webs are connected resiliently to one of the strips via torsion sections and are inclined with respect to the strips in the deformed state, with the result that a first contact section extends above the strip and a second contact section extends below the strip, wherein the webs each have a front web rim and a rear web rim, which front web rim has a bulge, and which rear web rim has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web rim, wherein the bulge provides said front contact section, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web sections, which provide the second contact section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Mark Sturgess, Falk Blumenroth, Tom Ledermann, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: D753066Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Multi-Holding AGInventors: Mark Sturgess, Falk Blumenroth, Tom Ledermann, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: D830974Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: D870676Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: D871348Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz
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Patent number: D884653Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: STAUBLI ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AGInventors: Tom Kufner, Philipp Alexander Strehler, Fabian Hilti, Lucas Wirz