Patents by Inventor Marcus Gimbel

Marcus Gimbel 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).

  • Plug element with locking seal
    Patent number: 9859650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug element (2, 2?) of a plug connector (1) for a sealed electrical plug-and-socket connection extending through a hole (4) in a wall (5), having a protective housing (9, 9?), which comprises an inner chamber (46), which at least in places forms a mating plug receptacle (45) for a mating plug element (3) complementary to the plug element (2, 2?), having a locking device (11, 11?), which is actuatable from outside the protective housing (9) and may be moved from an unlocked position (T) into a locked position (R), the locking device (11, 11?) extending at least in the locked position (R) into the inner chamber (46) and overlapping the mating plug receptacle (45) at least in places, and having at least one sealing element (18, 18?) resting against the protective housing (9, 9?) at least in a final plugged-together position of the plug connector (1), by means of which sealing element the mating plug receptacle (45) may be sealed relative to the external environment of the plug connect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Forell, Joachim Schneider, Marcus Gimbel
  • PLUG ELEMENT WITH LOCKING SEAL
    Publication number: 20130029508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug element (2, 2?) of a plug connector (1) for a sealed electrical plug-and-socket connection extending through a hole (4) in a wall (5), having a protective housing (9, 9?), which comprises an inner chamber (46), which at least in places forms a mating plug receptacle (45) for a mating plug element (3) complementary to the plug element (2, 2?), having a locking device (11, 11?), which is actuatable from outside the protective housing (9) and may be moved from an unlocked position (T) into a locked position (R), the locking device (11, 11?) extending at least in the locked position (R) into the inner chamber (46) and overlapping the mating plug receptacle (45) at least in places, and having at least one sealing element (18, 18?) resting against the protective housing (9, 9?) at least in a final plugged-together position of the plug connector (1), by means of which sealing element the mating plug receptacle 45) may be sealed relative to the external environment of the plug connecto
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Forell, Joachim Schneider, Marcus Gimbel