Patents by Inventor Markus Michel

Markus Michel 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: 20240170900
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: at least a first housing part and a second housing part, an engagement region of one of the first housing part and the second housing part engaging at least partially and concentrically with an other of the first housing part and the second housing part, the first housing part and the second housing part being rotatable in the engagement region relative to each other about an axis of rotation; at least one bolt disposed in the engagement region, which in a first basic state secures the first housing part and the second housing part against rotation of the housing parts relative to each other about the axis of rotation, and in a second basic state releases the housing parts. The at least one bolt is magnetic and preloaded by a spring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hrvoje Babic, Ralf Beckmann, Martin Schaefers, Juergen Sahm, Markus Hermann, Markus Michel, Frank Brokmann, Holger Ritter, Markus Hanses
  • Publication number: 20240088606
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: at least a first housing part and a second housing part, one of the first housing part and the second housing part engaging, at least partially and concentrically, in an other of the first housing part and the second housing part in an engagement region, the first housing part and the second housing part being rotatable relative to one another in the engagement region about an axis of rotation. The first housing part and the second housing part each have a magnetic structure extending, at least in part, circumferentially on an inside or an outside in the engagement region, the respective magnetic structures interacting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hrvoje Babic, Ralf Beckmann, Martin Schaefers, Juergen Sahm, Markus Hermann, Markus Michel, Frank Brokmann, Holger Ritter, Markus Hanses
  • Patent number: 9929504
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical circular plug-in connector having a plug part and a counter-plug part, which can be releasably locked together by means of a push-pull locking mechanism via at least one locking element that extends axially and can be deflected radially, which element is provided with an inwardly protruding detent, to which an outwardly open latching trap is assigned on the counter-plug part. The locking element is integrally molded on a retaining ring, which is immovably mounted on the plug part between the unlocking sleeve and a front hollow cylindrical plug region of the plug part, and which pulls the plug part and the counter-plug part together in a play-free manner by means of a spring force component acting inwardly in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT CONNECTOR TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Bauer, Markus Michel, Hrvoje Babic
  • Publication number: 20170018875
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical circular plug-in connector having a plug part and a counter-plug part, which can be releasably locked together by means of a push-pull locking mechanism via at least one locking element that extends axially and can be deflected radially, which element is provided with an inwardly protruding detent, to which an outwardly open latching trap is assigned on the counter-plug part. The locking element is integrally molded on a retaining ring, which is immovably mounted on the plug part between the unlocking sleeve and a front hollow cylindrical plug region of the plug part, and which pulls the plug part and the counter-plug part together in a play-free manner by means of a spring force component acting inwardly in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Peter BAUER, Markus MICHEL, Hrvoje BABIC
  • Patent number: 9209565
    Abstract: The electrical connector, having a tubular housing section, in which an insulating body is arranged which bears an electrical contact and is locked to the housing section via a locking device, which is engages with a receiving recess of the housing section, wherein the locking device has at least one flexible supporting element for the insulating body and the insulating body of the housing section is able to be unlocked releasably by a tool. According to the invention, the insulating body is releasable from the plug side of the housing section by a tool and the locking device and the receiving recess are realized separately in the circumferential direction of the housing section and have at least two locking parts that are separated from one another and a corresponding number of locking part receptacles which are at a distance to one another laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: CONINVERS GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Michel, Manfred Brode
  • Patent number: 9106025
    Abstract: A circular plug connector unit for shielded electrical cables, having an insulating body that is enveloped by a shielding sleeve, wherein plural electrical socket shaped plug contacts and/or pin shaped plug contacts are arranged in receiving cavities in the insulating body, wherein the shielding sleeve is interlocked with the insulating body. The plug side end of the shielding sleeve includes an even number of axially extending sleeve segments which are separated by longitudinal slots which are advantageously configured as sleeve segments that are short in axial direction and sleeve segments that are long in axial direction. Sleeve segments which are arranged in sequence advantageously have a uniform radial offset relative to each other in an alternating direction, wherein the sleeve segments of two identically configured shielding sleeves are insertable into one another with a rotational offset in circumferential direction of 360° divided by a number of the sleeve segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Coninvers GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brode, Markus Michel
  • Publication number: 20150017840
    Abstract: A circular plug connector unit for shielded electrical cables, comprising an insulating body that is enveloped by a shielding sleeve, wherein plural electrical socket shaped plug contacts and/or pin shaped plug contacts are arranged in receiving cavities in the insulating body, wherein the shielding sleeve is interlocked with the insulating body. The plug side end of the shielding sleeve includes an even number of axially extending sleeve segments which are separated by longitudinal slots which are advantageously configured as sleeve segments that are short in axial direction and sleeve segments that are long in axial direction. Sleeve segments which are arranged in sequence advantageously have a uniform radial offset relative to each other in an alternating direction, wherein the sleeve segments of two identically configured shielding sleeves are insertable into one another with a rotational offset in circumferential direction of 360° divided by a number of the sleeve segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Manfred Brode, Markus Michel
  • Publication number: 20140148032
    Abstract: The electrical connector, having a tubular housing section, in which an insulating body is arranged which bears an electrical contact and is locked to the housing section via a locking device, which is engages with a receiving recess of the housing section, wherein the locking device has at least one flexible supporting element for the insulating body and the insulating body of the housing section is able to be unlocked releasably by a tool. According to the invention, the insulating body is releasable from the plug side of the housing section by a tool and the locking device and the receiving recess are realised separately in the circumferential direction of the housing section and have at least two locking parts that are separated from one another and a corresponding number of locking part receptacles which are at a distance to one another laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: CONINVERS GmbH
    Inventors: Markus MICHEL, Manfred BRODE
  • Patent number: 7744393
    Abstract: The invention concerns a motor connector for supplying voltage to a polyphase motor, with a connector housing that contains a number of electrically conductive pass-through elements whose number matches the number of electrical supply lines to be connected. By means of said pass-through elements, the supply lines can be connected electrically to contacts of a connecting plug mounted on the outside of a motor hosing of the polyphase motor, said contacts being connected to the winding conductors of the motor. The operating mode of the motor in delta or star connection can be selected by internal bridge configuration of the pass-through elements. For this purpose, the connector housing has a coding section that is separated from the connection section for the supply lines, with the coding section preferably designed as an enclosed coding chamber so that the connection section forms a connection chamber that is separated from the coding chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: CONINVERS GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Michel, Gerhard Wehrle
  • Publication number: 20090251015
    Abstract: The invention concerns a motor connector for supplying voltage to a polyphase motor, with a connector housing that contains a number of electrically conductive pass-through elements whose number matches the number of electrical supply lines to be connected. By means of said pass-through elements, the supply lines can be connected electrically to contacts of a connecting plug mounted on the outside of a motor hosing of the polyphase motor, said contacts being connected to the winding conductors of the motor. The operating mode of the motor in delta or star connection can be selected by internal bridge configuration of the pass-through elements. For this purpose, the connector housing has a coding section that is separated from the connection section for the supply lines, with the coding section preferably designed as an enclosed coding chamber so that the connection section forms a connection chamber that is separated from the coding chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: CONINVERS GMBH
    Inventors: Markus MICHEL, Gerhard WEHRLE
  • Patent number: D904313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Delker, Hrvoje Babic, Morten Harren, Manfred Brode, Markus Michel, Markus Hermann, Joerg Zenkner, Lisa Gebhard
  • Patent number: D920922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Delker, Hrvoje Babic, Morten Harren, Manfred Brode, Markus Michel, Markus Hermann, Joerg Zenkner, Lisa Gebhard
  • Patent number: D924143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Delker, Hrvoje Babic, Morten Harren, Manfred Brode, Markus Michel, Markus Hermann, Joerg Zenkner, Lisa Gebhard