Patents by Inventor Melanie Genau

Melanie Genau 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).

  • Patent number: 9627819
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation insert that can be inserted into a plug-in connector housing (11) of a plug-in connector (10), wherein in the insulation insert (1), at least one contacting element for electrically contacting a conductor core of a cable (12) to be connected may be provided, wherein the insulation insert (1) is provided in one area with a conductive coating, wherein the coated area forms a shielding element (3) that can be electrically contacted with a shielding braid of the cable (12) to be connected and at the same time with the plug-in connector housing (11), and wherein the insulation insert (1) and the shielding element (3) are integrally formed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Peter Post, Melanie Genau, Klaus Kraemer, Volker Beuth, Stephan Schreier
  • Patent number: 9615491
    Abstract: The invention discloses an insulating body (1) which is provided for receiving and/or electrically contacting at least one conductor of a cable to be connected or for fitting onto a printed circuit board, the insulating body (1) being adapted to be introduced into a dedicated chamber of a plug connector housing and having at least one recess (11) for at least one contact element (13) which can be connected to the individual conductor of the cable to be connected or to a conductor track of the printed circuit board, and including a shielding element (20) by which the contact element is electromagnetically shielded, the insulating body (1) being formed of at least one first component (2) and one second component (10), the first component (2) containing a doping so that the surface of the first component (2) can be provided with a conducting coating (6) by an electroplating process, the shielding element (20) being formed from the conducting coating of the first component (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreier, Melanie Genau, Dirk Peter Post
  • Patent number: 9543709
    Abstract: An insulating body, which can be inserted into a chamber of a plug-in connector housing intended for this purpose, has at least one recess for at least one contact element for connecting to a conductor of a cable or a conducting path of a printed circuit board, and a shielding element for electromagnetically shielding the contact element, wherein the insulating body is formed from at least a first component and a second component, wherein the insulating body contains a cavity having a surface formed from the first component, and wherein the first component contains a dopant through which the surface is provided with a conductive coating forming the shielding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreier, Melanie Genau, Dirk Peter Post
  • Patent number: 9502796
    Abstract: A round plug-in connector has a connection side configured for contacting circuit boards. For transmitting several independent, differential signals, the plug-in connector includes electric contacts arranged in pairs, with each of four signal pairs being insulated from each other by a cruciform structure, and being arranged inside an electrically non-conductive round body surrounding the cruciform structure. An electrically conductive screen cross is surrounded by a cruciform contact carrier with accepting grooves in diagonally embodied internal edges for holding the electric contacts. The round body is pushed over the cruciform arrangement, and is surrounded by an electrically conductive housing. Connection ends of the electric contacts that are intended to be aligned precisely on a circuit board, via a positioning aid, are attached to the round body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Melanie Genau
  • Patent number: 9502828
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body of a plug-in connector that consists of a plug body (10), in which contact elements (11) are provided, and which consists of a connection body (20), which in turn has connection elements (21) that can be electrically connected to conductor tracks of a circuit board and/or to individual wires of a multi-wired cable to be connected, wherein the plug body (10) and the connection body (20) can be mated together, as a result of which the contact elements (11) can be electrically contacted with the connection elements (21) of the connection body (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreier, Melanie Genau
  • Patent number: 9490582
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body that can be inserted into a housing (11) of a plug-in connector (10), which is formed from a connecting portion (2) and a contacting portion (3), wherein in the contacting portion (3), contacting means (4) are provided and the connecting portion (2) is provided with recesses (5), in which individual conductors of a multi-core cable can be clamped, wherein the connecting portion (2) and the contacting portion (3) can be joined together, so that the individual conductors of the multi-core cable can be electrically contacted by means of the individual contacting means (4). According to the invention, the connecting portion (2) includes means that orientate the individual conductors along the recesses (5) of the connecting portion (2) in such a way that each of the conductors is pushed into the respective recesses and the direction of the conductor changes along the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Jaschke, Melanie Genau
  • Patent number: 9362679
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body of a plug-in connector, which comprises connection elements (21) that can be electrically connected to conductor tracks of a circuit board and/or to individual wires of a multi-wired cable to be connected, wherein the connection elements (21) can be produced using MID technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreier, Melanie Genau
  • Publication number: 20150325956
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body of a plug-in connector, which comprises connection elements (21) that can be electrically connected to conductor tracks of a circuit board and/or to individual wires of a multi-wired cable to be connected, wherein the connection elements (21) can be produced using MID technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Stephan SCHREIER, Melanie GENAU
  • Publication number: 20150311641
    Abstract: The invention discloses an insulating body (1) that can be inserted into a chamber of a plug-in connector housing intended for this purpose, wherein the insulating body (1) comprises at least one recess (11) for at least one contact element (13), which contact element can be connected to a conductor of a cable to be connected or with a conducting path of a printed circuit board, and wherein the insulating body (1) includes a shielding element (20), by means of which the contact element (13) is electromagnetically shielded, wherein the insulating body (1) is formed from at least a first component (2) and a second component (10), wherein the insulating body (2) contains a cavity (3), wherein the surface (3, 5) of the cavity (3) is formed from the first component (2), wherein the first component (2) contains a dopant, through which the surface (3, 5) of the first component (2) can be provided with a conductive coating in a currentless chemical process, wherein the shielding element (20) is formed from a conducti
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Stephan SCHREIER, Melanie GENAU, Dirk Peter POST
  • Publication number: 20150295365
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation insert that can be inserted into a plug-in connector housing (11) of a plug-in connector (10), wherein in the insulation insert (1), at least one contacting element for electrically contacting a conductor core of a cable (12) to be connected may be provided, wherein the insulation insert (1) is provided in one area with a conductive coating, wherein the coated area forms a shielding element (3) that can be electrically contacted with a shielding braid of the cable (12) to be connected and at the same time with the plug-in connector housing (11), and wherein the insulation insert (1) and the shielding element (3) are integrally formed in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk Peter Post, Melanie Genau, Klaus Kraemer, Volker Beuth, Stephan Schreier
  • Publication number: 20150162710
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body of a plug-in connector that consists of a plug body (10), in which contact elements (11) are provided, and which consists of a connection body (20), which in turn has connection elements (21) that can be electrically connected to conductor tracks of a circuit board and/or to individual wires of a multi-wired cable to be connected, wherein the plug body (10) and the connection body (20) can be mated together, as a result of which the contact elements (11) can be electrically contacted with the connection elements (21) of the connection body (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Harting Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreier, Melanie Genau
  • Publication number: 20150093935
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body that can be inserted into a housing (11) of a plug-in connector (10), which is formed from a connecting portion (2) and a contacting portion (3), wherein in the contacting portion (3), contacting means (4) are provided and the connecting portion (2) is provided with recesses (5), in which individual conductors of a multi-core cable can be clamped, wherein the connecting portion (2) and the contacting portion (3) can be joined together, so that the individual conductors of the multi-core cable can be electrically contacted by means of the individual contacting means (4). According to the invention, the connecting portion (2) includes means that orientate the individual conductors along the recesses (5) of the connecting portion (2) in such a way that each of the conductors is pushed into the respective recesses and the direction of the conductor changes along the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Harting Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Jaschke, Melanie Genau
  • Publication number: 20140291009
    Abstract: The invention discloses an insulating body (1) which is provided for receiving and/or electrically contacting at least one conductor of a cable to be connected or for fitting onto a printed circuit board, the insulating body (1) being adapted to be introduced into a dedicated chamber of a plug connector housing and having at least one recess (11) for at least one contact element (13) which can be connected to the individual conductor of the cable to be connected or to a conductor track of the printed circuit board, and including a shielding element (20) by which the contact element is electromagnetically shielded, the insulating body (1) being formed of at least one first component (2) and one second component (10), the first component (2) containing a doping so that the surface of the first component (2) can be provided with a conducting coating (6) by an electroplating process, the shielding element (20) being formed from the conducting coating of the first component (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreier, Melanie Genau, Dirk Peter Post
  • Publication number: 20130137310
    Abstract: The plug-in connector shown here is embodied as a round plug-in connector and with its connection side embodied for contacting circuit boards. For transmitting several independent, differential signals, respective electric contacts (30) are provided in the plug-in connector (1, 2) arranged in pairs, with it being suggested that each of the four signal pairs here be insulated from each other by a cruciform structure inside, and shall be arranged inside a round body (40) surrounding this structure. For this purpose, an electrically conductive screen cross (10) is provided, which is surrounded by a contact carrier (20), which is also a cruciform, with accepting grooves (23) being intended in its diagonally embodied internal edges (22) for holding the electric contacts (30). The electrically non-conductive round body (40) is pushed over this cruciform arrangement, and is ultimately surrounded by an electrically conductive housing (75). Here, with the angular round plug-in connector (1), the connecting ends (32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Melanie Genau
  • Patent number: 7938696
    Abstract: For the transmission of high-frequency signals >2.5 GHz or 5 Gbps by means of a separable plug connection, the invention proposes a symmetrically shaped electric contact (1, 1?) that features a contact body (4) with the contact side (3) with U-shaped spring legs (13), as well as a connection end (5). Contact domes (15) that are directed toward one another and feature contact zones (16) that are narrower than the material thickness of the spring legs (13) are integrally formed onto both spring legs (13). When joining the two electric contacts (1, 1?) that are mated while they are turned relative to one another by 90 degrees in the mating direction, the contact domes (15) or their contact zones (16) of one electric contact (1, 1?) engage into the contact body (4) of the other electric contact (1, 1?) in a paired fashion such that electric signals travel distances with identical transit times on one leg and on the other leg and so-called stub effects, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Melanie Genau, Gert Havermann, Hubert Breitfeld, Stefan Baumert
  • Publication number: 20100075543
    Abstract: For the transmission of high-frequency signals >2,5 GHz or 5 Gbps by means of a separable plug connection, the invention proposes a symmetrically shaped electric contact (1, 1?) that features a contact body (4) with the contact side (3) with U-shaped spring legs (13), as well as a connection end (5). Contact domes (15) that are directed toward one another and feature contact zones (16) that are narrower than the material thickness of the spring legs (13) are integrally formed onto both spring legs (13). When joining the two electric contacts (1, 1?) that are mated while they are turned relative to one another by 90 degrees in the mating direction, the contact domes (15) or their contact zones (16) of one electric contact (1, 1?) engage into the contact body (4) of the other electric contact (1, 1?) in a paired fashion such that electric signals travel distances with identical transit times on one leg and on the other leg and so-called stub effects, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Melanie Genau, Gert Havermann, Hubert Breitfeld, Stefan Baumert