Patents by Inventor Olaf STEINBACH

Olaf STEINBACH 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: 10665972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that, the contact carrier is provided with a secondary safety which fixes the contact carrier at the circuit board in addition to the primary safety and which is operable independently from the primary safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Paulo Russo, Frank Rentrop, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Olaf Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10535950
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that the primary safety includes at least two interlocking arms that are arranged in pairs adjacent to each other wherein interlocking devices of the interlocking arms have different interlocking geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Paulo Russo, Frank Rentrop, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Olaf Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20190229450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that, the contact carrier is provided with a secondary safety which fixes the contact carrier at the circuit board in addition to the primary safety and which is operable independently from the primary safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Paulo RUSSO, Frank RENTROP, Dirk PFAFFENBACH, Olaf STEINBACH
  • Publication number: 20190229464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector, in particular a direct plug connector, for contacting contact openings of a circuit board, the plug connector including a contact carrier which can include coding devices, in particular coding pins and a polarity reversal safety, in particular configured as polarity protrusions; conductor insertion channels formed by the contact carrier and configured to receive connection conductors, and contact recesses configured to receive plug contacts; a primary safety that supports the contact carrier at the circuit board and that is in particular configured as interlocking elements, characterized in that the primary safety includes at least two interlocking arms that are arranged in pairs adjacent to each other wherein interlocking devices of the interlocking arms have different interlocking geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Paulo Russo, Frank Rentrop, Dirk Pfaffenbach, Olaf Steinbach