Patents by Inventor Patrick HEWER

Patrick HEWER 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: 9614306
    Abstract: The invention is a printed circuit board terminal, having a housing which has an inner wall and outer wall, a clamp spring, a contact element arranged inside the housing, and a connector element arranged outside the housing, wherein the contact element and the connector element are conductively connected to each other, and wherein the contact element is arranged flush with the inner wall and the connector element is arranged flush with the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: MCQ TECH GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Hewer, Hermann Stadler
  • Publication number: 20160134035
    Abstract: The invention is a printed circuit board terminal, having a housing which has an inner wall and outer wall, a clamp spring, a contact element arranged inside the housing, and a connector element arranged outside the housing, wherein the contact element and the connector element are conductively connected to each other, and wherein the contact element is arranged flush with the inner wall and the connector element is arranged flush with the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Hewer, Hermann Stadler
  • Patent number: 9298664
    Abstract: A control apparatus has a number of modules arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction. The modules each comprise at least one module part having a housing. Furthermore, the module part comprises a first electrical bus connector on a first side of the housing for electrical connection to a first neighboring module part adjacent in the longitudinal direction, and a second electrical bus connector on a second side, opposite the first side, of the housing for electrical connection to a second neighboring module part adjacent in the longitudinal direction. The module part further comprises at least one movable element, movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the movable element provides an electrical connection between the first bus connector and the second bus connector and, in the second position, provides an insulation point between the first bus connector and the second bus connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Winfried Gruber, Hermann Stadler, Patrick Hewer, Markus Winkler
  • Patent number: 9112318
    Abstract: A control apparatus has a module having first and second module parts, which can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a combined arrangement. The first and second module parts each comprise a housing having a boundary surface opposite one another in the combined arrangement that define a boundary plane. The first and second module parts are combined by a pivoting movement about a pivot axis arranged perpendicular to the boundary plane. One of the module parts has a number of contacts comprising a first electrical contact, and the other module part has a number of mating contacts comprising a first electrical mating contact. In the combined arrangement, each electrical contact makes contact with its corresponding mating contact for electrical connection between the first and second module parts. The contacts comprise conductor tracks on a nonconductive board such that a printed circuit board is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Cech, Andreas Veit, Patrick Hewer, Thorsten Godau
  • Publication number: 20140194007
    Abstract: A control apparatus has a module having first and second module parts, which can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a combined arrangement. The first and second module parts each comprise a housing having a boundary surface opposite one another in the combined arrangement that define a boundary plane. The first and second module parts are combined by a pivoting movement about a pivot axis arranged perpendicular to the boundary plane. One of the module parts has a number of contacts comprising a first electrical contact, and the other module part has a number of mating contacts comprising a first electrical mating contact. In the combined arrangement, each electrical contact makes contact with its corresponding mating contact for electrical connection between the first and second module parts. The contacts comprise conductor tracks on a nonconductive board such that a printed circuit board is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Markus CECH, Andreas VEIT, Patrick HEWER, Thorsten GODAU
  • Publication number: 20140156900
    Abstract: A control apparatus has a number of modules arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction. The modules each comprise at least one module part having a housing. Furthermore, the module part comprises a first electrical bus connector on a first side of the housing for electrical connection to a first neighboring module part adjacent in the longitudinal direction, and a second electrical bus connector on a second side, opposite the first side, of the housing for electrical connection to a second neighboring module part adjacent in the longitudinal direction. The module part further comprises at least one movable element, movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the movable element provides an electrical connection between the first bus connector and the second bus connector and, in the second position, provides an insulation point between the first bus connector and the second bus connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Winfried GRUBER, Hermann STADLER, Patrick HEWER, Markus WINKLER