Patents by Inventor Rainer Buethe

Rainer Buethe 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: 9787026
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second connector parts and an electrical connection detector. The electrical connection detector includes a contact spring with a spring contact on the first connector part and a contact strip on the second connector part. The electric connection detector establishes an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together. The second connector part includes an electrically insulating protrusion which forms a guide bevel that rises in a joining direction of the first connector part toward the second connector part. The spring contact is guided over the guide bevel, rests behind the protrusion, and physically contacts the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together to thereby establish an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Petr Spunar, Vojtech Leopold, Rainer Buethe, Jiri Keclik
  • Publication number: 20170179647
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second connector parts and an electrical connection detector. The electrical connection detector includes a contact spring with a spring contact on the first connector part and a contact strip on the second connector part. The electric connection detector establishes an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together. The second connector part includes an electrically insulating protrusion which forms a guide bevel that rises in a joining direction of the first connector part toward the second connector part. The spring contact is guided over the guide bevel, rests behind the protrusion, and physically contacts the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together to thereby establish an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Petr Spunar, Vojtech Leopold, Rainer Buethe, Jiri Keclik
  • Patent number: 8246368
    Abstract: An electrical plug-type connector includes a carrier, a sleeve contact having a movable tensioning sleeve, a housing movable relative to the carrier, a mating component having a pin configured to make contact with the sleeve contact, and a lever having first and second lever arms. Joining of the mating component with the carrier causes an anti-displacement element between the housing and the carrier to be released and, as a result of a displacement of the housing relative to the carrier, the tensioning sleeve moves and presses the sleeve contact against the pin and the first lever arm displaces and connects with the mating component and the displacement of the first lever arm builds spring tension that is applied in the second lever arm such that the second lever arm latches on the housing with a latching sound when the housing reaches an end position relative to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Buethe, Hartmut Soennecken, Wilfried Heringhaus
  • Publication number: 20120142205
    Abstract: An electrical plug-type connector includes a carrier, a sleeve contact having a movable tensioning sleeve, a housing movable relative to the carrier, a mating component having a pin configured to make contact with the sleeve contact, and a lever having first and second lever arms. Joining of the mating component with the carrier causes an anti-displacement element between the housing and the carrier to be released and, as a result of a displacement of the housing relative to the carrier, the tensioning sleeve moves and presses the sleeve contact against the pin and the first lever arm displaces and connects with the mating component and the displacement of the first lever arm builds spring tension that is applied in the second lever arm such that the second lever arm latches on the housing with a latching sound when the housing reaches an end position relative to the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Buethe, Hartmut Soennecken, Wilfried Heringhaus