Patents by Inventor Robert Minkwitz

Robert Minkwitz 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: 20240177957
    Abstract: In an embodiment a switching device includes at least two contacts in a switching chamber, wherein the at least two contacts have a fixed contact and a movable contact, wherein each of the contacts has a contact surface with at least one contact region on a contact side, and wherein at least one of the contacts has at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Hoffmann, Robert Minkwitz
  • Publication number: 20240161990
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a housing assembly including a housing having a plug-in side and enclosing an electromechanical component, the housing configured for mounting on a carrier, wherein the housing has a first assembly guide configured for engaging in a first plug-in slot guide arranged on the carrier, and wherein the plug-in side of the housing is guidable into a plugged-in position on the carrier by this engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Hoffmann, Robert Minkwitz
  • Patent number: 11837424
    Abstract: In an embodiment a contact arrangement includes a retaining element with a cylindrical hole having a cylinder axis configured to arrange the retaining element on a shaft and a contact bridge attached to the retaining element, wherein the contact bridge has a top side with at least one contact region and a bottom side opposite the top side, and wherein, via a rotation around the cylinder axis, the contact bridge is transferable to a locked state on the retaining element in a direction along the cylinder axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Robert Hoffmann, Robert Minkwitz
  • Publication number: 20230197388
    Abstract: In an embodiment a switching device includes at least two fixed contacts and one movable contact in a switching chamber and at least two auxiliary contacts, two spring contacts and a contact plate in the switching chamber, wherein each of the spring contacts contacts one of the auxiliary contacts with a first contact region and has a second contact region, wherein the contact plate is movable together with the movable contact, and wherein the contact plate is configured to contact the second contact regions of the spring contacts in a first switching state of the switching device and is configured to be arranged at a distance from the second contact regions of the spring contacts in a second switching state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Hoffmann, Robert Minkwitz
  • Publication number: 20220293380
    Abstract: In an embodiment a switching device includes two fixed contacts and a rotary contact bridge in a switching chamber in a gas-tight region, wherein the rotary contact bridge is rotatable about an rotation axis, wherein, in a first switching state, the fixed contacts are electrically conductively connected by the rotary contact bridge, wherein, in a second switching state, the rotary contact bridge is rotatable about the rotation axis relative to the first switching state, and the fixed contacts are electrically insulated from one another, and wherein the gas-tight region includes H2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Hoffmann, Robert Minkwitz
  • Publication number: 20220139655
    Abstract: In an embodiment a contact arrangement includes a retaining element with a cylindrical hole having a cylinder axis configured to arrange the retaining element on a shaft and a contact bridge attached to the retaining element, wherein the contact bridge has a top side with at least one contact region and a bottom side opposite the top side, and wherein, via a rotation around the cylinder axis, the contact bridge is transferable to a locked state on the retaining element in a direction along the cylinder axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Hoffmann, Robert Minkwitz