Patents by Inventor Rudolf Fekonja

Rudolf Fekonja 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: 7985104
    Abstract: The socket contact (1) for receiving a plug contact (10), the socket contact (1) having a contact casing (4) mounted on one end of a cable (2), the contact casing being contacted to an electrical conductor (3) of the cable (2), wherein according to the invention a biasing spring (5) is provided, wherein according to the invention the biasing spring (5) is designed such that it acts on the contact casing (4) and acts through at least one section of the contact casing (4) on the plug contact (10), and is attached at a first joint (6) to the contact casing (4), wherein furthermore the electrical conductor (3) is attached to the contact casing (4) at another joint (7) spaced from the first joint (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Jäger, Rudolf Fekonja
  • Patent number: 7572137
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connection system has a first electrical plug-in connection element and a second electric plug-in connection element complementary thereto. Pertaining first and a second housings having a number of contact elements corresponding to the number of the wires in the one housing and a corresponding number of opposite contact elements in the other housing are provided. An electrical plug-in connection between the contact elements and their respective opposite contact elements can be established and released again respectively by a relative movement of the two housings. A locking connection occurs between the two housings, which can be established and detached again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rudolf Fekonja
  • Publication number: 20090170366
    Abstract: The socket contact (1) for receiving a plug contact (10), the socket contact (1) having a contact casing (4) mounted on one end of a cable (2), the contact casing being contacted to an electrical conductor (3) of the cable (2), wherein according to the invention a biasing spring (5) is provided, wherein according to the invention the biasing spring (5) is designed such that it acts on the contact casing (4) and acts through at least one section of the contact casing (4) on the plug contact (10), and is attached at a first joint (6) to the contact casing (4), wherein furthermore the electrical conductor (3) is attached to the contact casing (4) at another joint (7) spaced from the first joint (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Jager, Rudolf Fekonja
  • Publication number: 20090075504
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connection system has a first electrical plug-in connection element and a second electric plug-in connection element complementary thereto. Pertaining first and a second housings having a number of contact elements corresponding to the number of the wires in the one housing and a corresponding number of opposite contact elements in the other housing are provided. An electrical plug-in connection between the contact elements and their respective opposite contact elements can be established and released again respectively by a relative movement of the two housings. A locking connection occurs between the two housings, which can be established and detached again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rudolf FEKONJA
  • Patent number: 7338313
    Abstract: A wire having a conductive core surrounded by an insulation sheath is fitted to an electrical connector having a housing formed with a longitudinally extending passage and a contact part in the passage. The contact part has a front end having pair of sides adapted to flank a contact pin engaged in the passage and a rear end adapted to grip the wire with a stripped end of the conductive core extending in the front end between the sides thereof alongside the pin. An anchor lug on one of the sides engages an inner surface of the passage and retains the contact part therein. A biasing element braced between the conductive core and an opposite inner surface of the passage presses the conductive core transversely against the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fekonja, Michael Respondek, Arnold Federer, Kurt Ellensohn, Georg Geismayr
  • Publication number: 20070298648
    Abstract: A wire having a conductive core surrounded by an insulation sheath is fitted to an electrical connector having a housing formed with a longitudinally extending passage and a contact part in the passage. The contact part has a front end having pair of sides adapted to flank a contact pin engaged in the passage and a rear end adapted to grip the wire with a stripped end of the conductive core extending in the front end between the sides thereof alongside the pin. An anchor lug on one of the sides engages an inner surface of the passage and retains the contact part therein. A biasing element braced between the conductive core and an opposite inner surface of the passage presses the conductive core transversely against the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Rudolf Fekonja, Michael Respondek, Arnold Federer, Kurt Ellensohn, Georg Geismayr
  • Patent number: 6736682
    Abstract: An electric plug connecting element and an electric plug connecting system. With the use of a complementary plug connecting element, the plug connecting element enables a disconnectable electric plug connection and includes a housing and a cable, which is run into the housing and is held in the same. The cable includes at least one conductor, enveloped by insulation. Each end is located in the housing and belonging to the conductors is insulated and serves as a contact element for direct contact with the assigned contact elements of the complementary plug connecting element in order to save cost and weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Groebmair, Rudolf Fekonja
  • Patent number: 6394814
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connector for electrically connecting two regions separated by a wall. The wall has an assembly hole with a reinforcement bead on a first wall side around the hole. The connector includes a connector part positioned on a second wall side. A guide bushing is positioned on the first wall side. An extended portion of the bushing penetrates the hole in the wall. The extended portion has a support flange and a lock stop. The support flange is supported on the bead on the first wall side. The lock stop extends through the hole to the second wall side and is connected to the connector part. A locking element is connected to the connector part and is operable to engage the lock stop and exert a fastening pressure directed away from the wall towards the connector part such that the extended portion braces the bushing against the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schmid, Gerhard Birkenmaier, Rudolf Fekonja, Peter Epe, Klaus Buhle, Hans-Joachim Martin
  • Publication number: 20010021607
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connector for electrically connecting two regions separated by a wall. The wall has an assembly hole with a reinforcement bead on a first wall side around the hole. The connector includes a connector part positioned on a second wall side. A guide bushing is positioned on the first wall side. An extended portion of the bushing penetrates the hole in the wall. The extended portion has a support flange and a lock stop. The support flange is supported on the bead on the first wall side. The lock stop extends through the hole to the second wall side and is connected to the connector part. A locking element is connected to the connector part and is operable to engage the lock stop and exert a fastening pressure directed away from the wall towards the connector part such that the extended portion braces the bushing against the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schmid, Gerhard Birkenmaier, Rudolf Fekonja, Peter Epe, Klaus Buhle, Hans-Joachim Martin
  • Patent number: 5156555
    Abstract: A connection device consisting basically of a socket member (1) exhibiting a termination area (2) for the connection of an electric cable and a contact area (4) joined to it by means of a base (1a), the contact area being in the form of tines and intended to receive and hold a mating pin (3), and of a separate driver member (5) in the form of a closed ring which is preferably manufactured of heat recoverable material. In order to create an electrical connection device where the driver member being retained against the contact area, creates both a mechanical force and keyed-in connection between the socket member and the mating pin when in its second functional position, a recess which is at least partial formed into the mating pin, and the tines and driver member are formed and positioned relative to each other in such a way that the driver element partially fits into the recess when in its second functional position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mohs, Georg Schroder, Maximilian Grobmair, Alfred Krappel, Robert Albiez, Rudolf Fekonja