Patents by Inventor Stefan Raab

Stefan Raab 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: 11955756
    Abstract: An electric terminal including a contact section having a locking lance locking the electric terminal in a connector housing of an electric connector and a transition section extending from the contact section and having a secondary latching with a secondary latching device latching the electric terminal in the connector housing. The locking lance is axially additionally secured in the contact section away from an attachment of the locking lance to the contact section and/or a plurality of side walls of the electric terminal are closed by a circumferential connection in the secondary latching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leiminger, Jochen Brandt, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Ulrich Lechler, Marina Hertlein, Florian Staufinger, Jiri Konrad, Andreas Merkle, Julia Stegmeier (nee Kirschbaum)
  • Publication number: 20240106148
    Abstract: A two-part electrical pin-contact assembly, in particular a nano or pico pin-contact assembly for an electrical plug connection in the automotive sector, is provided. The two-part electrical pin-contact assembly includes a pin-contact device extending in a longitudinal direction and a contact body extending in the longitudinal direction. The pin-contact device is secured in the contact body by a primary locking and a secondary locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Fabian Waldsauer, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab
  • Patent number: 11936129
    Abstract: A ribbon cable connector is fixed at an end of a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable has a plurality of electrical conductors extending parallel and distanced to one another. The ribbon cable connector includes an insertion slot extending in a plugging direction and receiving the ribbon cable, a plurality of contact element receptacles extending parallel and distanced to one another, a plurality of structures in the insertion slot extending parallel to one another and aligned with the contact element receptacles, and a clamping device configured to clamp the ribbon cable in the insertion slot. An end of the insertion slot inside of the ribbon cable connector adjoins the contact element receptacles in the plugging direction. The structures are each separated from one another by a partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kraenzlein, Stefan Raab, Marina Hertlein
  • Publication number: 20240085800
    Abstract: A component for a projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography, comprises an optical element and an actuator, which are force-fittingly connected to each other. The actuator at least locally deforms the optical element. The actuator can be configured to minimize the loss in rigidity at the peripheries delimiting the actuator on the imaging quality. A method for designing a component of projection exposure apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Thilo Pollak, Dietmar Duerr, Irina Schrezenmeier, Joerg Tschischgale, Matthias Manger, Andreas Beljakov, Stefan Baueregger, Alexander Ostendorf, Dieter Bader, Markus Raab, Bastian Keller
  • Publication number: 20240085783
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for a lithography system comprises at least one optical element comprising an optical surface. The optical apparatus also comprises one or more actuators for deforming the optical surface. A strain gauge device is provided for determining the deformation of the optical surface. The strain gauge device comprises at least one optical fiber that maintains polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Raab, Stefan Troeger, Sascha Bleidistel, Thilo Pollak, Alexander Vogler, Klaus Gwosch, Andreas Koeniger, Matthias Manger
  • Publication number: 20240077714
    Abstract: A microscopy system includes a tracking camera for pose detection of a marker, a device configured to determine a working distance, a movable optical element, the pose of which can be changed to set a capture region of the tracking camera and/or at least two tracking illumination devices, at least one optical element for beam guidance of the radiation generated by the tracking illumination devices, and a controller configured to control the movable optical element and/or the tracking illumination devices, in which the pose of the movable optical element can be set based on the working distance and/or in which an operating mode and/or an illumination region of the tracking illumination devices can be set based on the working distance. In addition, a method for operating a microscopy system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Raab, Jonathan Essig, Stefan Ernsperger, Natalie Krieg, Andrè Müller
  • Patent number: 11888251
    Abstract: A contact element for an electrical plug includes a base and a spring element deflectable towards and/or away from the base. The spring element is laterally limited by a first side flank and a second side flank. The spring element has a spring base at an end of the spring element connected to the base. The spring element extends away from the spring base in a longitudinal direction. The first side flank is closer to the base than the second side flank and the second side flank faces away from the first side flank. The first side flank has a first length and the second side flank has a second length. A ratio of the second length to the first length is greater than or equal to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab
  • Publication number: 20230198187
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing defining a first receiving space and a second receiving space, a conductive electrical connecting element arranged in the second receiving space, a retaining element engaging around at least portions of the electrical connecting element and a contact-securing insert arranged in the first receiving space. The conductive electrical connecting element includes a contact sleeve adapted to connect to a contact pin, and an electrical contact adapted to connect to an electrical conductor. The contact-securing insert fixing the electrical connecting element and the retaining element within the housing in an axial direction of the electrical connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Andre Mairoser, Harald Kraenzlein, Andreas Oettle, Alexander Rudi
  • Publication number: 20220320777
    Abstract: A contact element for an electrical plug includes a base and a spring element deflectable towards and/or away from the base. The spring element is laterally limited by a first side flank and a second side flank. The spring element has a spring base at an end of the spring element connected to the base. The spring element extends away from the spring base in a longitudinal direction. The first side flank is closer to the base than the second side flank and the second side flank faces away from the first side flank. The first side flank has a first length and the second side flank has a second length. A ratio of the second length to the first length is greater than or equal to 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab
  • Publication number: 20220231444
    Abstract: A contact device includes a contact housing and a contact element. The contact housing defines a contact receptacle and a latching receptacle opening into the contact receptacle. The contact element includes a contact body arranged within the contact receptacle and extending in a longitudinal direction and adapted to contact a mating contact of a mating contact device, and a latching spring connected to the contact body on a first end and extending along a spring axis into the latching receptacle. The latching spring has a stop inclining obliquely with respect to the spring axis and abutting a face of the latching receptacle and a recess formed through the latching spring at first distance from the stop face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kraenzlein, Daniel Leiminger, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Thomas Liebl, Marina Hertlein
  • Publication number: 20220224033
    Abstract: A ribbon cable connector is fixed at an end of a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable has a plurality of electrical conductors extending parallel and distanced to one another. The ribbon cable connector includes an insertion slot extending in a plugging direction and receiving the ribbon cable, a plurality of contact element receptacles extending parallel and distanced to one another, a plurality of bulges in the insertion slot extending parallel to one another and aligned with the contact element receptacles, and a clamping device configured to clamp the ribbon cable in the insertion slot. An end of the insertion slot inside of the ribbon cable connector adjoins the contact element receptacles in the plugging direction. The bulges are each separated from one another by a partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kraenzlein, Stefan Raab, Marina Hertlein
  • Patent number: 11346733
    Abstract: A measuring element for registering forces includes a first measuring arm extending in a longitudinal direction of the measuring element, a second measuring arm extending in the longitudinal direction, a deformation section connecting the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm to one another in an elastically deformable manner, and a transformer unit arranged on a first side or a second side of the deformation section. The first measuring arm and the second measuring arm can be deflected relative to one another in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The transformer unit responds to deformation and is situated fully within the deformation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Bleicher, Christoph Göppel, Felix Greiner, Daniel Leiminger, Stefan Raab
  • Publication number: 20220115791
    Abstract: An electric terminal including a contact section having a locking lance locking the electric terminal in a connector housing of an electric connector and a transition section extending from the contact section and having a secondary latching with a secondary latching device latching the electric terminal in the connector housing. The locking lance is axially additionally secured in the contact section away from an attachment of the locking lance to the contact section and/or a plurality of side walls of the electric terminal are closed by a circumferential connection in the secondary latching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leiminger, Jochen Brandt, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Ulrich Lechler, Marina Hertlein, Florian Staufinger, Jiri Konrad, Andreas Merkle, Julia Stegmeier (nee Kirschbaum)
  • Publication number: 20210151904
    Abstract: A component pack including a carrier strip extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of technical components formed initially separately from the carrier strip and each fastened on the carrier strip. The technical components project from the carrier strip laterally in a transverse direction of the carrier strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Harald Kraenzlein, Martin Bleicher, Jochen Fertig, Gerhard Goegelein
  • Patent number: 10530089
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a contact body and a contact spring. The contact spring is disposed in the contact body and has a locking arm locking the contact spring in a housing. The locking arm moves in a vertical direction away from the contact body when a withdrawal force acting on the contact spring exceeds a retaining force of the contact spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Christoph Goppel, Christian Bergmann
  • Publication number: 20190316977
    Abstract: A measuring element for registering forces comprises a first measuring arm extending in a longitudinal direction of the measuring element, a second measuring arm extending in the longitudinal direction, a deformation section connecting the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm to one another in an elastically deformable manner, and a transformer unit arranged on a first side or a second side of the deformation section. The first measuring arm and the second measuring arm can be deflected relative to one another in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The transformer unit responds to deformation and is situated fully within the deformation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Bleicher, Christoph Göppel, Felix Greiner, Daniel Leiminger, Stefan Raab
  • Patent number: 9955344
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments support mobility internal and external to enterprise networks. Service providers provide mobility by providing Home Agent functionality corresponding to each Enterprise network. In this manner, mobility may be provided to Mobile Nodes both internal and external to their enterprise networks. Moreover, data packets may be transmitted by Mobile Nodes to Correspondent Nodes, whether they are within their enterprise network, the Service Provider network, or the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kent Leung, Alpesh Patel, Naveen Paulkandasamy, Stefan Raab
  • Publication number: 20170271802
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a contact body and a contact spring. The contact spring is disposed in the contact body and has a locking arm locking the contact spring in a housing. The locking arm moves in a vertical direction away from the contact body when a withdrawal force acting on the contact spring exceeds a retaining force of the contact spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Christoph Goppel, Christian Bergmann
  • Patent number: 9539591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shower head having a rigid housing (1), having a connection for a water line (4) and at least one water transport channel which can be connected to the water line (4) and which ends in nozzles which are arranged on the side of the housing (1) pointing down when in use and through which water streams emerge, wherein the housing (1) has an elongated, flat shape. The aim of the invention is to develop a simple and cost-effectively produced shower head which generates a concentrated water stream and also generates a broad water curtain. Said aim is achieved in that the nozzles are substantially distributed over the entire length of the housing (1) and a manually activated shut-off device is combined with the shower head by means of which the water stream to one part of the nozzle (6) can be interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ROOF GROOVE PUBLISHING S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Stefan Raab, Stefan Bruckmann
  • Patent number: 9502783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-part crimped contact element. The invention further relates to a method for producing a two-part crimped contact element. The invention further relates to a device for producing a two-part crimped contact element. Previous crimped contact elements comprising two portions have a high transition resistance between the two portions and insufficient mechanical stability. The crimped contact element according to the invention overcomes these disadvantages by at least one pressure-shaped connection element being used to connect the two portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Bleicher, Josef Sinder, Stefan Raab, Manuel Eder, Gerhard Goegelein, Erich Koehnert, Jochen Brandt, Manfred Proff, Walter Utz