Patents by Inventor Stephan WRIGHT

Stephan WRIGHT 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: 10998661
    Abstract: An electrical connector and a method for fastening the connector to a circuit board has a connecting chamber in which a conductor rail is arranged. The conductor rail is electrically connected at a connecting side of the electrical connector to an electrical connecting part make electrical contact at a contact side with a circuit board. The conductor rail includes a connecting arm for connection with the electrical connecting part and a contact arm for connection with the circuit board. The connecting arm and the contact arm are joined together by a connection arm. The connecting part is displaced in a connecting direction extending parallel to the conductor rail for connection with the conductor rail. The contact arm is designed as a spring in order to press against the circuit board when they are connected. The conductor rail can be positioned in two mutually rotated positions and the electrical connector may have at least two adjacent connecting chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Wright, Marvin Krecht, Lars Brinkmann, Bernd Van Giesen
  • Patent number: 10826207
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing which can be electrically connected on a connection side to an electrical connection part. On a contact side, one or more contacts are provided to electrically contact one or more counter-contacts of a printed circuit board. At least one latching peg assembly including two functional elements passes through an opening of the printed circuit board and can be moved by an actuation element from a non-expanded released position into an expanded latched position in which its diameter on the side of the opening which faces away from the housing is greater than the diameter of the opening of the printed circuit board. One of the functional elements is arranged on the actuation device and another element is arranged on a component of the connector which is movable relative to the actuation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Wright, Jürgen Ude, Andreas Muhs, Volker Schröder, Sascha Nolte
  • Patent number: 10790602
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting an electrical conductor to a circuit board includes a housing electrically connected on a connecting side of the electrical connector to an electrical connecting part and including a contact side having one or more contacts, in order to make electrical contact with one or more mating contacts of the circuit board. A locking pin assembly passes through an opening of the circuit board and moves from a release position to a locking position in which its diameter on the side of the opening facing away from the housing is larger than the diameter of the opening of the circuit board. The housing includes at least one activating device and the locking pin assembly includes at least two functional elements which move relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Wright, Sascha Nolte
  • Publication number: 20200127396
    Abstract: An electrical connector and method for connecting an electrical conductor to a board, especially to a circuit board, includes a housing which can be electrically connected on a connecting side of the electrical connector to an electrical connecting member or conductor. The housing includes on a contact side of the electrical connector one or more contacts in order to make electrical contact with one or more mating contacts of the circuit board. A locking pin assembly passes through an opening of the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the board and can move from a retracted release position to an expanded locking position in which its diameter on the side of the opening facing away from the housing is larger than the diameter of the opening of the circuit board. The housing includes at least one actuation device which moves relative to the housing. The locking pin assembly includes at least two functional elements able to move relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan WRIGHT, Sascha NOLTE
  • Publication number: 20200127407
    Abstract: An electrical connector and a method for fastening the connector to a circuit board has a connecting chamber in which a conductor rail is arranged. The conductor rail is electrically connected at a connecting side of the electrical connector to an electrical connecting part make electrical contact at a contact side with a circuit board. The conductor rail includes a connecting arm for connection with the electrical connecting part and a contact arm for connection with the circuit board, The connecting arm and the contact arm are joined together by a connection arm, The connecting part is displaced in a connecting direction extending parallel to the conductor rail for connection with the conductor rail. The contact arm is designed as a spring in order to press against the circuit board when they are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan WRIGHT, Marvin KRECHT, Lars BRINKMANN, Bernd VAN GIESEN
  • Publication number: 20200127395
    Abstract: The present invention relates an electrical connector (1) for connecting one or more electrical connectors to a board, in particular to a printed circuit board, which comprises at least the following features: a housing (15) which can be electrically connected on a connection side (131) of the electrical connector (1) to an electrical connection part (2) and which comprises, on a contact side (141) of the electrical connector (1), at least one or more contacts (4), in order to electrically contact one or more counter-contacts (31) of the printed circuit board (3), at least one latching peg arrangement (5) which, in the mounted state on the printed circuit board (3), passes through an opening (32) of the printed circuit board (3) and which can be moved from a non-expanded position—a release position—into an expanded position—a latching position—, in which its diameter on the side of the opening (32), which faces away from the housing (15), is greater than the diameter of the opening (32) of the printed circuit
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan WRIGHT, JÜRGEN UDE, Andreas MUHS, Volker SCHRÖDER, Sascha NOLTE