Patents by Inventor Thomas Bürk

Thomas Bürk 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: 7618278
    Abstract: A plug-in connection has a housing having a pair of spaced sides between which can fit a plug or socket. Each side is formed with an aperture with the apertures aligned transversely with each other. The housing further having a latch element and a locking element. A pair of spaced side walls are fixed to and project outward from one of the sides of the housing. The aperture of the one side of the housing is between the side walls, and the aperture on the other side of the housing is at least as large as the aperture of the one side. A cover bridges the side walls and forms therewith a recess adapted to receive the locking element movable therein. The cover and side walls at least almost completely enclose the latch element and locking element and are almost completely enclosed in an end region of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bürk, Gerald Schreiber
  • Patent number: 7497708
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a dielectric body having longitudinally opposite inner and outer faces and formed with a central cavity opening longitudinally outward at the outer face and a pair of side cavities flanking the central cavity and also opening longitudinally outward at the outer face, respective stiff contacts fixed in the side cavities and each having an outer end projecting longitudinally outward from the respective side cavity past the outer face, an elastically deformable generally U-shaped bridge clip having a bight in the central cavity and a pair of generally longitudinally extending arms each having an outer end projecting longitudinally outward from the central cavity past the outer face, each of the arm outer ends bearing transversely on a respective one of the contact outer ends in an uncoupled position of the connector. The bight is held in the cavity to retain the clip therein against longitudinal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Geismayr, Thomas Bürk
  • Patent number: 6857890
    Abstract: A connector (1) with a contact carrier (2) which has several receiving areas (9) for contact partners and a contact carrier sleeve (5) which can be moved over the contact carrier (2) and fixed there and which has a catch device (6) for locking the connector (1) to a mating connector. The invention providing that the contact carrier (2) and the contact carrier sleeve (5) are made symmetrical to each other such that the contact carrier sleeve (5) can be moved both into a first position and also into at least one second position over the contact carrier (2) and can be fixed in the selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hirschmann Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmer Kammerer, Thomas Bürk