Patents by Inventor Thomas Dahms

Thomas Dahms 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: 7717716
    Abstract: In order to realize the electric contacting of two parallel printed boards, the invention proposes a printed board connector that features coaxial plug modules realized in the form of pin and socket contacts. For this purpose, it is proposed that the two plug modules have such a design that they can be turned and tilted about their central mating axis within a certain range on the printed board in order to compensate misalignments or deviations between the positions of the printed boards relative to one another. It is furthermore proposed to realize certain distances between the printed boards by means of plug modules of different lengths on the pin side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Dahms
  • Publication number: 20090149086
    Abstract: In order to realize the electric contacting of two parallel printed boards, the invention proposes a printed board connector that features coaxial plug modules realized in the form of pin and socket contacts. For this purpose, it is proposed that the two plug modules have such a design that they can be turned and tilted about their central mating axis within a certain range on the printed board in order to compensate misalignments or deviations between the positions of the printed boards relative to one another. It is furthermore proposed to realize certain distances between the printed boards by means of plug modules of different lengths on the pin side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Dahms
  • Patent number: 7513780
    Abstract: In order to produce a plug-type connection between two circuit boards that are arranged parallel to one another, the invention proposes a coaxially designed connector that is simultaneously realized in the form of a hermaphroditic contact. This means that only one surface-mountable connector element is required which can be mated with a second connector element of identical design. The two collar-shaped connector elements (1) to be mated can be inserted into one another by means of notches (15, 17) that are provided in the collar (11) for this purpose. The connector element (1) to be manufactured by means of injection moulding and the MID-technique preferably features a square, collar-shaped base body (10) with an electrically conductive coating and a separate electric signaling contact (40) that is arranged in insulating fashion in a contact holder (30) within the base body (10) such that effective shielding is also realized for the transmission of high frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Guenter Pape
  • Publication number: 20080194125
    Abstract: In order to produce a plug-type connection between two circuit boards that are arranged parallel to one another, the invention proposes a coaxially designed connector that is simultaneously realized in the form of a hermaphroditic contact. This means that only one surface-mountable connector element is required which can be mated with a second connector element of identical design. The two collar-shaped connector elements (1) to be mated can be inserted into one another by means of notches (15, 17) that are provided in the collar (11) for this purpose. The connector element (1) to be manufactured by means of injection moulding and the MID-technique preferably features a square, collar-shaped base body (10) with an electrically conductive coating and a separate electric signaling contact (40) that is arranged in insulating fashion in a contact holder (30) within the base body (10) such that effective shielding is also realized for the transmission of high frequency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Guenter Pape
  • Patent number: 7229319
    Abstract: In order, to transmit differential signals between two printed boards, there is provided a printed board connector comprising an insulating connector housing and disk-shaped modules that contain electric contact elements and are arranged in the connector housing, wherein modules featuring signaling contacts and modules featuring shielding contacts are alternately arranged adjacent to one another. In this case, the shielding module is realized in such a way that signaling contact pairs arranged on top of one another are also at least regionally shielded relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dahms, Gert Havermann, Andreas Kohler
  • Publication number: 20060292921
    Abstract: In order to transmit differential signals between two printed boards, the invention proposes a printed board connector consisting of an insulating connector housing and disk-shaped modules that contain electric contact elements and are arranged in the connector housing, wherein modules featuring signaling contacts and modules featuring shielding contacts are alternately arranged adjacent to one another. In this case, the shielding module is realized in such a way that signaling contact pairs arranged on top of one another are also at least regionally shielded relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas DAHMS, Gert HAVERMANN, Andreas KOHLER