Patents by Inventor Thomas Johannes Mueller

Thomas Johannes Mueller 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: 8604818
    Abstract: An apparatus for making contact between a T/R module and a test device, the apparatus including a mechanically guided contact-making unit having a plurality of contact elements for contacting the T/R module. A triplate line substrate is arranged is electrically connected to the T/R module, via which the RF signals can be passed to the test device. One or more register pins for defined alignment of the T/R module with respect to the contact-making unit and a fixing unit for mechanical fixing of the T/R module are provided. A shifting device has a plurality of inclined planes that convert a shifting movement of the shifting device to a movement of the contact-making unit toward the T/R module at right angles to the shifting direction. When the contact-making unit reaches a defined final position the contact is made with the T/R module via the contact elements in one process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Schmegner, Thomas Johannes Mueller, Georg Hoefer
  • Patent number: 7982484
    Abstract: A system for making electrical contact between a transmit/receive module and a testing device for the transmission of high-frequency signals includes a mechanically guided, frame-shaped contacting unit having a plurality of contact elements for contacting the TR module. The contacting unit surrounds the T/R module and is positioned relative to the T/R module such that the contact with the T/R module is established in one operation via the contact elements. A line substrate, which is arranged on the contacting unit and electrically connected with it, is constructed as a shielded triplate line by which the high-frequency signals can be conducted to the testing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Schmegner, Thomas Johannes Mueller, Georg Hoefer, Rainer Rittmeyer
  • Publication number: 20110109341
    Abstract: An apparatus for making contact between a T/R module and a test device, the apparatus including a mechanically guided contact-making unit having a plurality of contact elements for contacting the T/R module. A triplate line substrate is arranged is electrically connected to the T/R module, via which the RF signals can be passed to the test device. One or more register pins for defined alignment of the T/R module with respect to the contact-making unit and a fixing unit for mechanical fixing of the T/R module are provided. A shifting device has a plurality of inclined planes that convert a shifting movement of the shifting device to a movement of the contact-making unit toward the T/R module at right angles to the shifting direction. When the contact-making unit reaches a defined final position the contact is made with the T/R module via the contact elements in one process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Schmegner, Thomas Johannes Mueller, Georg Hoefer
  • Publication number: 20090212806
    Abstract: A system for making electrical contact between a transmit/receive module and a testing device for the transmission of high-frequency signals includes a mechanically guided, frame-shaped contacting unit having a plurality of contact elements for contacting the TR module. The contacting unit surrounds the T/R module and is positioned relative to the T/R module such that the contact with the T/R module is established in one operation via the contact elements. A line substrate, which is arranged on the contacting unit and electrically connected with it, is constructed as a shielded triplate line by which the high-frequency signals can be conducted to the testing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Schmegner, Thomas Johannes Mueller, Georg Hoefer, Rainer Rittmeyer