Patents by Inventor Thomas KLIEM

Thomas KLIEM 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).

  • Publication number: 20240321539
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing for at least one at least 6-pole motor vehicle relay with at least six electrical connections in the form of flat terminals, having a cover that provides a volume space, open on one side, for receiving the motor vehicle relay, and at least one base that closes the volume space in a fluid-tight manner in the closed state, wherein the base, in a manner corresponding to the number of electrical connections of the motor vehicle relay, has at least six electrical contacts for the electrical connection of the motor vehicle relay, wherein each electrical contact is arranged in a separate contact chamber that is open towards the volume space, wherein each contact chamber is adjoined by a respective sealing space that is accessible from outside the housing, wherein a sealing element having a central channel for guiding electric wires is arranged in each sealing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Kliem
  • Patent number: 11664181
    Abstract: A base plate for an electronic component, in particular an electronic relay, has a plate-shaped base body, in particular made of plastic, and at least one electrical contact. The electrical contact fully extends through the base body. At one end the electrical contact forms an electrical terminal of the electronic component, in particular of the relay. At another end the electrical contact has an electrically conductive connection section which can be connected to a circuit board without soldering, in particular by being pressed into the circuit board, to form a permanent electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Kliem
  • Publication number: 20210193417
    Abstract: A base plate for an electronic component, in particular an electronic relay, has a plate-shaped base body, in particular made of plastic, and at least one electrical contact. The electrical contact fully extends through the base body. At one end the electrical contact forms an electrical terminal of the electronic component, in particular of the relay. At another end the electrical contact has an electrically conductive connection section which can be connected to a circuit board without soldering, in particular by being pressed into the circuit board, to form a permanent electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Kliem
  • Patent number: 10778217
    Abstract: An electronic switching circuit, in particular a solid state relay, provides bidirectional electronic power switching. The circuit can be connected to a load and an electrical voltage source. It includes two field effect transistors and a control circuit. The control circuit is conductively connected to the respective gate terminal of the field effect transistors. The field effect transistors are connected in an anti-serial configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Kliem
  • Patent number: 10457116
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle temperature control system includes, after activation of a vehicle heating unit (16) outputs an activation actuating command to a fan control unit (32), in response thereto the fan control unit (32) outputs a vehicle data bus disconnect command to a vehicle data bus disconnect unit (38), the vehicle data bus disconnect unit (38) disconnects a vehicle data bus (28) for providing a partial vehicle data bus (40) in response to receiving the vehicle data bus disconnect command from the fan control unit (32) and after providing the partial vehicle data bus (40), the fan control unit (32) outputs an activation actuating command to an air conditioning unit (34). The air conditioning unit (34) puts at least one vehicle fan (18) and/or at least one air flow influencing unit (36) into a specified operating condition in response to receiving the activation actuating command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: EBERSPÄCHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Kliem, Jörg Zweckbronner, Nikola Martinko
  • Publication number: 20190207605
    Abstract: An electronic switching circuit, in particular a solid state relay, provides bidirectional electronic power switching. The circuit can be connected to a load and an electrical voltage source. It includes two field effect transistors and a control circuit. The control circuit is conductively connected to the respective gate terminal of the field effect transistors. The field effect transistors are connected in an anti-serial configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Kliem
  • Publication number: 20160288615
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle temperature control system includes, after activation of a vehicle heating unit (16) outputs an activation actuating command to a fan control unit (32), in response thereto the fan control unit (32) outputs a vehicle data bus disconnect command to a vehicle data bus disconnect unit (38), the vehicle data bus disconnect unit (38) disconnects a vehicle data bus (28) for providing a partial vehicle data bus (40) in response to receiving the vehicle data bus disconnect command from the fan control unit (32) and after providing the partial vehicle data bus (40), the fan control unit (32) outputs an activation actuating command to an air conditioning unit (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas KLIEM, Jörg ZWECKBRONNER, Nikola MARTINKO