Patents by Inventor Thomas Mosthaf

Thomas Mosthaf 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).

  • Spring-biased plug connector for connecting an electrical attachment cable to a mating plug connector of an electrical appliance
    Patent number: 11404816
    Abstract: A plug connector for connecting an attachment cable to a mating plug connector of an electrical appliance in the form of a vacuum cleaner, wherein the plug connector has a contact carrier having plug contacts which are connected or connectable to the attachment cable and which can be brought into an electrical contact position with mating plug contacts of the mating plug connector by a plugging movement along a plug axis, wherein the contact carrier is received, in an axially movable manner with respect to the plug axis, in a plug housing which is mounted rotatably about the plug axis with respect to the contact carrier, wherein rotary form-fit contours are arranged on the plug housing and can be brought into form-fit engagement with mating rotary form-fit contours of the mating plug connector by a rotation movement of the plug housing about the plug axis with respect to the contact carrier, such that the plug connector is secured on the mating plug connector in a tension-resistant manner with respect to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventors: Erik Schüssler, Thomas Mosthaf, Nicolai Knecht
  • PLUG CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20210167546
    Abstract: A plug connector for connecting an attachment cable to a mating plug connector of an electrical appliance in the form of a vacuum cleaner, wherein the plug connector has a contact carrier having plug contacts which are connected or connectable to the attachment cable and which can be brought into an electrical contact position with mating plug contacts of the mating plug connector by a plugging movement along a plug axis, wherein the contact carrier is received, in an axially movable manner with respect to the plug axis, in a plug housing which is mounted rotatably about the plug axis with respect to the contact carrier, wherein rotary form-fit contours are arranged on the plug housing and can be brought into form-fit engagement with mating rotary form-fit contours of the mating plug connector by a rotation movement of the plug housing about the plug axis with respect to the contact carrier, such that the plug connector is secured on the mating plug connector in a tension-resistant manner with respect to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Erik Schüssler, Thomas Mosthaf, Nicolai Knecht