Patents by Inventor Thomas Proeckl

Thomas Proeckl 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).

  • Electric plug-in connector with a union nut
    Patent number: 8408938
    Abstract: An electric plug-in connector, comprising a plug head on which a union nut is rotatably disposed for screwing the plug-in connector together with a mating connector, can be screwed together with the mating connector under adherence to a prescribed tightening torque even without a torque wrench if the union nut consists of a threaded sleeve with a ring which comes into engagement with the threaded sleeve by way of driving parts at least during screwing on, of which the one driving part is dimensioned in such a way that it is shorn off by the other driving part when exceeding a tightening torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Spinner GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Proeckl
  • ELECTRIC PLUG-IN CONNECTOR WITH A UNION NUT
    Publication number: 20120077368
    Abstract: An electric plug-in connector, comprising a plug head on which a union nut is rotatably disposed for screwing the plug-in connector together with a mating connector, can be screwed together with the mating connector under adherence to a prescribed tightening torque even without a torque wrench if the union nut consists of a threaded sleeve with a ring which comes into engagement with the threaded sleeve by way of driving parts at least during screwing on, of which the one driving part is dimensioned in such a way that it is shorn off by the other driving part when exceeding a tightening torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SPINNER GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Proeckl