Patents by Inventor Thomas Wielsch

Thomas Wielsch 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: 20250300381
    Abstract: A plug-and-socket connection, preferably a data and power plug-and-socket connection, and more particularly preferably an SPE-plug-and-socket connection, comprises at least two plug-and-socket connection components being a mating plug-and-socket connector and a plug-and-socket connector. the components each have at least one contacting member, wherein one of the contacting members electrically contacts the other contacting member in a contacting region by connecting the mating plug-and-socket connector with the plug-and-socket connector. A metal base body of the contacting member is arranged in the contacting region and includes a single-layer or multi-layer nickel/phosphorus alloy. There is also a method for producing a plug-and-socket connector of the plug-and-socket connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Benedikt STEUBE, Stefan APORIUS, Roman HENZE, Tobias GÜNTER, Matthias FILKER, Patrick LAUERMANN, Thomas WIELSCH, Sascha WALTER
  • Publication number: 20250062551
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for contact with a stacking plate of an electrolyzer includes a sheet-metal part having a tulip contact for contacting the stacking plate and a cladding made of a material which is dimensionally stable at 1000° C. A single cladding is allocated to each sheet-metal part, respectively, for contacting a single stacking plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jan MEIER, Marcel MAINKA, Karlo STJEPANOVIC, Thomas WIELSCH, Torsten JUNG, Jasper SCHREIBER, Matthias KASPAR, Michael HERRMANN
  • Patent number: 12230903
    Abstract: A connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to an electrical flat conductor, in particular a busbar, has a flat or substantially flat mounting surface for applying and mounting the connecting element to the circuit board, and a tulip contact for receiving the flat conductor in an electrically contacting manner. The tulip contact includes at least one clamping element and a support element, between which a receptacle for the flat conductor is provided, and wherein the tulip contact preferably extends at a mounting angle greater than 45° and less than 135° with respect to the mounting surface. An electrical circuit board having such a contact element, a terminal block having such an electrical circuit board, and a method for automated mounting of such a terminal block are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerald Busch, Peter Stuckmann, Ralf Schumacher, Kurt Hermanns, Thomas Wielsch
  • Publication number: 20220368049
    Abstract: A connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to an electrical flat conductor, in particular a busbar, has a flat or substantially flat mounting surface for applying and mounting the connecting element to the circuit board, and a tulip contact for receiving the flat conductor in an electrically contacting manner. The tulip contact includes at least one clamping element and a support element, between which a receptacle for the flat conductor is provided, and wherein the tulip contact preferably extends at a mounting angle greater than 45° and less than 135° with respect to the mounting surface. An electrical circuit board having such a contact element, a terminal block having such an electrical circuit board, and a method for automated mounting of such a terminal block are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald BUSCH, Peter STUCKMANN, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Kurt HERMANNS, Thomas WIELSCH
  • Patent number: 6796855
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metal housing having at least one side wall, and first and second end walls cooperating with the side wall to define an open-topped chamber, an inverted generally U-shaped resilient contact having first and second leg portions introduced into the chamber adjacent the first and second end walls, respectively, and a bridging portion adjacent the open top of the metal housing, the housing side wall having a bent portion for supporting the resilient contact bridging portion, the resilient contact first leg portion being connected against coplanar movement relative to the housing first end wall. The resilient contact second leg portion is biased outwardly from the first leg portion, thereby to bias a conductor introduced within the housing chamber toward engagement with a bus bar defined adjacent the housing second end wall. The housing may be formed of an electrically conductive metal, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Fricke, Jörg Diekmann, Manfred Wilmes, Michael Lenschen, Rainer Schulze, Siegfried Storm, Thomas Tappe, Thomas Wielsch, Jochen Reese
  • Publication number: 20030194918
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metal housing having at least one side wall, and first and second end walls cooperating with the side wall to define an open-topped chamber, an inverted generally U-shaped resilient contact having first and second leg portions introduced into the chamber adjacent the first and second end walls, respectively, and a bridging portion adjacent the open top of the metal housing, the housing side wall having a bent portion for supporting the resilient contact bridging portion, the resilient contact first leg portion being connected against coplanar movement relative to the housing first end wall. The resilient contact second leg portion is biased outwardly from the first leg portion, thereby to bias a conductor introduced within the housing chamber toward engagement with a bus bar defined adjacent the housing second end wall. The housing may be formed of an electrically conductive metal, such as copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Fricke, Jorg Diekmann, Manfred Wilmes, Michael Lenschen, Rainer Schulze, Siegfried Storm, Thomas Tappe, Thomas Wielsch, Jochen Reese
  • Patent number: 6270383
    Abstract: A resilient electrical terminal includes a pair of beveled centering surfaces that cooperate to center a conductor relative to the side walls of the clamping opening through which a bus bar and the conductor extend in clamped side-by-side conductive relation. A groove contained in the adjacent surface of the bus bar centers the conductor relative to the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Wielsch, Jochen Reese