Patents by Inventor Tom Ledermann

Tom Ledermann 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: 10135180
    Abstract: A contact element comprises at least two strips and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips and are contiguous with the strips, wherein the webs are connected resiliently to one of the strips via torsion sections and are inclined with respect to the strips in the deformed state, with the result that a first contact section extends above the strip and a second contact section extends below the strip, wherein the webs each have a front web rim and a rear web rim, which front web rim has a bulge, and which rear web rim has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web rim, wherein the bulge provides said front contact section, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web sections, which provide the second contact section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Stäubli Electrical Connectors AG
    Inventors: Mark Sturgess, Falk Blumenroth, Tom Ledermann, Lucas Wirz
  • Publication number: 20160226181
    Abstract: A contact element comprises at least two strips and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips and are contiguous with the strips, wherein the webs are connected resiliently to one of the strips via torsion sections and are inclined with respect to the strips in the deformed state, with the result that a first contact section extends above the strip and a second contact section extends below the strip, wherein the webs each have a front web rim and a rear web rim, which front web rim has a bulge, and which rear web rim has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web rim, wherein the bulge provides said front contact section, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web sections, which provide the second contact section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Sturgess, Falk Blumenroth, Tom Ledermann, Lucas Wirz
  • Patent number: 8057269
    Abstract: A contact element (10) comprises a spring-elastic carrier strip (11) extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of web elements (17) having deformable feet (18), (19) that are disposed on the carrier strip (11) in the longitudinal carrier strip direction behind each other perpendicular to the carrier strip plane in a resilient manner in order to establish the electric contact between two opposing surfaces. A more compact design is achieved in that the web elements (17) are configured asymmetrically in relation to a center plane (M1) extending in the longitudinal carrier strip direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Multi-Holding AG
    Inventors: Tom Ledermann, Reto Störi, Roger Moll
  • Publication number: 20100093230
    Abstract: A contact element (10) comprises a spring-elastic carrier strip (11) extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of web elements (17) that are disposed on the carrier strip (11) in the longitudinal carrier strip direction behind each other perpendicular to the carrier strip plane in a resilient manner in order to establish the electric contact between two opposing surfaces. A more compact design is achieved in that the web elements (17) are configured asymmetrically in relation to a center plane (M1)) extending in the longitudinal carrier strip direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Multi-Holding AG
    Inventors: Tom Ledermann, Reto Störi, Roger Moll
  • Patent number: D753066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Multi-Holding AG
    Inventors: Mark Sturgess, Falk Blumenroth, Tom Ledermann, Lucas Wirz