Patents by Inventor Uwe Windt

Uwe Windt 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).

  • Support arrangement for mechanically securing and electrically connecting electronic components such as LEDs as well as method for electrically connecting components to the support member
    Patent number: 5982636
    Abstract: A support arrangement for mechanically securing and electrically contacting electronic components has a support member consisting of an electrically conducting material and having a contacting side. The support member has perpendicularly projecting hollow pins at the contacting side. The hollow pins are stamped into the support member. The electronic components have connecting tabs including an opening. The tabs are placed onto the hollow pins. The hollow pins project through the openings and the tabs. The heads of the hollow pins are then mechanically deformed and engage radially outwardly the circumferential edge of the openings of the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Hermann Stahl GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Stahl, Uwe Windt