Patents by Inventor Walter Gerlich

Walter Gerlich 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: 7306476
    Abstract: Contact device for electrical cable with a cable shield including an arc-shaped contact part (3) that can be secured around the sheath of a cable and is provided with contact elements that protrude in a radially inward manner. Each contact element extends to form a point such that during installation in a direction of impact that is oriented inwards and in an essentially radial manner, the point penetrates the cable sheath and produces an electrical contact with the cable shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Gerlich, Roland Plabst, Carsten Siebold
  • Publication number: 20050233642
    Abstract: Contact device for electrical cable with a cable shield comprising an arc-shaped contact part (3) that can be secured around the sheath of a cable and is provided with contact elements that protrude in a radially inward manner. Each contact element (5) extends to form a point (13) such that during installation in a direction of impact that is oriented inwards and in an essentially radial manner, said point penetrates the cable sheath (8) and produces an electrical contact with the cable shield (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Gerlich, Roland Plabst, Carsten Siebold
  • Patent number: 6036505
    Abstract: The mechanism establishes electrical connection of two printed circuit boards of separate devices that form individual modules within a stackable module system. In order to achieve a simply constructed connection mechanism, the printed circuit boards respectively have centering or spring clips into which an adapter assembly is pluggable. The adapter assembly is thereby composed of two blade or spring clips firmly connected to one another via an adapter assembly printed circuit board, whereby the adapter assembly is surrounded by shielding covers firmly connected to one another. In the plugged condition, the adapter assemblies are conducted through housing openings in oppositely residing housing parts of the devices stacked above one another, whereby the outsides of the shielding covers contact the surrounding edges of the housing openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Zell, Carsten Siebold, Walter Gerlich