Patents by Inventor Walter Hanning
Walter Hanning 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).
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Patent number: 12126130Abstract: A spring-loaded terminal is designed as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a conductor. The terminal includes a busbar for contacting the conductor, a clamping spring for retaining the electrical conductor in the terminal, and a retaining spring for latching the clamping spring in an open position so that the conductor can be inserted into a contact area. The clamping spring has a pivotable clamping leg and a clamping edge. The retaining spring has a pivotable pivoting leg having at least one retaining device as a first latching device. The clamping leg has a corresponding latching device cooperating with the retaining device of the pivoting leg in a latching state of the clamping leg. The clamping leg is adjustable from the latching state by displacing the electrical conductor into a clamping state in which the clamping leg is unlatched from the retaining device and presses the electrical conductor with the clamping edge of the clamping leg against the busbar.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning, Michael Herrmann, Heike Schmidtpott, Andreas Rutz, Michael Lenschen, Karlo Stjepanovic
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Patent number: 12021339Abstract: A spring terminal, in particular a direct plug-in terminal, for connecting a conductor such as a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing with a chamber and an insertion channel for inserting the conductor into the chamber. A busbar and/or a clamping cage are arranged in the housing and a clamping spring is arranged in the chamber and acts as a pressure spring. The clamping spring includes a clamping limb, said clamping limb releasable out of a latching state by a pusher having a latching edge on which the pusher can be latched in the interior of the housing on a latching hook of the busbar or another element arranged in the housing in a latching state. The pusher holds the clamping spring in a latched manner in the open position, wherein the latching edge of the pusher can be released from the latching state by an opposite movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Fehling, Karlo Stjepanovic, Walter Hanning, Heike Schmidtpott
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Patent number: 11916345Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting a conductor is formed as a direct plug-in terminal and includes a clamping spring arranged in a housing. The clamping spring includes a resilient clamping leg which can move into an open and locking position by pressing down an actuating device. The housing contains a conductor insertion channel for insertion of the conductor into a clamping point between the free end of the clamping leg and a busbar. The actuating device includes a pressing element and a pivoting element which interacts with the pressing element at least when the clamping point is being opened. At least one release device is provided for releasing the locking state of the clamping leg of the clamping spring. The release device is designed in such a way that the locking position can be released again by the action of the conductor on the release device when it is inserted, wherein the pivoting element acts on the pressing element and the pressing element acts on the clamping leg.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Karlo Stjepanovic, Walter Hanning, Till Schmitz, Stefan Aporius, Jens Oesterhaus
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Patent number: 11552413Abstract: A spring force terminal such as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing having a chamber and a plug-in channel for the conductor into the chamber. A busbar or a clamping cage are provided and a clamping spring arranged in the chamber acts as a compression spring for fixing the electrical conductor on the busbar or the clamping cage in the region of a clamping point. The clamping spring has a clamping leg pivotable around a pivot axis, which is adjustable from a latching state in which it is latched in a latching position into a clamping state in which it is unlatched from the latching position and presses the electrical conductor against the busbar or the clamping cage. The latching state is produced by pressing on the clamping leg in the conductor insertion direction using a pusher wherein the clamping leg is releasable from the latching state using two different actuatable adjustment devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventors: Stephan Fehling, Michael Herrmann, Walter Hanning, Constantin Classen
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Patent number: 11387580Abstract: A spring force terminal such as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing having a chamber and a plug-in channel for the conductor into the chamber. A busbar or a clamping cage are provided and a clamping spring arranged in the chamber acts as a compression spring for fixing the electrical conductor on the busbar or the clamping cage in the region of a clamping point. The clamping spring has a clamping leg pivotable around a pivot axis, which is adjustable from a latching state in which it is latched in a latching position into a clamping state in which it is unlatched from the latching position and presses the electrical conductor against the busbar or the clamping cage. The latching state is produced by pressing on the clamping leg in the conductor insertion direction using a pusher wherein the clamping leg is releasable from the latching state using two different actuatable adjustment devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventors: Stephan Fehling, Michael Herrmann, Walter Hanning, Constantin Classen
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Publication number: 20220090133Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of oncolytic viruses (e.g., modified HSV-1 viruses) for the treatment of various types of cancer. In addition, the present invention relates to compositions and kits relating to such uses of oncolytic viruses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Jason James DEVOSS, Walter Hans MEISEN, Christine Elaine TINBERG, Keegan COOKE, Achim Klaus MOESTA
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Patent number: 11177246Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The flat side of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region forming a pn-junction with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via through the p-type ridge connects the n-region with the terminal on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Patent number: 10658766Abstract: A direct clamp terminal for connecting a conductor in the form of a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing with a chamber and an insertion conduit for inserting the conductor into the chamber. A bus bar or a clamping cage is provided in the housing and a clamping spring is located in the chamber and acts as a compression spring for securing the electrical conductor to the bus bar or the clamping cage in the area of a clamping point. The clamping spring has a clamping limb that can be pivoted about a pivoting axis and that can be shifted from a detent mode in which it is locked in a detent position into a clamping mode in which it is released from the detent mode and presses the electrical conductor against the bus bar or the clamping cage. The clamping limb can be released from the detent mode using two different shifting devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Herrmann, Constantin Classen, Karlo Stjepanovic, Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning, Jens Oesterhaus, Marco Waldhoff, Herbert Fricke
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Publication number: 20190385992Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The flat side of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region forming a pn-junction with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via through the p-type ridge connects the n-region with the terminal on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Patent number: 10439305Abstract: A connection device for conductors has at least one double conductor connection for connecting two conductors. The conductor connections are formed as direct plug connections each having a metal clamping cage formed of a highly conductive material such as sheet metal. A clamping spring is mounted on each clamping cage. Each clamping cage serves as a spring support for a clamping spring and as a contact element for each conductor.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Karlo Stjepanovic, Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning
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Patent number: 10438936Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip (401) of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip (302) of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container (330) bordered by ridges (331). The flat side (335) of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region (314) forming a pn-junction (315) with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via (350) through the p-type ridge (331) connects the n-region with the terminal (322) on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Publication number: 20180226733Abstract: A connection device for conductors has at least one double conductor connection for connecting two conductors. The conductor connections are formed as direct plug connections each having a metal clamping cage formed of a highly conductive material such as sheet metal. A clamping spring is mounted on each clamping cage. Each clamping cage serves as a spring support for a clamping spring and as a contact element for each conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Karlo STJEPANOVIC, Stephan FEHLING, Walter Hanning
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Publication number: 20180096978Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip (401) of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip (302) of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container (330) bordered by ridges (331). The flat side (335) of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region (314) forming a pn-junction (315) with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via (350) through the p-type ridge (331) connects the n-region with the terminal (322) on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Patent number: 9859261Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip (401) of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip (302) of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container (330) bordered by ridges (331). The flat side (335) of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region (314) forming a pn-junction (315) with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via (350) through the p-type ridge (331) connects the n-region with the terminal (322) on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Publication number: 20170194306Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip (401) of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip (302) of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container (330) bordered by ridges (331). The flat side (335) of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region (314) forming a pn-junction (315) with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via (350) through the p-type ridge (331) connects the n-region with the terminal (322) on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Patent number: 9640519Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip (401) of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip (302) of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container (330) bordered by ridges (331). The flat side (335) of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region (314) forming a pn-junction (315) with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via (350) through the p-type ridge (331) connects the n-region with the terminal (322) on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Publication number: 20160133616Abstract: A self-powered electronic system comprises a first chip (401) of single-crystalline semiconductor embedded in a second chip (302) of single-crystalline semiconductor shaped as a container bordered by ridges. The assembled chips are nested and form an electronic device assembled, in turn, in a slab of weakly p-doped low-grade silicon shaped as a container (330) bordered by ridges (331). The flat side (335) of the slab includes a heavily n-doped region (314) forming a pn-junction (315) with the p-type bulk. A metal-filled deep silicon via (350) through the p-type ridge (331) connects the n-region with the terminal (322) on the ridge surface as cathode of the photovoltaic cell with the p-region as anode. The voltage across the pn-junction serves as power source of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Walter Hans Paul Schroen, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Thomas Eugene Grebs, Simon John Molloy
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Patent number: 8771004Abstract: A spring terminal for connecting the bare end of a conductor with a bus bar, including an insulated housing containing a chamber defined by a pair of planar parallel spaced vertical side walls, and an orthogonally connected vertical end wall. Mounted in the chamber are a vertical bus bar adjacent the end wall, and a U-shaped clamping spring that biases toward clamped electrical engagement with the bus bar the bare end of a vertical conductor that is inserted downwardly into the chamber. The clamping spring includes a stationary lower leg portion fixed to the housing, a pivotable body portion, and an upper clamping leg portion that engages the conductor, a locking arrangement serving to lock the body portion to the housing when the spring is in the clamping condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning, Dietmar Horn, Constantin Classen, Juergen Ziemke, Michael Herrmann
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Patent number: 8579651Abstract: An electrical connector includes a U-shaped metal clamping frame having vertical base and side walls defining a chamber, a stationary electrical contact mounted in the chamber, and a clamping spring arrangement arranged at least partially within the chamber for biasing toward the electrical contact the bare end of an insulated conductor that is axially inserted downwardly into the chamber. The clamping spring comprises a conductive leaf spring having a clamping leg that is inclined, when in the conductor clamping position, at a first acute angle relative to the insertion axis of the conductor. In one embodiment, the clamping leg is supported by an attachment arrangement including an attachment leg arranged at second acute angle relative to the insertion axis. In another embodiment, the clamping leg is integrally connected with the clamping frame, and with the frame base wall defining the stationary electrical contact.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Walter Hanning, Stephan Fehling, Herbert Fricke
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Publication number: 20130072072Abstract: A spring terminal for connecting the bare end of a conductor with a bus bar, including an insulated housing containing a chamber defined by a pair of planar parallel spaced vertical side walls, and an orthogonally connected vertical end wall. Mounted in the chamber are a vertical bus bar adjacent the end wall, and a U-shaped clamping spring that biases toward clamped electrical engagement with the bus bar the bare end of a vertical conductor that is inserted downwardly into the chamber. The clamping spring includes a stationary lower leg portion fixed to the housing, a pivotable body portion, and an upper clamping leg portion that engages the conductor, a locking arrangement serving to lock the body portion to the housing when the spring is in the clamping condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: WEIDMUELLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning, Dietmar Horn, Constantin Classen, Juergen Ziemke, Michael Herrmann