Patents by Inventor Wilhelm KLIEVER

Wilhelm KLIEVER 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: 20240088584
    Abstract: An appliance socket configured to be electrically mounted on a printed circuit board without soldering has a plug housing, a contact carrier, an insulation body and at least one contact element. The contact element is arranged in the contact carrier and is substantially cylindrical. The contact element has a contact area for electrically contacting a mating contact element of a mating plug, and a connection area for electrical connection to a conductor track of the printed circuit board; and the connection area of the contact element has an axial slot. Also disclosed is to a system composed of an electrical appliance and an appliance socket as above described wherein: the electrical appliance has a housing having an appliance wall and at least one printed circuit board arranged within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Wilhelm KLIEVER, Florian HACKEMEIER
  • Patent number: 11881649
    Abstract: A high-current connector includes an insulating body which has at least one contact carrier having at least one contact chamber, which has at least two through-openings on the plug-in side, and at least two electrically conductive plug-in contacts which are arranged parallel to one another in the contact chamber and each have a cable connection region at a first end and a plug-in region opposite at a second end, the plug-in regions of the plug-in contacts being guided through one of the through-openings each of the contact chamber. The high-current plug connector also has an electrically conductive connection element which is inserted into the contact chamber and which has at least two contact receptacles, into each of which one of the plug-in contacts is inserted interlockingly and frictionally by its plug-in region, and the at least two plug-in contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another by the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11784435
    Abstract: A module element is provided for accommodating pluggable contact means and/or functional elements to provide an assembled plug connector module. The module element has a retaining contour arranged and designed in such a way that a first module element can be joined with a second module element in a transverse direction, and/or the module element has a fastening contour and at least one fastening element, which are arranged and designed correspondingly in such a way that a first module element can be joined with a second module element in the transverse direction to form the plug connector module. A plug connector module composed of at least two of the module elements described above is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Kliever, Irina Lötkemann, Heiko Meier, Bernard Schlegel
  • Patent number: 11784442
    Abstract: The industrial electrical connector is composed of an upper housing portion for holding a conductor and a lower housing portion for holding at least one contact carrier, which lower housing portion can be releasably connected to the upper housing portion. The contact carrier holds at least one contact. The contact is intended to establish a connection to a corresponding mating contact for the transfer of at least electrical energy and/or electrical signals/data. At least one fuse holder for holding at least one electrical fuse is arranged within the industrial electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Publication number: 20220407259
    Abstract: A high-current connector is provided, comprising an insulating body which has at least one contact carrier having at least one contact chamber, which has at least two through-openings on the plug-in side, and at least two electrically conductive plug-in contacts which are arranged parallel to one another in the contact chamber and each have a cable connection region at a first end and a plug-in region opposite at a second end, the plug-in regions of the plug-in contacts being guided through one of the through-openings each of the contact chamber. The high-current plug connector also has an electrically conductive connection element which is inserted into the contact chamber and which has at least two contact receptacles, into each of which one of the plug-in contacts is inserted interlockingly and frictionally by its plug-in region, and the at least two plug-in contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another by the connection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Wilhelm KLIEVER
  • Patent number: 11509081
    Abstract: A printed circuit board plug-in connection is provided for transmitting the highest possible currents between a printed circuit board and an electrical cable, the printed circuit board plug-in connection being manufactured as simply and economically as possible. For this purpose, a plug-in connection having a slotted pin contact is proposed. Said pin contact is arranged in an insulating body and can be inserted directly into a passage contact opening of a printed circuit board in order to establish electrical contact. The insulating body has detent arms, which releasably engage in detent openings of the printed circuit board in a locking manner at the same time. By means of dovetail connections, several insulating bodies can be fastened to each other, i.e., can be cascaded with each other. A strain relief element can also be fastened to an insulating body by means of the dovetail connection in order to provide strain relief for individual conductors of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11495904
    Abstract: A contact carrier retains a crimp contact inserted therein at a central collar of the crimp contact in a particularly stable manner and at the same time absorb the highest possible plugging forces. The contact carrier has an insulating body and a retaining plate, which can be mounted thereon on the connection side. Furthermore, the contact carrier has at least one detent element, which, in the unassembled state, can assumed both a position locking the plug contact and a position releasing the plug contact. The detent element is part of the insulating body. The retaining plate also has at least one blocking element, which, in the assembled state, fixes the detent element in the position thereof locking the plug contact and thus prevents the transition of the detent element from the locking position into the releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11482819
    Abstract: An add-on housing for a plug-in connection is provided and includes a frame-like basic form, wherein fastening devices for fastening the add-on housing to a wall aperture are integrally formed within the frame-like basic form, wherein the add-on housing has at least one clamping element which can be captively clamped within the frame-like basic form, and wherein a holding frame or a contact insert can be fixed to the at least one clamping element. A method for fastening an add-on housing to a wall aperture is also provided, wherein: a frame-like basic form is fixed to the wall aperture by internal fastening devices; then, at least one clamping element, but preferably two clamping elements, is/are fixed within the frame-like basic form without tools; and a holding frame which is fitted with plug-in connector modules or a contact insert is then mounted onto the clamping elements and fixed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Publication number: 20220329018
    Abstract: The industrial electrical connector is composed of an upper housing portion for holding a conductor and a lower housing portion for holding at least one contact carrier, which lower housing portion can be releasably connected to the upper housing portion. The contact carrier holds at least one contact. The contact is intended to establish a connection to a corresponding mating contact for the transfer of at least electrical energy and/or electrical signals/data. At least one fuse holder for holding at least one electrical fuse is arranged within the industrial electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Wilhelm KLIEVER
  • Patent number: 11424577
    Abstract: A high-current electrical connector (1) is codable for use with a certain mating electrical connector and flexibly and comfortably adaptable to the conditions of a tight installation space in which the high-current electrical connector is used. The insulating body (14) of the high-current electrical connector is retained on the pin contact (11) such that said insulating body can be rotated about the pin axis (S). Thus, the mating electrical connector (4) connected thereto, coded therefor and aligned therewith can be rotatably retained such that the angled cable outlet (42) of the mating electrical connector can be flexibly oriented within the installation space as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Publication number: 20220239031
    Abstract: A contact carrier receives and fixes at least one crimp contact. The contact carrier includes an insulating body and a holding plate that can be mounted on the insulating body on a connection side. The insulating body has a detent element which, in the non-mounted state, can assume both a position in which the crimp contact is latched and a position in which the crimp contact is unlatched. The holding plate has a locking element which, in the mounted state, fixes the at least one detent element in its position in which the crimp contact is latched. It thereby prevents the crimp contact from moving from the latching position to the unlatching position. The detent element is designed as a detent arm which points towards the connection side and has a detent molding for latching in a latching groove of the crimp contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm KLIEVER
  • Patent number: 11387591
    Abstract: A plug connector module is provided for a modular industrial plug connector, wherein the plug connector module is formed from at least two independent functional units. In order to fit a holding frame with a plug connector module, a first functional unit is first of all combined with at least one second functional unit so as to form a plug connector module, and the plug connector module is then inserted into the holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Irina Lötkemann, Bernard Schlegel, Heiko Meier, Wilhelm Kliever
  • Publication number: 20220216647
    Abstract: A contact carrier retains a crimp contact inserted therein at a central collar of the crimp contact in a particularly stable manner and at the same time absorb the highest possible plugging forces. The contact carrier has an insulating body and a retaining plate, which can be mounted thereon on the connection side. Furthermore, the contact carrier has at least one detent element, which, in the unassembled state, can assumed both a position locking the plug contact and a position releasing the plug contact. The detent element is part of the insulating body. The retaining plate also has at least one blocking element, which, in the assembled state, fixes the detent element in the position thereof locking the plug contact and thus prevents the transition of the detent element from the locking position into the releasing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm KLIEVER
  • Patent number: 11355886
    Abstract: A contact carrier retains a crimp contact inserted therein at a central collar of the crimp contact in a particularly stable manner and at the same time absorb the highest possible plugging forces. The contact carrier has an insulating body and a retaining plate, which can be mounted thereon on the connection side. Furthermore, the contact carrier has at least one detent element, which, in the unassembled state, can assumed both a position locking the plug contact and a position releasing the plug contact. The detent element is part of the insulating body. The retaining plate also has at least one blocking element, which, in the assembled state, fixes the detent element in the position thereof locking the plug contact and thus prevents the transition of the detent element from the locking position into the releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11336047
    Abstract: A high-current connector is provided, comprising an insulating body which has at least one contact carrier having at least one contact chamber, which has at least two through-openings on the plug-in side, and at least two electrically conductive plug-in contacts which are arranged parallel to one another in the contact chamber and each have a cable connection region at a first end and a plug-in region opposite at a second end, the plug-in regions of the plug-in contacts being guided through one of the through-openings each of the contact chamber. The high-current plug connector also has an electrically conductive connection element which is inserted into the contact chamber and which has at least two contact receptacles, into each of which one of the plug-in contacts is inserted interlockingly and frictionally by its plug-in region, and the at least two plug-in contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another by the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11316290
    Abstract: A pin-like printed circuit board connector is at least slightly reversibly deformable and has a pin axis. The printed circuit board connector has at least a first slit which starts at the insertion end and runs through the pin axis towards the printed circuit board connection region and by means of which at least two segments pointing in the insertion direction are formed. In particular, the printed circuit board connector can additionally have a second such slit which intersects the first slit in the pin axis, in particular at right angles, forming even four segments pointing in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Publication number: 20220037835
    Abstract: A high-current electrical connector (1) is codable for use with a certain mating electrical connector and flexibly and comfortably adaptable to the conditions of a tight installation space in which the high-current electrical connector is used. The insulating body (14) of the high-current electrical connector is retained on the pin contact (11) such that said insulating body can be rotated about the pin axis (S). Thus, the mating electrical connector (4) connected thereto, coded therefor and aligned therewith can be rotatably retained such that the angled cable outlet (42) of the mating electrical connector can be flexibly oriented within the installation space as required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm KLIEVER
  • Patent number: 11201424
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector for forming a high-current connection between two printed circuit boards that are arranged at right angles to one another. For this purpose, a slit pin contact is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Publication number: 20210336380
    Abstract: A contact carrier retains a crimp contact inserted therein at a central collar of the crimp contact in a particularly stable manner and at the same time absorb the highest possible plugging forces. The contact carrier has an insulating body and a retaining plate, which can be mounted thereon on the connection side. Furthermore, the contact carrier has at least one detent element, which, in the unassembled state, can assumed both a position locking the plug contact and a position releasing the plug contact. The detent element is part of the insulating body. The retaining plate also has at least one blocking element, which, in the assembled state, fixes the detent element in the position thereof locking the plug contact and thus prevents the transition of the detent element from the locking position into the releasing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm KLIEVER
  • Publication number: 20210273370
    Abstract: A plug connector module is provided for a modular industrial plug connector, wherein the plug connector module is formed from at least two independent functional units. In order to fit a holding frame with a plug connector module, a first functional unit is first of all combined with at least one second functional unit so as to form a plug connector module, and the plug connector module is then inserted into the holding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Irina LÖTKEMANN, Bernard SCHLEGEL, Heiko MEIER, Wilhelm KLIEVER