Patents by Inventor Willem Blakborn

Willem Blakborn 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: 11855394
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, having an insulating part and an inner-conductor contact element pair for differential signal transmission. The inner-conductor contact element pair comprises first and second inner-conductor contact elements, which extend through the insulating part. The inner-conductor contact elements, proximate a first end of the insulating part, have a contact section for contacting an inner conductor of a corresponding counterpart plug connector and proximate a second end of the insulating part, have a press-in pin for pressing into a metal-plated recess of an electrical assembly. The inner-conductor contact elements each have one support shoulder via which a pressing-in force can be introduced for pressing the press-in pin into the metal-plated recess. The support shoulder is along the central axis of the inner-conductor contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11749944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening screw, comprising an electrically insulating insulating body and a metal body formed from a metal and having an external thread. The metal body is fastened on the insulating body and has a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end, wherein the first axial end is remote from a screw head of the fastening screw. It is provided that the insulating body, by means of a shaft portion, emerges from the first axial end of the metal body along the longitudinal axis (L) of the metal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11691524
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug-in connection, comprising an electrical connector and a mating electrical connector, which can be connected to the electrical connector. The mating electrical connector has an actuating element, which can be moved between a home position (P0) and a locking position (P1) and is designed to cooperate with a guiding element of the electrical connector in such a way that the plug-in connection, proceeding from a pre-latching position, assumes a locked position when the actuation element is moved from the home position (P0) into the locking position (P1). The electrical connector has a toothing and the mating electrical connector has a mating toothing, which corresponds to the toothing of the electrical connector, the toothing and the mating toothing mesh with one another in the locked position of the plug-in connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11677189
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, having an electrically insulating housing assembly and an outer-conductor assembly connected in positively locking fashion to the housing assembly. The outer-conductor assembly has at least one fastening tab which can be bent from a basic state into a fastening state. The outer-conductor assembly is received in the housing assembly such that the housing assembly blocks relative movement between the outer-conductor assembly and the housing assembly in positively locking fashion along a first translational degree of freedom (x) and/or along a second translational degree of freedom (y). The fastening in the basic state, allows an assembling movement for assembling the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly along a third translational degree of freedom (z) and, in the bent fastening state, blocks the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly in positively locking fashion at least along the third translational degree of freedom (z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20230060533
    Abstract: A contact assembly (9) for an electrical plug-in connector (2), having a sleeve-shaped contact element (4, 5) made from a metallic first material. The contact element (4, 5) has a first lateral surface (10) for making electrical and mechanical contact with a mating contact element (7, 8) of a mating electrical plug-in connector (3) and a second lateral surface (11) different from the first lateral surface (10). It is provided that the contact assembly (9) has a delimiting element (12) preferably made of a second material different from the first material. The delimiting element (12) is fastened to the second lateral surface (11) of the contact element (4, 5) at least in certain portions and has a higher high-temperature strength than the contact element (4, 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Willem BLAKBORN, Martin AUER, Andreas BEICHT
  • Patent number: 11588282
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, in particular an electrical pin connector socket for the power electronics in the automotive sector, comprising a plug connector body for receiving a contact device and comprising a shield. The plug connector body is designed for introducing into an opening of a housing part of a housing of an electronics unit. The plug connector body is designed in multiple parts and has at least one inner plug connector body and an outer plug connector body, which are positioned on opposite sides of the housing part. The inner plug connector part can be fixed in the housing of the electronics unit independently of the housing part. Securing means connect the plug connector bodies to one another so that the housing part is fixed between the plug connector bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Willem Blakborn, Thomas Garten
  • Patent number: 11462889
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for igniting a fuel mixture. Set apparatus comprises an ignition system for generating a high-voltage ignition voltage as well as a circuit device comprising a circuit for superimposing a high-frequency signal on to the high-voltage ignition voltage. The apparatus further comprises a spark plug in an engine block as well as a transmission element for transmitting the ignition voltage, onto which the high-frequency signal has been superimposed, to the spark plug. The transmission element includes a contact element which is provided with an electrically conductive coating along at least one portion of the longitudinal axis of the contact element, the impedance of the coding being lower than the impedance of the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Fuchs, Gunnar Armbrecht, Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11271331
    Abstract: A connector arrangement comprises at least at least two cables, each comprising one cable sheath, and respectively one shielding arranged within the cable sheath. The shielding is exposed from the cable sheath at one cable end. The connector arrangement additionally comprises a connector housing made of an electrically conductive material, in which there is realized a respective a leadthrough for each cable. The exposed shielding of each cable is located in the respective leadthrough, and is frictionally connected to the connector housing. The connector arrangement also comprises a crimp barrel. The crimp barrel encloses the connector housing and each leadthrough, and is frictionally connected to the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210408702
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outer-conductor assembly (6) for an electrical plug connector (2). The outer-conductor assembly (6) has a first interface (9) for the electrical and mechanical contacting of an outer conductor of a corresponding electrical counterpart plug connector and a second interface (10) for the electrical and mechanical contacting of metal-plated recesses (11) of an electrical assembly (3). The second interface (10) has a multiplicity of contact elements (12, 13) for the contacting of the electrical assembly (3). It is provided that a first group of the contact elements is formed as press-in pins (12) for an oversize fit in the metal-plated recesses (11) of the electrical assembly (3), and a second group of the contact elements is formed as resilient contact elements (13) for insertion into the metal-plated recesses (11) of the electrical assembly (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210408730
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, having an electrically insulating housing assembly and an outer-conductor assembly connected in positively locking fashion to the housing assembly. The outer-conductor assembly has at least one fastening tab which can be bent from a basic state into a fastening state. The outer-conductor assembly is received in the housing assembly such that the housing assembly blocks relative movement between the outer-conductor assembly and the housing assembly in positively locking fashion along a first translational degree of freedom (x) and/or along a second translational degree of freedom (y). The fastening in the basic state, allows an assembling movement for assembling the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly along a third translational degree of freedom (z) and, in the bent fastening state, blocks the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly in positively locking fashion at least along the third translational degree of freedom (z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210408740
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, having an insulating part and an inner-conductor contact element pair for differential signal transmission. The inner-conductor contact element pair comprises first and second inner-conductor contact elements, which extend through the insulating part. The inner-conductor contact elements, proximate a first end of the insulating part, have a contact section for contacting an inner conductor of a corresponding counterpart plug connector and proximate a second end of the insulating part, have a press-in pin for pressing into a metal-plated recess of an electrical assembly. The inner-conductor contact elements each have one support shoulder via which a pressing-in force can be introduced for pressing the press-in pin into the metal-plated recess. The support shoulder is along the central axis of the inner-conductor contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210339638
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug-in connection, comprising an electrical connector and a mating electrical connector, which can be connected to the electrical connector. The mating electrical connector has an actuating element, which can be moved between a home position (P0) and a locking position (P1) and is designed to cooperate with a guiding element of the electrical connector in such a way that the plug-in connection, proceeding from a pre-latching position, assumes a locked position when the actuation element is moved from the home position (P0) into the locking position (P1). The electrical connector has a toothing and the mating electrical connector has a mating toothing, which corresponds to the toothing of the electrical connector, the toothing and the mating toothing mesh with one another in the locked position of the plug-in connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210320454
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening screw, comprising an electrically insulating insulating body and a metal body formed from a metal and having an external thread. The metal body is fastened on the insulating body and has a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end, wherein the first axial end is remote from a screw head of the fastening screw. It is provided that the insulating body, by means of a shaft portion, emerges from the first axial end of the metal body along the longitudinal axis (L) of the metal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210226390
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, in particular an electrical pin connector socket for the power electronics in the automotive sector, comprising a plug connector body for receiving a contact device and comprising a shield. The plug connector body is designed for introducing into an opening of a housing part of a housing of an electronics unit. The plug connector body is designed in multiple parts and has at least one inner plug connector body and an outer plug connector body, which are positioned on opposite sides of the housing part. The inner plug connector part can be fixed in the housing of the electronics unit independently of the housing part. Securing means connect the plug connector bodies to one another so that the housing part is fixed between the plug connector bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Willem Blakborn, Thomas Garten
  • Publication number: 20210218232
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for igniting a fuel mixture. Set apparatus comprises an ignition system for generating a high-voltage ignition voltage as well as a circuit device comprising a circuit for superimposing a high-frequency signal on to the high-voltage ignition voltage. The apparatus further comprises a spark plug in an engine block as well as a transmission element for transmitting the ignition voltage, onto which the high-frequency signal has been superimposed, to the spark plug. The transmission element includes a contact element which is provided with an electrically conductive coating along at least one portion of the longitudinal axis of the contact element, the impedance of the coding being lower than the impedance of the contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Fuchs, Gunnar Armbrecht, Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210083407
    Abstract: A connector arrangement comprises at least at least two cables, each comprising one cable sheath, and respectively one shielding arranged within the cable sheath. The shielding is exposed from the cable sheath at one cable end. The connector arrangement additionally comprises a connector housing made of an electrically conductive material, in which there is realized a respective a leadthrough for each cable. The exposed shielding of each cable is located in the respective leadthrough, and is frictionally connected to the connector housing. The connector arrangement also comprises a crimp barrel. The crimp barrel encloses the connector housing and each leadthrough, and is frictionally connected to the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Publication number: 20210050681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable assembly comprising at least three electric cables which have electric conductors that are electrically and mechanically connected together. Each of the electric conductors is free of an insulation material and is plate-shaped in a contact point. One of the cables is designed as a support cable, and the electric conductor of the support cable is formed as a support plate at the contact point in order to attach the contact points of the other electric conductors. Multiple contact points of the other electric conductors are secured to a surface of the support plate next to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Willem Blakborn, Maximilian Metzenleitner
  • Patent number: 10804669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly method for a connector, in particular for a high-voltage connector, having an electrical conductor and an electric contact, which assembly method comprises the following steps: providing a screw having a first drive and a second drive which is formed opposite the first drive; establishing a connection with play between the electrical conductor and the electric contact by means of the screw by the screw being inserted respectively into a passage hole in the electrical conductor and in the electric contact and being turned in a first direction by way of its first drive; tightening the connection between the electrical conductor and the electric contact by the screw being turned in a second direction, which is opposite the first direction, by way of its second drive. The present invention further relates to a connector and also to a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 10797444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a HVIL system for a HV connector, in particular in a motor vehicle, which HV connector is configured to transmit HV current from the HV connector to a further component, wherein the HVIL system has a first HVIL contact element and a second HVIL contact element, wherein, in a non-plugged state of the HV connector, the first HVIL contact element is spaced apart from the second HVIL contact element by at least one first spring element; and wherein, in a plugged state of the HV connector, the first spring element is deformed in such a way that the first HVIL contact element makes contact with the second HVIL contact element in such a way that the HVIL system ensures that HV current is transmitted from the HV connector to the further component if the connection between the HV connector and the further component is secure. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for establishing a HV connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 10608364
    Abstract: A connector for a high-voltage connection for electrically connecting high-voltage components, in particular of an electrical drive system of a motor vehicle, said connector comprising at least one electrical contact arrangement, wherein the contact arrangement comprises at least one ring-shaped contact element; a first inner protective element, which is arranged within the contact element and projects relative to the contact element; and a first outer protective element, which at least partly surrounds the contact element and projects relative to the contact element, wherein the first inner protective element and the first outer protective element form a shock protection for the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn