Patents by Inventor Willi LANG

Willi LANG 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).

  • Plug connection, plug connector, latching means, and method for forming the latching means
    Patent number: 12413015
    Abstract: An electrical and/or optical plug connection has a first plug connector and a second plug connector which can be fit to the first plug connector and which corresponds to the first plug connector. The first and second plug connectors each have a plug face which has a first sheet metal contact and a corresponding second sheet metal contact which can be fit together in an electrically contacting manner. The plug connectors further include first and second optical and/or electrical plug contacts which are fit together and which arranged with spacing from the first and second sheet metal contacts. A latching hook having a latching hook and latching arm is provided on the first plug connector and a corresponding latching recess having a latching edge is provided on the second plug connector. A hook portion (1 of the latching hook is connected to the latching arm via a bending line which deviates from a straight line and has a raised 3D shaped surface region with at least one open side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH
    Inventors: Benedikt Steube, Stefan Aporius, Lars Brinkmann, Roman Henze, Robin Reinke, Willi Lang, Karsten Krome
  • PLUG CONNECTION, PLUG CONNECTOR, LATCHING MEANS, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE LATCHING MEANS
    Publication number: 20230144954
    Abstract: An electrical and/or optical plug connection has a first plug connector and a second plug connector which can be fit to the first plug connector and which corresponds to the first plug connector. The first and second plug connectors each have a plug face which has a first sheet metal contact and a corresponding second sheet metal contact which can be fit together in an electrically contacting manner. The plug connectors further include first and second optical and/or electrical plug contacts which are fit together and which arranged with spacing from the first and second sheet metal contacts. A latching hook having a latching hook and latching arm is provided on the first plug connector and a corresponding latching recess having a latching edge is provided on the second plug connector. A hook portion (1 of the latching hook is connected to the latching arm via a bending line which deviates from a straight line and has a raised 3D shaped surface region with at least one open side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Benedikt STEUBE, Stefan APORIUS, Lars BRINKMANN, Roman HENZE, Robin REINKE, Willi LANG, Karsten KROME