Patents Assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
  • Hob device
    Patent number: 11503677
    Abstract: A hob device, in particular induction hob device, includes a placement plate configured for placement of an item of cookware, at least two heating units for heating the item of cookware, and an illumination strip including a lighting unit and assigned in an operating state to the at least two heating units for marking the at least two heating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Enrique Azuara Gazo, Clara Fuertes Pinol, Javier Gil Cabrejas, Javier Herrera Rodriguez, David Ortiz Sainz, Rosario Romeo Velilla, Maria Valencia Betran
  • Domestic appliance
    Patent number: 11499359
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing, a door pivotably connected to the housing, a cable having one end connected to the door, a motor, and a cable drum onto which the cable can be unwound at least in partial and from which the cable can be unwound at least in part. The cable and the motor interact such that the door pivots when winding the cable onto the cable drum or when the cable unwinds from the cable drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Köhler, Norbert Gerstner, Georg Walther
  • Cooking appliance device and method for operating a cooking appliance device
    Patent number: 11503678
    Abstract: A cooking appliance device includes a heating unit having a heating element for heating a cooking chamber in a heating operating state, and a cooking chamber element configured to at least partially bound the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber element has a part region with a surface shape which changes in the heating operating state in response to a thermal expansion of the cooking chamber element. The heating unit includes an adapting element which is arranged at least in part on the cooking chamber element and has in facing relation to the part region a surface which adapts in the heating operating state to the surface shape of the part region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Jose Manuel Jorquera Cocera, Sergio Llorente Gil, Carlos Obon Abadia, Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Enrique Javier Perez Visa, Edgar Jorge Ramirez Laboreo, Fernando Sanz Serrano
  • Washing container and domestic dishwasher
    Patent number: 11497376
    Abstract: A dishwasher cavity for a household dishwasher includes a U-shaped dishwasher cavity casing, a U-shaped frame connected to the dishwasher cavity casing and supporting the dishwasher cavity casing, and a hinge plate provided on the frame. The frame includes a receiving portion. The hinge plate includes a depth positioning portion, which is received in a form-fit manner in the receiving portion of the frame to fix the hinge plate to the frame in a depth direction of the dishwasher cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Klaiber, Andrzej Budzynski, Johann Schabert, Dieter Hotz
  • Dishwasher and method for operating a dishwasher
    Patent number: 11497373
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a pump device operated by a pump current for supply of washing liquor to a first spray device via a first hydraulic arrangement for providing a first washing zone and to a second spray device via a second hydraulic arrangement for providing a second washing zone. A third spray device is connected to one of the first and second hydraulic arrangements for providing an intensive washing zone. In a first switching state, the third spray device is isolated from the one hydraulic arrangement, and in a second switching state the third spray device is connected to the one hydraulic arrangement. A control device determines a current switching state of the third spray device as a function of a difference between the pump current when washing liquor is supplied to the first hydraulic arrangement and when washing liquor is supplied to the second hydraulic arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Vitus Hörmann, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Karlheinz Rehm, Johannes Wölfle, Andreas Heidel, Bernd Kränzle
  • Cooking appliance having a cable pull device for automatically pivoting a door
    Patent number: 11499721
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking chamber, and a door configured to close the cooking chamber. The door is arranged on the housing in a pivotable manner and capable of being lowered into a storage space in the housing. A drive unit automatically implements a movement of the door along a movement path. The drive unit includes a motor and a cable pull device, which is coupled to the motor and the door such that the movement of the door is implemented as a function of a motorized actuation of the cable pull device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: René Alt, Ralf Grobleben, Torsten Popp, Thomas Rembold, Tobias Schmidt
  • Home appliance device and method of manufacturing the home appliance device
    Patent number: 11493264
    Abstract: A home appliance device, in particular a home refrigeration appliance device, has improved energy efficiency. The home appliance device has at least one functional unit, which is embodied as a partitioning unit for partitioning at least one storage space into at least two subspaces in an assembled state. The partitioning unit contains at least one thermal insulation inlay element and at least one protective foil. The at least one thermal insulation inlay element is encased by the protective foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Prashantagouda Hosamani, Robert Stahl
  • Changeable water filter in combination with a mixing valve for pretreatment of water in a home appliance and method of pretreating water
    Patent number: 11485647
    Abstract: A water pretreatment system connected to a water supply pipe for supplying water that has been preheated to a home appliance, including: a mixing valve having an inlet connected to the water supply pipe, and a pair of outlets; a water filter having an inlet communicated with one of the pair of outlets of the mixing valve, and having an outlet communicated with the home appliance; a bypass line having an inlet end connected to the other of the pair of outlets of the mixing valve, and having an outlet end connected to the home appliance, the mixing valve being configured to at least one of direct water to the water filter or direct water to the bypass line; and a controller configured to control the mixing valve such that preheated water supplied to the home appliance is one of unfiltered, mixed, or fully filtered by the water filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Wolf
  • Domestic refrigeration device with a drawer, and method for producing the domestic refrigeration device
    Patent number: 11486632
    Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance includes a thermally insulated body or carcass which delimits a coolable interior, a refrigeration device for cooling the coolable interior space, a drawer which has a front panel, and a display provided on the front panel. The front panel includes a front side pointing away from the coolable interior space, a rear side pointing towards the coolable interior space, a top front edge and a top rear edge. The top region of the front panel includes a first region which has a recessed grip open to the top and which extends between the top front edge and the top rear edge, and a second region which extends next to the first region and in which the display is provided in a depression. The front panel includes a semitransparent cover. A method for producing a household refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Feldmeyer, Simon Kraemer, Sandra Oefele, Bernd Osbar, Daniel Wengert
  • Household appliance component
    Patent number: 11468804
    Abstract: A household appliance component has a base element with at least one photoluminescent layer and at least one light guide. The light guide is configured to couple in and transmit light containing at least one excitation wavelength of the photoluminescent layer to the photoluminescent layer. An optical switch is assigned to the light guide to route light coupled in the light guide depending on the temperature of the optical switch. Further a household appliance contains the at least one household appliance component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge Alaman Aguilar, Raquel Alicante Santiago, Carlos Gimeno Asin, Jose Ignacio Pena Torre, Carlos Sanchez Somolinos
  • Ice maker comprising specific cooling of a storage container and household cooling appliance
    Patent number: 11466913
    Abstract: An ice maker for mounting into a household cooling appliance, the ice maker includes an ice producer for producing ice; a storage container for storing ice; a driving unit for driving the storage container, the driving unit having a drive housing; and an air duct formed in the drive housing. The air duct has an air duct outlet configured in a front wall of the drive housing which faces towards the storage container and an air duct inlet provided in a side wall of the drive housing which faces towards the ice producer. A fan is arranged in the air duct. The fan generates an air stream from the ice producer to the storage container through the air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Sigl, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Julio Cesar Schmidt, Marco Marques
  • Washing container for a domestic dishwasher, domestic dishwasher, and method
    Patent number: 11457793
    Abstract: A washing container for a household dishwasher includes a bottom plate and a U-shaped washing container jacket arranged on the bottom plate and including a side wall which is connected to the bottom plate by a folded joint. Connected to the washing container jacket is a U-shaped frame to support the washing container jacket. The frame has a support rib, which rises from the frame and is arranged within the washing container jacket and on which the folded joint is supported. The support rib has a closed support surface on which the folded joint lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Näßler, Andrzej Budzynski, Dieter Hotz, Johann Schabert
  • Household appliance and method for controlling same
    Patent number: 11452430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a household appliance and a method for controlling same. The household appliance includes: at least one chamber for accommodating a to-be-processed object and at least one door for closing the chamber; a collection module, at least for collecting a time signal when the door is opened; a controller, connected to the collection module to receive and analyze the time signal generated by the collection module when the door is opened, count a high-frequency time segment when the door is opened in a predetermined time period T1, and generate a control signal for controlling an operation state of a function loading module; and the function loading module, connected to the controller to receive the control signal for controlling operation of the function loading module. Therefore, the present invention provides a household appliance with a new control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ismael Jesus Almendros Carmona, Min Chen, Beibei Wang, Hailing Zhang, Wei Wang
  • Domestic refrigeration appliance with specific front-side lowering segment of a compartment floor
    Patent number: 11454441
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a receiving space for food, a drawer in the form of a food container being movable in the receiving space and a compartment floor disposed in the receiving space and forming a cover for the drawer. An elastically deformable stop element which faces a front wall of the drawer is disposed on a front edge of the compartment floor. The compartment floor has a lowering segment on its foremost region which faces the front wall and a foremost rim on which the elastically deformable stop element is disposed. The foremost rim is lowered downward relative to a sheet region of the compartment floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Marco Reitwiessner, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte
  • Beverage system having a conveying carriage for a capsule
    Patent number: 11445852
    Abstract: A beverage system for making a beverage based on ingredients in a capsule has a conveying carriage with a capsule carrier, a threaded spindle extending inside a housing of the beverage system and having a drive nut connected to the capsule carrier. A stop element is arranged on the threaded spindle at an ejection position for blocking movement of the drive nut along the threaded spindle. A motor rotates the threaded spindle in a first direction of rotation, in order to move the capsule carrier to a processing position, where a beverage is made based on the ingredients in a capsule; in order to move the capsule carrier further along the threaded spindle to an ejection position; and in order to rotate the capsule carrier at the ejection position about the threaded spindle to eject the capsule from the capsule carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Evgeni Rehfuss, Tim Glaesser
  • Feathered baffle filter
    Patent number: 11446597
    Abstract: A filter for an exhaust hood includes: a frame extending in a first direction and a second direction; a first baffle located in the frame, the first baffle extending in the first direction and having two edges that extend in the first direction, a first edge of the two edges of the first baffle having a first undulating shape, a second edge of the two edges of the first baffle having a second undulating shape; and a second baffle located in the frame, the second baffle extending in the first direction and having two edges that extend in the first direction, a first edge of the two edges of the second baffle having a third undulating shape, a second edge of the two edges of the second baffle having a fourth undulating shape. The first baffle and the second baffle are separated by a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mikhail Habib, Sean Scott, Derek Turner
  • Dishwasher with an automatic metering device
    Patent number: 11445886
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing chamber, and an automatic metering device configured automatically meter a plurality of metering quantities from a supply of cleaning agent in the form of a solid material into the washing chamber. The automatic metering device is held in a vibration-insulated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Schiele, Jakob Schultz, Georg Walther, Daniel Miller, Alberto Buogo, Addie Muentzenberger, Anne-Katrin Späte
  • Mounted projection system
    Patent number: 11448946
    Abstract: An interaction module includes a housing for holding a projector to project an image onto a working surface and an optical scanning device for scanning a gesture in the region of the image, and a mounting plate configured for fastening to an underside of an object attached above the working surface. The mounting plate is configured for attachment of the housing on a side of the mounting plate which side faces away from the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Helminger, Gerald Horst, Philipp Kleinlein
  • Ice bucket assembly for producing nugget ice for refrigerator appliance
    Patent number: 11448447
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice compartment region disposed in at least one of a fresh food compartment or a freezer compartment; an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment region and configured to make ice pieces; and an ice bucket assembly configured to store the ice pieces made by the ice maker. The ice bucket assembly includes a mechanism for producing nugget ice from the ice pieces made by the ice maker and stored in the ice bucket assembly, the nugget ice being smaller in size as compared to the ice pieces made by the ice maker and stored in the ice bucket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Nilton Bertolini, Cetin Abdullah Celik, Silas Patrick Mallon, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez
  • Built-in home appliance
    Patent number: D964087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Baacke, Janina Fey, Gerd Wilsdorf