Patents by Inventor Andreas Kessler

Andreas Kessler 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: 20230251027
    Abstract: An interior compartment or container for a domestic refrigeration appliance has a side wall on which an elongate bearing rib for a bearing panel is integrated. The bearing rib extends in the depthwise direction of the interior compartment and extends over at least half the depth of the side wall. The bearing rib has an upper bearing side, which merges with the side wall by way of a first rounding and merges with an underside of the bearing rib by way of a second rounding, which is located opposite the first as seen in the widthwise direction. The underside merges at its lower end with the side wall. In a cross section of the bearing rib taken in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a vertical-dimension ratio, measured in the heightwise direction, between an underside vertical dimension and an upper-side vertical dimension is between 3.5 and 4.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ingo Heidenfelder, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte, Andreas Lindel, Daniel Naumburger, Ulrich Schlander, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Herbert Weibl, Georg Kapfer
  • Publication number: 20230243414
    Abstract: A transmission (1) for a motor vehicle (2) includes a transmission housing (3) with an interior space (4) and an oil sump (6). At least one rotating transmission component (5a) is arranged in the interior space (4) of the transmission housing (3). At least one compensating tank (7) is configured for collecting oil from the interior space (4). The compensating tank (7) is fluidically connected to the oil sump (6) via at least one return (8). The particular return (8) delivers a predefined flow back into the oil sump (6) as a function of a power throughput of the transmission (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Kessler, Johannes König, Nihat Günes
  • Publication number: 20230110818
    Abstract: An apparatus for melting metals whose melting temperature is below 1000° C. may have a device for forming a plasma arranged on a melting furnace. The device is connected to an electrical voltage supply and to the device at least one first supply for a plasma gas, with which the plasma can be formed, and is designed, dimensioned, arranged and/or aligned in such a way that the formed plasma is arranged at a distance from the metal as the material to be melted, and in this case a hot gas stream can be formed with the plasma, which hot gas stream is aligned in the direction of the material to be melted, and a melting tank or crucible is arranged in the melting furnace to receive the molten metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Gotthard WOLF, Andreas KESSLER
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220026138
    Abstract: A food-receiving container for a household refrigeration appliance includes a shell for receiving food and a ventilation device for carrying out an air exchange between the surroundings and the interior of the food-receiving container. The shell has a front panel on which a handle is disposed. The handle is disposed in an upper region of the front panel, when viewed in the vertical direction of the food-receiving container. The ventilation device is disposed on the handle. A household refrigeration appliance having the food-receiving container is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Herbert Cizik, Max Eicher, Ingo Heidenfelder, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte, Philipp Kupfer, Carlos Ramos Alzamora, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Patent number: 10921053
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a refrigeration appliance, contains a door having a recessed grip and an illumination device for shining light onto the recessed grip. The illumination device has a projection device for projecting information onto the recessed grip. A method is used to operate a domestic appliance which contains the door having the recessed grip and the projection device for shining light onto the recessed grip, in which method information is projected onto the recessed grip by the projection device. The domestic appliance can be a refrigerator, a freezer, a preservation appliance or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Marco Reitwiessner, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte, Thomas Ott, Guenter Gerold, Robert Sachon
  • Patent number: 10677513
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a body, an external door that can pivot relative to the body, and an internal door which can pivot relative to the body and the external door and which is immobilized between the body and the external door in the closed position of the external door. A dispensing or output recess of a dispenser is provided in the internal door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Philipp Kleinlein, Andreas Kessler, Graham Sadtler, Heather Kamper, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Bernd Brabenec
  • Publication number: 20200049401
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a refrigeration appliance, contains a door having a recessed grip and an illumination device for shining light onto the recessed grip. The illumination device has a projection device for projecting information onto the recessed grip. A method is used to operate a domestic appliance which contains the door having the recessed grip and the projection device for shining light onto the recessed grip, in which method information is projected onto the recessed grip by the projection device. The domestic appliance can be a refrigerator, a freezer, a preservation appliance or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, MARCO REITWIESSNER, ANDREAS KESSLER, ANDREAS KORTE, THOMAS OTT, GUENTER GEROLD, ROBERT SACHON
  • Patent number: 10480847
    Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a housing and an appliance component which is disposed on the housing, is separate from the housing and is movable relative to the housing. A handle which is disposed on the appliance component has a handle recess which can be gripped from above and which is delimited by a front wall of the handle and a slanted bottom wall of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Heisswolf, Simon Kraemer, Alfred Raab, Christian Schmid, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Philipp Kleinlein, Andreas Kessler
  • Patent number: 10295891
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has an ice and water dispenser with a container receptacle. The refrigeration appliance has a light projector for projecting information into the container receptacle. A method serves to operate a refrigeration appliance, in which information is projected into a container receptacle of an ice and water dispenser by a light projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Marco Reitwiessner, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte
  • Publication number: 20190120547
    Abstract: A door for a domestic refrigeration appliance includes an outer door wall, an inner door wall and a door end strip which extends between the outer door wall and the inner door wall. A display apparatus is disposed in the door in such a way that information is displayed in the region of the door end strip. The display apparatus has a cover which covers electronic components of the display apparatus in the direction of the outside of the door, and the cover is formed by the door end strip itself. A domestic refrigeration appliance having a door is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER
  • Patent number: 10252198
    Abstract: A filter device for a beverage and/or ice dispenser unit of a household cooling appliance includes a cartridge head which is specifically pivotable. A household cooling appliance with a filter device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Marco Reitwiessner, Andreas Kessler, Graham Sadtler, Heather Kamper, Frank Altmannsberger, Eugen Gaplikow, Karl-Friedrich Laible
  • Publication number: 20190078838
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, MARCO REITWIESSNER, ANDREAS KESSLER, ANDREAS KORTE
  • Publication number: 20190017741
    Abstract: A domestic appliance device, particularly a domestic refrigerator device, contains at least one appliance body having at least one rear wall, at least one shelf unit, and at least one retainer unit provided for retaining the shelf unit. In order to improve the properties of a device of this type and allow advantageous shelf unit retention, the retainer unit, in at least one operating state in which the shelf unit is fully situated in the appliance body, is provided to mount the shelf unit such that it can be displaced in at least one direction directed at least substantially parallel to the rear wall and at least substantially horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, GRAHAM SADTLER, HEATHER KAMPER
  • Publication number: 20190011178
    Abstract: A domestic appliance device, in particular a domestic refrigerator device, includes at least one storage unit and at least one holding unit that is provided to hold the storage unit in at least one operating state in which the storage unit is located completely in an appliance body. The aim of the invention is to advantageously hold storage units of a domestic appliance. This is achieved in that the holding unit is provided at most in an edge region of the storage unit in the operating state in order to hold the storage unit. The extension of the edge region in at least one direction perpendicular to a direction of a torque that occurs during holding corresponds maximally or at most to 30% of the extension of the storage unit along that direction. A method for holding a storage unit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, ROBERT SACHON, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20180320953
    Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a housing and an appliance component which is disposed on the housing, is separate from the housing and is movable relative to the housing. A handle which is disposed on the appliance component has a handle recess which can be gripped from above and which is delimited by a front wall of the handle and a slanted bottom wall of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: TOBIAS HEISSWOLF, SIMON KRAEMER, ALFRED RAAB, CHRISTIAN SCHMID, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER
  • Publication number: 20180314142
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has an ice and water dispenser with a container receptacle. The refrigeration appliance has a light projector for projecting information into the container receptacle. A method serves to operate a refrigeration appliance, in which information is projected into a container receptacle of an ice and water dispenser by a light projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, MARCO REITWIESSNER, ANDREAS KESSLER, ANDREAS KORTE
  • Publication number: 20180274850
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance has a chamber for holding food, which is delimited by walls of an inner container, and with an inner lining which has an air duct unit. The inner lining has a first lining wall and at least one second lining wall that is separate therefrom, which are arranged adjacent to one another in the widthwise direction of the domestic refrigeration appliance and are positioned with an overlap with one another in this widthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, MARCO REITWIESSNER, ANDREAS KESSLER
  • Publication number: 20180250618
    Abstract: A filter device for a beverage and/or ice dispenser unit of a household cooling appliance includes a cartridge head which is specifically pivotable. A household cooling appliance with a filter device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, MARCO REITWIESSNER, ANDREAS KESSLER, GRAHAM SADTLER, HEATHER KAMPER, FRANK ALTMANNSBERGER, EUGEN GAPLIKOW, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE
  • Patent number: D1016865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Heidenfelder, Chenli Hu, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte, Dawei Mi, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Kai Wang, Fenglin Xu