Patents by Inventor Anton Oblinger
Anton Oblinger 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).
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Patent number: 11910979Abstract: A water-using household appliance includes a pump sump, a filter element arranged at least partially in the pump sump, and a nozzle unit arranged on the pump sump. The nozzle unit produces an annular flow between the pump sump and the filter element in order to remove dirt from the filter element, with the annular flow flowing around the filter element only in one direction of flow.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Martin Heinle, Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 11826000Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container holding a dishwasher load, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load. The spray arm is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and is actively driven by a drive entity. The drive entity includes a drive shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation which extends in parallel relation to and at a distance from the axis of rotation of the spray arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20230035793Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, and a functional region embodied in one piece with the dishwasher cavity and processed by a laser processing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Anton Oblinger, Michael Rupp
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Patent number: 11330956Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance includes a moving component, an electric motor for moving the component, a load apparatus configured to apply a resistance to counter movement of the component as a function of a position of the moving component, and a control apparatus for actuating the electric motor. The control apparatus is configured to detect a drive current drawn which is drawn by the electric motor and is a function of the resistance applied by the load apparatus and to ascertain the position of the moving component as a function of the detected drive current.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Georg Hausmann, Andreas Heidel, Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220047145Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container holding a dishwasher load, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load. The spray arm is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and is actively driven by a drive entity. The drive entity includes a drive shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation which extends in parallel relation to and at a distance from the axis of rotation of the spray arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220047146Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container holding a dishwasher load, and a container holding an operating material and arranged outside the washing container and accessible via an opening in an interior of the washing container when a door of the household dishwasher is open. A spray arm applies washing liquor to the dishwasher load and is actively driven by a drive entity. A detection entity is operably connected to a drive element of the drive entity for detecting an angular position of the drive element. A control device determines an angular position of the spray arm as a function of the detected angular position of the drive element and, as a function of the determined angular position of the spray arm, activates the drive entity to stop the spray arm within a predefined angular range that is outside an angular range defined by an access region of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 11166616Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container, and a spray facility arranged within the washing container for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the washing container. The spray facility includes a cage, a gyro element rotatably supported in the cage, and a supply line having a nozzle for supplying the washing liquor and/or fresh water to the gyro element. The gyro element is arranged in its entirety above the nozzle in relation to a direction of gravity in an operating position which the gyro element assumes when washing liquor and/or fresh water is supplied to the gyro element.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 11166615Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing container accommodating items to be washed. A first hydraulic arrangement is provided to wash the items by a dishwashing fluid and includes a spray device arranged in the dishwashing container, a sump arranged below the dishwashing container, a filter device configured to filter the dishwashing fluid in the dishwashing container and/or the sump, and a circulating pump configured to circulate the dishwashing fluid to the spray device. A second hydraulic arrangement is provided for cleaning the filter device by a cleaning fluid. The second hydraulic arrangement includes the filter device, the sump, a pump arrangement, a storage device for holding the cleaning fluid, a cleaning device for spraying at least one segment of the filter device with the cleaning fluid, and an auxiliary pump arranged between the storage device and the cleaning device for applying pressure to the cleaning fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventor: Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 10898052Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a first spray arm having a first spraying circle, a second spray arm having a second spraying circle which overlaps with the first spraying circle, and a synchronization facility configured to adapt a rotational speed of the first spray arm to a rotational speed of the second spray arm, or vice versa. The synchronization facility includes a first magnetic field allocated to the first spray arm and a second magnetic field allocated to the second spray arm, with the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field having a same polarization, so that the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field repel one another during operation of the household dishwasher to thereby prevent contact between the first spray arm and the second spray arm during a rotational movement of the first spray arm and the second spray arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Jürgen Hellwig, Anton Oblinger, Gerhard Fetzer
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Publication number: 20200337516Abstract: In a method for operating a household dishwasher with a control apparatus for carrying out a washing program from a plurality of washing programs for washing washware arranged in a washing chamber, an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber is captured by an optical sensor of an external facility that is external to the household dishwasher. At least one intensive washing zone for intensively washing the washware in the washing chamber is determined in response to the captured optical sensor signal, and a drive facility is actuated to drive a spraying facility for spraying the washware with washing liquid, such that the determined at least one intensive washing zone is embodied by the spraying facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Erwin Frank, Michael Lugert, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Norbert Gerstner, Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20200221920Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container, and a spray facility arranged within the washing container for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the washing container. The spray facility includes a cage, a gyro element rotatably supported in the cage, and a supply line having a nozzle for supplying the washing liquor and/or fresh water to the gyro element. The gyro element is arranged in its entirety above the nozzle in relation to a direction of gravity in an operating position which the gyro element assumes when washing liquor and/or fresh water is supplied to the gyro element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20200214529Abstract: A water-using household appliance includes a pump sump, a filter element arranged at least partially in the pump sump, and a nozzle unit arranged on the pump sump. The nozzle unit produces an annular flow between the pump sump and the filter element in order to remove dirt from the filter element, with the annular flow flowing around the filter element only in one direction of flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Martin Heinle, Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20200113407Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance includes a moving component, an electric motor for moving the component, a load apparatus configured to apply a resistance to counter movement of the component as a function of a position of the moving component, and a control apparatus for actuating the electric motor. The control apparatus is configured to detect a drive current drawn which is drawn by the electric motor and is a function of the resistance applied by the load apparatus and to ascertain the position of the moving component as a function of the detected drive current.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Georg Hausmann, Andreas Heidel, Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 10568488Abstract: A spray arm for a dishwasher includes an outlet nozzle which is provided on a bottom side of the spray arm for emptying washing liquor from the spray arm. The outlet nozzle is selectively closed and opened by a valve which is movable from an open position into a closed position in response to a pressure of the washing liquor. The valve is pretensioned in a direction to seek the open position so that the valve automatically opens when the pressure of the washing liquor drops below a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20190328205Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing container accommodating items to be washed. A first hydraulic arrangement is provided to wash the items by a dishwashing fluid and includes a spray device arranged in the dishwashing container, a sump arranged below the dishwashing container, a filter device configured to filter the dishwashing fluid in the dishwashing container and/or the sump, and a circulating pump configured to circulate the dishwashing fluid to the spray device. A second hydraulic arrangement is provided for cleaning the filter device by a cleaning fluid. The second hydraulic arrangement includes the filter device, the sump, a pump arrangement, a storage device for holding the cleaning fluid, a cleaning device for spraying at least one segment of the filter device with the cleaning fluid, and an auxiliary pump arranged between the storage device and the cleaning device for applying pressure to the cleaning fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventor: Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20190159653Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a first spray arm having a first spraying circle, a second spray arm having a second spraying circle which overlaps with the first spraying circle, and a synchronization facility configured to adapt a rotational speed of the first spray arm to a rotational speed of the second spray arm, or vice versa. The synchronization facility includes a first magnetic field allocated to the first spray arm and a second magnetic field allocated to the second spray arm, with the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field having a same polarization, so that the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field repel one another during operation of the household dishwasher to thereby prevent contact between the first spray arm and the second spray arm during a rotational movement of the first spray arm and the second spray arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Jürgen Hellwig, Anton Oblinger, Gerhard Fetzer
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Publication number: 20180110394Abstract: A spray arm for a dishwasher includes an outlet nozzle which is provided on a bottom side of the spray arm for emptying washing liquor from the spray arm. The outlet nozzle is selectively closed and opened by a valve which is movable from an open position into a closed position in response to a pressure of the washing liquor. The valve is pretensioned in a direction to seek the open position so that the valve automatically opens when the pressure of the washing liquor drops below a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 9055850Abstract: A dishwasher includes a control device controlling a dishwashing cycle for cleaning items to be washed, a dishwashing chamber for the items to be washed, an inlet valve for controlled filling the washing chamber with washing liquid, and a circulating pump for circulating the washing liquid in the dishwashing chamber. The inlet valve is opened during a primary filling phase having a duration sufficient to fill the dishwashing chamber with a nominal amount of washing liquid and allowing the circulating pump running to run concentrically at a rated speed. A concentricity monitoring unit performs a concentricity check at the end of the primary filling phase to ascertain whether the circulating pump is running concentrically at the rated speed. The filling sequence is terminated when the circulating pump is running concentrically, whereas the filling sequence is continued when the circulating pump is not running concentrically.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Helmut Jerg, Anton Oblinger, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Patent number: 9004085Abstract: A dishwashing machine including a dishwasher rack that assumes at least two different height positions; a spraying device to apply washing liquor to items to be washed, wherein the spraying device is assigned to the dishwasher rack; a hydraulic system to supply the spraying device with washing liquor; and a coupling with at least two openings to provide a liquid-conducting connection between the hydraulic system and the spraying device at the at least two different height positions and at at least two tilt positions. The at least two different height positions and the at least two tilt positions are assigned to at least one of the at least two openings to establish the liquid-conducting connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Alexander Barwig, Bernd Heisele, Norbert Näβler, Anton Oblinger, Karl Wirth
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Patent number: 8978674Abstract: A water-bearing domestic appliance, in particular a dishwasher or washing machine, having a water diverter which is formed by an adjustable fluid distributor body provided with one or more passage openings. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, respective passage openings connect a respective water supply path to a respective water discharge path in such a way that the direction of flow of water into and out of the passage openings is established in essentially the same direction of flow of water.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johannes Büsing, Anton Oblinger, Pedro Sancho, David Semerad, Martin Stickel