Patents by Inventor Benjamin Held

Benjamin Held 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).

  • Refrigeration appliance
    Patent number: 9534829
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a body; a door hinged to the body and closing an interior of the refrigeration appliance; a seal disposed between the door and the body; and a control unit for actuating an opening mechanism acting on the door whose control signal, which triggers the opening of the door, is configured to be generated by at least one sensor which cooperates with a plunger and operates based on a piezoelectric effect, wherein the refrigeration appliance has a sensor unit in which the plunger is axially movably supported and indirectly coupled to the sensor by a biased spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventor: Benjamin Held
  • REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20150338156
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a body; a door hinged to the body and closing an interior of the refrigeration appliance; a seal disposed between the door and the body; and a control unit for actuating an opening mechanism acting on the door whose control signal, which triggers the opening of the door, is configured to be generated by at least one sensor which cooperates with a plunger and operates based on a piezoelectric effect, wherein the refrigeration appliance has a sensor unit in which the plunger is axially movably supported and indirectly coupled to the sensor by a biased spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Benjamin Held
  • Dishwasher having a device for opening the door in gaps
    Patent number: 8882933
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing tub, a latch keeper disposed on the washing tub and mounted on a push rod, and a pivotable door configured to close the washing tub. The door includes a latching mechanism configured to engage the latch keeper in accordance with a closing of the door. An actuator is configured to move the push rod in an opening direction so as to open the door to an ajar position. A return device is configured to return the latch keeper in a direction opposite to the opening direction approximately at least to an initial position upon a further opening of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Walter Assmann, Dirk Wegener, Stefan Tiekoetter, Volker Marks, Cornelius Wolf, Markus Druecker, Benjamin Held, David Buhl
  • DISHWASHER HAVING A DEVICE FOR OPENING THE DOOR IN GAPS
    Publication number: 20110074261
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing tub, a latch keeper disposed on the washing tub and mounted on a push rod, and a pivotable door configured to close the washing tub. The door includes a latching mechanism configured to engage the latch keeper in accordance with a closing of the door. An actuator is configured to move the push rod in an opening direction so as to open the door to an ajar position. A return device is configured to return the latch keeper in a direction opposite to the opening direction approximately at least to an initial position upon a further opening of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Walter Assmann, Dirk Wegener, Stefan Tiekoetter, Volker Marks, Cornelius Wolf, Markus Druecker, Benjamin Held, David Buhl