Patents by Inventor Gerald Hildebrand

Gerald Hildebrand 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: 20240111039
    Abstract: A system for detecting human entry into a container using electromagnetic imaging to generate image maps of the container. The system includes a door monitor configured to detect an entry door open event associated with the container. The system uses one or more processors and a memory with instructions to generate a baseline image map of the container, detect an entry door open event with the door monitor associated with the container, generate a post entry door open event image map of the container, and compare the baseline image map generated before the entry door open event with image map generated after the entry door open event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: IAN JEFFREY, COLIN GERALD GILMORE, JOE LOVETRI, Jitendra PALIWAL, MOHAMMAD ASEFI, WILLIAM KURT HILDEBRAND, ERIC CONNER HAWLEY
  • Patent number: 5588313
    Abstract: An automatic front-loading washing machine includes a tub having a lower portion, a lowest point and a fill opening with an air inlet neck. A tub drain is connected to the lowest point of the tub. A detergent dispenser has a multiplicity of chambers. A detergent supply line leads into the lower portion of the tub. A closed air recirculation circuit is associated with the tub for drying and includes a waste air conduit leading out of the tub and having a condensation device, a blower, a heating conduit, and an air inlet conduit opening into the air inlet neck to the fill opening of the tub. The waste air conduit and the detergent supply line are one component and dehumidified waste air is carried outside the chambers through the detergent dispenser to the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Bosch-Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Gerald Hildebrand