Patents by Inventor Helmut Kindler

Helmut Kindler 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).

  • Household appliance with an electric control system and an accessory part
    Patent number: 7932483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a household appliance with an electric control system (20), which is connected to an accessory part (12) for the household appliance in a signal-transmitting fashion, wherein the accessory part (12) can be moved back and forth between an active position and a resting position on the household appliance and, in the switched-on state of the household appliance, exchanges signals for controlling the household appliance with the electric control system (20), at least in the active position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Bronstering, Hans-Gerd Holtdirk, Helmut Kindler, Jürgen Scharmann
  • HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH AN ELECTRIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND AN ACCESSORY PART
    Publication number: 20070133344
    Abstract: The invention relates to a household appliance with an electric control system (20), which is connected to an accessory part (12) for the household appliance in a signal-transmitting fashion, wherein the accessory part (12) can be moved back and forth between an active position and a resting position on the household appliance and, in the switched-on state of the household appliance, exchanges signals for controlling the household appliance with the electric control system (20), at least in the active position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Hermann Bronstering, Hans-Gerd Holtdirk, Helmut Kindler, Jurgen Scharmann
  • Powder coating apparatus
    Patent number: 5993549
    Abstract: In order to improve a powder coating arrangement for the application of melted coating powder onto a substrate, comprising a preparation unit for generating a flow of coating powder, a powder applicator head, from which the flow of coating powder issues and spreads in the form of a directed jet of powder towards the substrate, a melting zone, through which the flow of coating powder passes in a direction of passage, and an optical beam guidance system, which directs a laser beam generated by a laser onto the melting zone to melt the coating powder, such that the coating powder may be essentially completely melted before impact on the substrate, it is proposed that the melting zone is arranged in the powder applicator head, and that the optical beam guidance system is equipped with several elements for reflecting the laser beam, which permit the laser beam to pass several times through at least one heating zone for the flow of coating powder in the region of the melting zone transversely to the direction of pa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kindler, Martin Huonker