Patents by Inventor Hermann Bronstering

Hermann Bronstering 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).

  • Patent number: 8936019
    Abstract: A connecting device for connecting glass panes of a door of a household appliance includes a first retainer configured to connect to an outer glass pane. The first retainer includes a first insertion structure configured to receive an inner glass pane. A second retainer is fixed to the first retainer and configured to pivot from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position. The second retainer includes a locking element configured to retain the inner glass pane in the first position of the second retainer. The second retainer further includes an actuating element including a handle. The handle is configured to pivot the second retainer from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventor: Hermann Bronstering
  • Publication number: 20120160830
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, a heating source configured to heat the cooking chamber and a door for closing the cooking chamber. When the door is in a closed position an electromagnetically effective passage area from the cooking chamber to outside the cooking chamber is sized so as to substantially reduce an escape of electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventor: Hermann Bronstering
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110044754
    Abstract: A connecting device for connecting glass panes of a door of a household appliance includes a first retainer configured to connect to an outer glass pane. The first retainer includes a first insertion structure configured to receive an inner glass pane. A second retainer is fixed to the first retainer and configured to pivot from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position. The second retainer includes a locking element configured to retain the inner glass pane in the first position of the second retainer. The second retainer further includes an actuating element including a handle. The handle is configured to pivot the second retainer from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventor: Hermann Bronstering
  • Patent number: 7554058
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a body having a front, an appliance port including a cooling air inlet port and/or a vapor exhaust port disposed on the body, and a door. A console-type user control and display unit is provided including a control and display element, a housing, and control electronics disposed in the housing. The control electronics provide signal communication with the control and display element and with power electronics of the household appliance. At least a first portion of the user control and display unit is disposed on the door so as to be cooled by a flow of ambient air and so as to shield, when the door is in a closed position, the appliance port from view in a direction perpendicular to the front of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Stahl, Hermann Bronstering, Claudia Scholt
  • Publication number: 20070210057
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a body having a front, an appliance port including a cooling air inlet port and/or a vapor exhaust port disposed on the body, and a door. A console-type user control and display unit is provided including a control and display element, a housing, and control electronics disposed in the housing. The control electronics provide signal communication with the control and display element and with power electronics of the household appliance. At least a first portion of the user control and display unit is disposed on the door so as to be cooled by a flow of ambient air and so as to shield, when the door is in a closed position, the appliance port from view in a direction perpendicular to the front of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Stahl, Hermann Bronstering, Claudia Scholt
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20050028805
    Abstract: A door for a household appliance includes a door frame, a pane and a clamping device for detachably securing the pane to the door frame. The door frame includes a first and a second holding member disposed opposite each other. The clamping device includes an elastic element located at the first holding member and a clamping element located at the second holding member when the door is in an assembled state. The clamping element is movable from a released position to a locking position so as to detachably mount the pane. The pane is located, with play, between the elastic element and the other holding member when the clamping element is in the released position. The clamping element, when in the locking position, engages a gap between the second holding member and a front face of the pane so as to press the pane against the elastic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Bronstering, Thomas Kruempelmann