Patents by Inventor Katja Gnielka

Katja Gnielka 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: 20240023775
    Abstract: A method for operating a mobile, self-driving appliance, in particular a floor cleaning appliance, such as a vacuuming robot and/or sweeping robot and/or mopping robot, uses a detection facility provided for navigation to determine whether a cover element, which is disposed on an appliance housing of the mobile, self-driving appliance, is open or closed. When the cover element is open, the mobile, self-driving appliance performs a driving maneuver for independently closing the cover element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Schnitzer, Stefan Hassfurter, Katja Gnielka
  • Patent number: D726918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Katja Gnielka, Kathrin F. Hamilton, Patric Heibel, Hans-Juergen Mueller, Stefan Reichelt
  • Patent number: D860557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Gnielka, Michael Brandis, Sebastian Dobeck
  • Patent number: D1013139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Gnielka, Dominik Meier