Patents by Inventor Markus Hopfl

Markus Hopfl 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: 10687687
    Abstract: A domestic dishwasher includes a wash container which has a loading opening. The loading opening of the wash container can be closed by a door. A suction apparatus is provided to suction steam and/or air, in particular moisture-laden air, escaping from the loading opening. The suction apparatus has at least one inlet window located outside a wet chamber of the wash container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Doppelbauer, Markus Höpfl
  • Patent number: 10136792
    Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, includes at least one packing element disposed on a side face of the household appliance, and at least one load-bearing structural part. The packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in contact with the load-bearing structural part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bak, Markus Höpfl, Jürgen Kratzer, Udo Maier
  • Publication number: 20170325654
    Abstract: A domestic dishwasher includes a wash container which has a loading opening. The loading opening of the wash container can be closed by a door. A suction apparatus is provided to suction steam and/or air, in particular moisture-laden air, escaping from the loading opening. The suction apparatus has at least one inlet window located outside a wet chamber of the wash container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Dominik Doppelbauer, Markus Höpfl
  • Publication number: 20150150432
    Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a door configured to pivot about a horizontal axis of rotation so as to assume a substantially vertical position when closed to thereby close a treatment chamber. The axis of rotation is arranged behind a center of gravity of the door in a depthwise direction of the domestic appliance. When closed, the door is locked by a locking arrangement. A door weight compensation system damps an opening movement and/or assists a closing movement of the door and is configured to enable the door in an unlocked state to assume a partially open position, in which the door is open to some degree, substantially as a result of a weight-induced force exerted by the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Ertl, Markus Höpfl, Markus Konrad, Walter Lippert, Jochen Müller, Christoph Thiel
  • Patent number: 8858726
    Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that has a door and a wash compartment that is closed off by the door. The wash compartment receives items to be treated and has a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported. The movable dish rack is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated. The dishwasher further includes a visual display facility for visual notification of operation information and/or program information of the dishwasher. The visual display facility is assigned to the dish rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Höpfl, Ersin Isbilen, Karlheinz Rehm, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Publication number: 20120104913
    Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, includes at least one packing element disposed on a side face of the household appliance, and at least one load-bearing structural part. The packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in contact with the load-bearing structural part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Bak, Markus Höpfl, Jürgen Kratzer, Udo Maier
  • Publication number: 20110248609
    Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that has a door and a wash compartment that is closed off by the door. The wash compartment receives items to be treated and has a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported. The movable dish rack is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated. The dishwasher further includes a visual display facility for visual notification of operation information and/or program information of the dishwasher. The visual display facility is assigned to the dish rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Höpfl, Ersin Isbilen, Karlheinz Rehm, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 5988933
    Abstract: A device for connecting a spring to a band-like or cable-like transmission apparatus. The device being easy to assemble and in which the risk of fracture of the device is greatly reduced. The device provides a connecting part to be fitted on the transmission apparatus and a hook-in part to be connected onto the spring. The connecting part then being connected to the hook-in part to connect the transmission apparatus to the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5980006
    Abstract: In order to provide a device (10) for balancing the weight of a front door (2), mounted on a casing (1) so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis (3), of a domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, which device is connected by a tape or cord-shaped transmission member (11) to a tension spring (5) fastened to the casing (1), said transmission member resting under tension on a deflection roller (17) arranged on a carrier (12) fastened to the casing (1), in which, in a simple manner, simple and rapid adjustment of the spring force is made possible for the user, according to the invention there is a device, for acting on the transmission means (11), which cause a change in the overall length of the assembly of tension spring (5) and transmission member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5967472
    Abstract: A height-adjusting foot for a household appliance includes an adjuster housing solidly connected to an appliance housing. A vertical threaded shaft is form-lockingly guided in the adjuster housing. A foot plate is connected to the threaded shaft. A nut which is rotatably supported in the adjuster housing and is screwed on the threaded shaft, has an outer periphery with a worm wheel. A worm is rotatably supported in the adjuster housing for driving the worm wheel. An adjusting rod is connected to the worm. Due to reduced expenditures, the costs of the adjusting device are lowered. It can be operated from one side wall of the housing, preferably from the front panel of the household appliance. The adjusting foot does not co-rotate in the adjusting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5908227
    Abstract: A household appliance has a panel that is disposed on the front of the appliance and optionally has control and display elements. The panel has a panel body that receives the control and display elements and striplike laminations mounted along a lower peripheral zone of the panel body. In order to ensure that the panel is simple in construction and the laminations can be combined simply and reliably with one another and with the panel body, the laminations are joined to one another and to the panel body solely by a detent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5882096
    Abstract: In order to equip a dishwasher (1) with a machine base (10), on which a washing container (20) is arranged so as to be capable of being put down in position, in a simple way with a fastening for the washing container (20), said fastening being less complicated and therefore more cost-effective and having better stability, according to the invention the washing container (20) rests, on the rear side, on the upper edge (11) of the machine base (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5823211
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes at least one adjustable-height basket to which an associated spray arm and its inlet tube are secured. The inlet tube is disposed horizontally and is connected by a coupling to a supply line secured to a side wall of a tub. An open connection fitting and two closed blind fittings protrude toward the inlet tube. The coupling has two openings into which the connecting fitting and one of the blind fittings respectively protrude. In order to provide a simple way of assuring the joining together of the coupling to the fittings, and to assure that pressure losses in the water supply to the spray arm connected to the coupling through the use of the supply and resultant worsening of the cleaning action are effectively avoided, regardless of how the basket is loaded, the coupling has an end oriented toward the supply line with a centering plate and downstream thereof a sealing plate having flexible sealing lips and being freely movable between a housing of the coupling and the centering plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5818063
    Abstract: In order to provide in a simple way a household appliance, operated with water with a sensor (10) for contaminations of a circulated cleaning fluid, said sensor being composed of an element (11) transmitting optical signals and of an element (12) receiving optical signals, in which appliance erroneous measurements of the sensor (10) for contaminations of a circulated cleaning fluid are avoided, according to the invention the sensor (10) is arranged in a flow heater (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt