Patents by Inventor Martin Stickel
Martin Stickel 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).
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Patent number: 11944251Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container having a floor, and a spray arm supported for rotation about an axis of rotation and including spray nozzles for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to a dishwasher load received in the washing container. The spray arm is designed so as to be capable of being disassembled and re-assembled along the axis of rotation, in order to transfer the spray arm from a first mode, in which the spray nozzles point away from the floor, into a second mode, in which the spray nozzles point toward the floor, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Michael Rupp, Aaron Friedke, Martin Stickel
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Publication number: 20240057531Abstract: An integrated aeration spreader for use with an aerator includes a mounting plate, a mounting block rigidly coupled to the mounting plate, a support arm rotatably coupled to the mounting plate, a support block rigidly coupled to the support arm, wherein the mounting block is located a first distance from the support block, a shaft rotatably coupled to the support block, wherein the shaft extends through the mounting block, a first nut threaded on the shaft, wherein the first nut is located a second distance from the support block and the second distance is less than the first distance, a first spring having a first end engaged with the first nut and a second end engaged with the mounting block, a second nut threaded on the shaft, wherein the second nut is located a third distance from the support block and the third distance is greater than the first distance, and a second spring having a first end engaged with the second nut and a second end engaged with the mounting block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Michael Goldsberry, Martin Stickels
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Patent number: 11690330Abstract: An integrated aeration spreader for use with an aerator includes a mounting plate, a mounting block rigidly coupled to the mounting plate, a support arm rotatably coupled to the mounting plate, a support block rigidly coupled to the support arm, a shaft rotatably coupled to the support block, wherein the shaft extends through the mounting block, a first nut threaded on the shaft, a first spring having a first end engaged with the first nut and a second end engaged with the mounting block, a second nut threaded on the shaft, and a second spring having a first end engaged with the second nut and a second end engaged with the mounting block.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: AER-AIDER LLCInventors: Michael Goldsberry, Martin Stickels
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Publication number: 20220296075Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for accommodating an item to be washed held on or in a loading unit and at least one rotatable fan wheel arranged in the dishwasher cavity and designed to take in and blow out air, said at least one rotatable fan wheel being suspended movably, in particular pivotably, in particular at least relative to a vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Martin Stickel, Stephan Lutz, Thomas Burggraf
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Publication number: 20220248935Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container having a floor, and a spray arm supported for rotation about an axis of rotation and including spray nozzles for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to a dishwasher load received in the washing container. The spray arm is designed so as to be capable of being disassembled and re-assembled along the axis of rotation, in order to transfer the spray arm from a first mode, in which the spray nozzles point away from the floor, into a second mode, in which the spray nozzles point toward the floor, and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Michael Rupp, Aaron Friedke, Martin Stickel
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Publication number: 20210112733Abstract: An integrated aeration spreader for use with an aerator includes a mounting plate, a mounting block rigidly coupled to the mounting plate, a support arm rotatably coupled to the mounting plate, a support block rigidly coupled to the support arm, wherein the mounting block is located a first distance from the support block, a shaft rotatably coupled to the support block, wherein the shaft extends through the mounting block, a first nut threaded on the shaft, wherein the first nut is located a second distance from the support block and the second distance is less than the first distance, a first spring having a first end engaged with the first nut and a second end engaged with the mounting block, a second nut threaded on the shaft, wherein the second nut is located a third distance from the support block and the third distance is greater than the first distance, and a second spring having a first end engaged with the second nut and a second end engaged with the mounting block.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Michael Goldsberry, Martin Stickels
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Patent number: 10906391Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fuel tank comprising a filling tube opening via an inlet check valve into the fuel tank and comprising a venting device for discharging fuel vapors from the fuel tank. According to the present disclosure, the venting device has at least one venting line, which extends into the interior of the fuel tank and opens with an open end into a gas volume in the region of an upper wall part of the fuel tank, wherein the at least one venting line is guided such that it forms a siphon in the region of a lower wall part, and the inlet check valve has a bypass connection, to which the at least one venting line is connected.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBHInventors: Tomasz Dolny, Manuel Lindow, Martin Stickel, Albert J. Boecker
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Patent number: 10488332Abstract: A device for determining a dirt load in a rinsing or detergent solution in a water-conducting household appliance includes a sensor configured to execute a near-infrared spectroscopy for acquiring a spectral measured value of a dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution in the water-conducting household appliance. A determination unit determines the dirt load of the rinsing or detergent solution on the basis of the acquired spectral measured value of the dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution, and an adjustment unit adjusts a wash parameter of a current wash program in response to the determined dirt load.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Arnd Kessler, Edith Lambert, Nina Mußmann, Rainer Stamminger, Thomas Weber, Michaela Gerstenlauer, Heinz Heißler, Martin Stickel
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Publication number: 20180326841Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fuel tank comprising a filling tube opening via an inlet check valve into the fuel tank and comprising a venting device for discharging fuel vapors from the fuel tank. According to the present disclosure, the venting device has at least one venting line, which extends into the interior of the fuel tank and opens with an open end into a gas volume in the region of an upper wall part of the fuel tank, wherein the at least one venting line is guided such that it forms a siphon in the region of a lower wall part, and the inlet check valve has a bypass connection, to which the at least one venting line is connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Tomasz DOLNY, Manuel LINDOW, Martin STICKEL, Albert J. BOECKER
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Publication number: 20180156725Abstract: A device for determining a dirt load in a rinsing or detergent solution in a water-conducting household appliance includes a sensor configured to execute a near-infrared spectroscopy for acquiring a spectral measured value of a dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution in the water-conducting household appliance. A determination unit determines the dirt load of the rinsing or detergent solution on the basis of the acquired spectral measured value of the dirt component in the rinsing or detergent solution, and an adjustment unit adjusts a wash parameter of a current wash program in response to the determined dirt load.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Edith Lambert, Nina Mußmann, Rainer Stamminger, Thomas Weber, Michaela Gerstenlauer, Heinz Heißler, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 9055857Abstract: An appliance including a treatment container having a container door pivotable about a pivot axis, and a door-weight compensating device for at least partially compensating a weight of the container door. The door-weight compensating device may include a spring which is connected by a tension transmitter in a spring force transmitting manner to the container door. In an exemplary embodiment, the container door includes a deflector pivotally disposed about the pivot axis, the deflector having at least two sliding surfaces for deflecting the tension transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Manfred Seeβle, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8978674Abstract: A water-bearing domestic appliance, in particular a dishwasher or washing machine, having a water diverter which is formed by an adjustable fluid distributor body provided with one or more passage openings. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, respective passage openings connect a respective water supply path to a respective water discharge path in such a way that the direction of flow of water into and out of the passage openings is established in essentially the same direction of flow of water.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johannes Büsing, Anton Oblinger, Pedro Sancho, David Semerad, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8915257Abstract: A water-carrying domestic appliance, especially a dishwasher or washer, which comprises a water diverter having at least one adjustable fluid distribution element, to which a fluid to be discharged through one or more fluid discharge lines can be supplied from a fluid supply line. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the fluid distribution element includes a plurality of passage openings respectively configured as funnel-shaped for sealing purposes such that a fluid pressure of the fluid flowing through a transition region between an outlet side of a respective passage opening and an inlet region into a respective fluid discharge line is lower than a pressure in a region surrounding the transition region.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johannes Büsing, Anton Oblinger, Pedro Sancho, David Semerad, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8840732Abstract: A door for a dishwasher, in particular for a domestic dishwasher, the door serving for opening and closing the interior of the dishwasher, comprising an inner door which, when the door is closed, is oriented towards the interior and has a surround comprising a top and a bottom periphery, which run essentially horizontally when the door is closed, and two side peripheries, which run essentially vertically when the door is closed, wherein a feed device for dispensing additives is arranged on the inner door, essentially centrally between the side peripheries and in the top third, in particular in the top quarter, of the region between the top and bottom peripheries.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Michael Hartmann, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Michael Rosenbauer, Bernd Schessl, Erich Schmid, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8807151Abstract: A household appliance including a mounting aid that has at least two functional parts that are separated from one another by at least one separation point.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johannes Büsing, Cengiz Kücük, Michael Lugert, Martin Stickel, Wilhelm Thibaut
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Patent number: 8622074Abstract: A venting system for a fuel tank may include a first vent valve having an inlet, an outlet through which fuel vapor may be vented from the fuel tank, and a valve. The first vent valve may be located within a first chamber of the fuel tank. A second vent valve may have an inlet, an outlet through which fuel vapor may be vented from the fuel tank, and a valve. The second vent valve may be located within a second chamber of the fuel tank that is separate from the first chamber during at least certain fuel levels within the fuel tank. The support may carry both the first and second vent valves within the fuel tank and be movably carried within the fuel tank to vary the height of the first and second valves within the fuel tank as the support moves relative to the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbHInventors: Andrej Hochstein, Bernd M. Nickel, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8603261Abstract: A dishwashing machine having a pumping device to pump a dishwashing solution. The pumping device has a first pump and a second pump, wherein each of the first pump and the second pump has a brushless permanent magnet motor. A shared electronic controller is shared by the first pump and the second pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Michael Rosenbauer, Hans-Dieter Rossteuscher, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8602374Abstract: A floor-mounted household appliance including at least one balance weight suitable for preventing the floor-mounted household appliance from tipping over, in particular, by a shift in the center of gravity of the household appliance. In an exemplary embodiment, the balance weight may be provided with two opposing surfaces for force absorption that may occur when the appliance is clamped by a gripper when transported or moved.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Helmut Jerg, Michael Rosenbauer, Bernd Schessl, Ernst Stickel, Martin Stickel
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Publication number: 20130192703Abstract: A venting system for a fuel tank may include a first vent valve having an inlet, an outlet through which fuel vapor may be vented from the fuel tank, and a valve. The first vent valve may be located within a first chamber of the fuel tank. A second vent valve may have an inlet, an outlet through which fuel vapor may be vented from the fuel tank, and a valve. The second vent valve may be located within a second chamber of the fuel tank that is separate from the first chamber during at least certain fuel levels within the fuel tank. The support may carry both the first and second vent valves within the fuel tank and be movably carried within the fuel tank to vary the height of the first and second valves within the fuel tank as the support moves relative to the fuel tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbHInventors: Andrej Hochstein, Bernd M. Nickel, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8440942Abstract: A circuit arrangement is provided for protecting from overheating a heating element whose resistance value is a function of its temperature. The circuit arrangement includes a power supply, a switch, and a switch control circuit, a current sensor providing a signal proportional to the current flowing through the heating element, and a first scaling device whose output provides a signal proportional to the supply voltage of the heating element. An evaluation circuit compares the difference signal determined by a first detector having an output that provides a difference signal formed from the signals of the current sensor and the first scaling device with a reference signal and the switch control circuit can be switched from a conducting state when the switch control circuit is in a first state to a non-conducting state when the switch control circuit is in a second state.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Bsh Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Manuel Otto, Peter Schweier, Martin Stickel, Franz-Josef Wagner