Patents by Inventor Stefan Kraut-Reinkober

Stefan Kraut-Reinkober 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: 11944108
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a food ingredients container and a tool. The food ingredients container is configured to receive one or more food ingredients. The tool is configured to blend and/or chop the one or more food ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: VORWERK & CO. INTERHOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Svenja Stolze, Christiane Stach, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
  • Publication number: 20240045392
    Abstract: A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Robert FRIELINGHAUS, Stefan KRAUT-REINKOBER
  • Patent number: 11822304
    Abstract: A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh
    Inventors: Robert Frielinghaus, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
  • Publication number: 20230304670
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food preparation apparatus with a thermistor as a heating device for heating a food by the food preparation apparatus, with a temperature sensor for measuring a real temperature generated by the heating and a protection device which is configured such that it switches off the heating device or at least reduces the heating power of the heating device when a temperature is determined by the temperature sensor, which is above a first predetermined temperature, characterized in that the food preparation apparatus is configured such that a temperature is also determined by means of the thermistor and the protection device is configured such that it also switches off the heating device depending on the determined temperature or at least reduces the heating power of the heating device depending on the determined temperature, which is determined by means of the thermistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Tietz, Gereon Feckler, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Wenjie Yan, Torsten Lang
  • Publication number: 20230080634
    Abstract: A method for a food processor including a pot, a heating element for heating the pot and/or a food in the pot, and a temperature sensor for determining an actual temperature (TI) of the pot or the food in the pot, includes performing temperature control by a control device in a temperature control mode based on a desired temperature (TT) by adjusting an electrical energy supplied to the heating element in dependence on the actual temperature (TI) so that the actual temperature (TI) approaches or reaches the desired temperature (TT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Gereon Feckler, Andreas Merta, Wenjie Yan
  • Patent number: 11514811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for generating at least one recipe suggestion (230) when using a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food, comprising the following steps: Detection (102) of food data (210), especially on the kitchen appliance (10), Assigning (103) the food data (210) to a data history (220) of a user profile (200). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food and a system (1) for preparing food comprising a kitchen appliance (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Andrej Mosebach, Mirco Pieper, Christiane Stach, Wenjie Yan, Sarah Werhahn
  • Publication number: 20220296038
    Abstract: Recipe instructions may be executed by one or more cooking apparatuses, and annotated with one or more device types suitable to execute the respectively annotated recipe instructions. A parallelization constraint associated with a particular cooking user may influences a degree of parallelization of the food preparation with regard to the parallel use of the registered cooking apparatuses. A program analyzer module determines one or more subsets of the registered cooking apparatuses by identifying execution options for the recipe instructions on said one or more subsets resulting in a recipe execution in compliance with the parallelization constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Beatriz Rodriguez, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Niklas Van Teeffelen
  • Patent number: 11445861
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical kitchen appliance for preparing meals, preferably according to predetermined recipes, with an output interface (2) for outputting information data (4) to a user and an input interface (3) for inputting control commands for control of the electrical kitchen appliance (1) by the user, wherein the information data (4) are stored in a memory (5) connected with the electrical kitchen appliance (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Jutta Schomacher, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Andres Sauerwald, Torsten Lang, Georg Hackert
  • Patent number: 11311142
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food processor for preparing a food in a pot. The food processor comprises the pot, a heating element for heating the pot or a food in the pot, and a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature TSUR, TMED of the pot or a food in the pot. The food processor comprises a monitoring device which is configured such that the monitoring device can detect an exceeding of a boiling point SP of a food in the pot on the basis of a temperature measurement value TNTC(k) of the temperature sensor and an electrical measurement value u(k), which depends on an energy supply to the heating element. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a process and a computer program product. A food processor with boiling point detection can thus be made available with particularly low production effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Andrej Mosebach, Wenjie Yan, Sebastian Tietz, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Michael Sickert
  • Publication number: 20220087281
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a food ingredients container and a tool. The food ingredients container is configured to receive one or more food ingredients. The tool is configured to blend and/or chop the one or more food ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Svenja Stolze, Christiane Stach, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
  • Patent number: 11224232
    Abstract: The invention concerns a kitchen appliance comprising a stirring unit 5, 6 and a pot 2. An insert pot 3 is provided, which can be inserted in the pot 2 such that an interspace 4 remains between the pot 2 and the insert pot 3, wherein the stirring unit 5, 6 has a tool 5 for blending and/or chopping that is located in the interspace 4 when the insert pot 3 is inserted. The invention further comprises the use of the kitchen appliance for the preparation of chocolate and an insert system for a kitchen appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Svenja Stolze, Christiane Stach, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
  • Publication number: 20210302928
    Abstract: A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Robert FRIELINGHAUS, Stefan KRAUT-REINKOBER
  • Patent number: 11122930
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cooking management method (100) for planning a cooking process (200) of a kitchen machine (1) comprising the following steps: determining (105) an entertainment program (201) of an entertainment apparatus (2); determining (106) a planning interval (202) in which at least one user of the kitchen machine (1) is connected to the entertainment machine (2) to enjoy the entertainment program (201). The invention also concerns a food processor (1) and a system for carrying out a cooking operation (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik Koetz, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Andrej Mosebach, Mirco Pieper, Anton Reindl, Christiane Stach, Wenjie Yan, Sarah Werhahn
  • Patent number: 11071404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for adjusting the heating power of at least one heating element (40) of a domestic appliance (10), wherein the domestic appliance (10) includes a temperature sensor (50) for measuring a temperature (T) in a receiving space (20) of the domestic appliance (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Wenjie Yan, Torsten Lang, Christiane Stach, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
  • Publication number: 20210106171
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine and a kitchen machine for carrying out the method are proposed, wherein a measuring temperature of the heating system is determined by means of a temperature element in order to carry out a calibration of a heating element and/or to compare the measuring temperature with a heating temperature of the heating element determined by means of the heating element for identifying a critical heating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian TIETZ, Stefan KRAUT-REINKOBER, Kevin SCHMITZ, Torsten LANG, Martin WEBER, Maria DIEL
  • Patent number: 10874256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking pot for a food processor with a heating element, wherein the heating element includes a heating device for generating heat and a heat exchanger with a heat-absorbing side at which the heat exchanger is heatable by the heating device and a heat emission side for heating of foodstuff in the food processor. The heat exchanger includes an opening for a stirrer and a first functional layer at the heat emission side. The heat exchanger includes at least partially a metallic heat conducting layer, which is arranged with the first functional layer such that the heat generated by the heating device is transferable extensively from the heat conducting layer to the first functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Sebastian Tietz, Jan-Martin Loth
  • Publication number: 20200342781
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for generating at least one recipe suggestion (230) when using a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food, comprising the following steps: Detection (102) of food data (210), especially on the kitchen appliance (10), Assigning (103) the food data (210) to a data history (220) of a user profile (200). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food and a system (1) for preparing food comprising a kitchen appliance (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Andrej Mosebach, Mirco Pieper, Christiane Stach, Wenjie Yan, Sarah Werhahn
  • Publication number: 20200344086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for food management with a kitchen appliance (10) for at least partially automated processing of a recipe comprising the following steps: Receiving (101) user-specific health data (210) that can be assigned to a user profile (200), Generation (102) of an evaluation (211) of health data (210) for the user profile (200) by a computing unit (31). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen appliance (10) for preparing food and a system considered to be for preparing food with a kitchen appliance (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Andrej Mosebach, Mirco Pieper, Christiane Stach, Wenjie Yan, Sarah Werhahn
  • Publication number: 20200305639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food processor for preparing a food in a pot. The food processor comprises the pot, a heating element for heating the pot or a food in the pot, and a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature TSUR, TMED of the pot or a food in the pot. The food processor comprises a monitoring device which is configured such that the monitoring device can detect an exceeding of a boiling point SP of a food in the pot on the basis of a temperature measurement value TNTC(k) of the temperature sensor and an electrical measurement value u(k), which depends on an energy supply to the heating element. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a process and a computer program product. A food processor with boiling point detection can thus be made available with particularly low production effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Andrej Mosebach, Wenjie Yan, Sebastian Tietz, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober, Michael Sickert
  • Publication number: 20200281399
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food processor for performing a food preparation process by heating, chopping and/or mixing a food in a food preparation vessel, wherein the food processor comprises a sensor for measuring a condition of the food processor or a food in the food preparation vessel, and a monitoring device for monitoring the measured condition. The monitoring device is configured such that the monitoring device determines a monitoring result based on the measured condition and initiates an action in dependence of the monitoring result. The monitoring device is configured such that the monitoring takes place in dependence of a recipe for preparing a food. The present disclosure further relates to a method. By this means, a reproducible cooking result of high quality can be achieved with a particularly high degree of reliability and a guaranteed success can be better maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Phillipp Tepel, Mirco Pieper, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober