Patents by Inventor Thomas Benz

Thomas Benz 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: 20090261704
    Abstract: A kitchen device, in particular, a refrigerator or freezer, with an interior, in which at least one height-adjustable support for accommodation of goods is provided, wherein at least one transport carriage running along guide rails is provided on the kitchen device, wherein said transport carriage may be fixed to the support and adjusted in height by a drive with a height adjustment. The invention is characterised in that the shell surface may be particularly simply and easily adjusted for height without the need to remove the goods from the kitchen device operation of the kitchen device being particularly simple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Michael Krapp
  • Publication number: 20090255292
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes an interior space enclosed by a heat-insulating housing and a carrier for refrigerated goods that can be vertically displaced inside the interior space by means of a drive device. The refrigeration device includes a force sensor that detects a change in force acting upon the carrier for refrigerated goods in the direction of displacement and a control which is adapted to stop the carrier for refrigerated goods when a change in force is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Husgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Benz
  • Patent number: 7556324
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a door that is fastened to the heat-insulating housing thereof and a swell chamber as a door-opening aid. The chamber can be impinged upon by a pressure medium and is disposed between the rear side of the door and a face of the housing. A reservoir feeding the swell chamber with a pressure fluid is disposed on a face of the door and can be compressed by pulling a door handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Benz
  • Publication number: 20090115302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerator that includes at least one vertical support that has a vertical guiding groove with a recess and a plurality of vertically staggered steps provided therein, and a horizontal support provided with a peg engaged into the recess of the guiding groove. In the interlocked position of the horizontal support, the peg rests on one of the steps and presses against a first wall of the vertical support from which the steps protrude. A contact surface of the horizontal support presses against a second wall of the vertical support, the second wall being arranged opposite to the first wall. The contact surface and the steps are staggered in the direction of the width of the walls, the steps being located in a lower position in the recess than the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Michael Krapp
  • Publication number: 20090071966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for refrigerated goods. The container includes a body part and a front part coupled to the body part. The front part is formed by a pair of side pieces and at least one central piece extending to and connected to the side pieces. The central piece has a constant cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Juergen Fink, Christine Linke
  • Publication number: 20090056365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerator. A refrigerator includes a heat-insulated housing having an interior space in which a pair of chilled-goods containers are disposed adjacent to one another at a spacing from the floor. Each chilled-goods container is mounted on extending elements that guide chilled-goods container into and out of the interior space. A longitudinal beam extends between the chilled-goods containers and each of the extractable elements is supported on sidewalls of the housing via at least one crossbeam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Alexander Görz, Karl-Friedrich Laible
  • Publication number: 20080000258
    Abstract: A refrigerator housing comprising a door and a base body which comprises lateral walls, a rear wall, a cover and a base. The thickness of the isolation layer of the lateral walls is smaller than that of the rear wall, the base or the cover, and an additional isolation layers is mounted on the lateral walls. An additional isolation layer can be, in particular, a plate or a lateral wall of an adjacent base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Alexander Gorz
  • Publication number: 20070120452
    Abstract: An article support divider system includes a base for supporting articles thereon. The base includes a matrix of openings. Supporting members include a lower portion sized for being press fit into selected respective ones of the openings. A receiving slot is also provided on the receiving members to receive at least one divider plate in a substantially vertical orientation on the surface of the base for dividing the base into different storage regions. In a more specific aspect, a divider system is provided for use within a refrigerator, including at least one of the freezer compartment or refrigerator compartment thereof. The divider system also can be utilized in walls or the ceiling of the compartment with a plurality of openings formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Jonathan Grey, Matthew Ricket, Martin Wagner
  • Publication number: 20070119807
    Abstract: A moveable bin divider is provided for use in a door bin. The divider includes a divider plate extending at least a portion of the width and depth of a bin within which it is used. The divider plate includes a panel integral and perpendicular thereto which extends vertically and includes a first portion connected by a bridge over a wall of a bin with which it is used to a second portion which terminates at an engagement mechanism such as a tongue or groove. The engagement mechanism is received or receives a corresponding tongue or groove on a wall of a bin in which the bin divider is received for securely holding the divider within the bin. The engagement mechanism is biased against the bin wall to prevent undesired movement of the moveable bin divider. A combination bin and bin divider is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Matthew Ricket
  • Publication number: 20060021284
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a door that is fastened to the heat-insulating housing thereof and a swell chamber as a door-opening aid. The chamber can be impinged upon by a pressure medium and is disposed between the rear side of the door and a face of the housing. A reservoir feeding the swell chamber with a pressure fluid is disposed on a face of the door and can be compressed by pulling a door handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Benz
  • Patent number: 5913881
    Abstract: An implant for implanting into human tissue includes a hermetically sealed, metallic housing for enclosing electronic means inside the housing for a high-frequency, telemetric information transfer between a programming device and the implant. The implant additionally includes a head for connecting a stimulation line. The housing comprises a metallic wall including groove-shaped recesses arranged at least on an inside of the metallic wall and which reduce a thickness of the metallic wall so that in a region of the recesses on the housing wall a material thickness does not fall below that which is necessary under operating conditions to ensure that the housing is impermeable to fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Benz, Gerhard Fischer