Patents by Inventor Ulrich SPOHDE

Ulrich SPOHDE 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: 20230252742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Roger Paul RIEGER, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Patent number: 11704875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BULTHAUP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Roger Paul Rieger, Ulrich Spohde
  • Publication number: 20210293578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device element comprising an operating component, wherein said device element is designed to carry out at least one process, and the operating component is designed such that said process of the device element is carried out depending on the position of the operating component, said operating component being freely placeable relative to the device element, and a sensor system is provided which detects at least one characteristic of the operating component and actuates the process of the device element depending on this detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Publication number: 20210267362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen furniture item having a horizontal worktop or tabletop and a substructure which holds the worktop, wherein the worktop or tabletop is built up in modular fashion from at least two panel parts which are releasably connected to one another along common lateral edges, wherein at least one of the panel parts is a functional panel part which is provided with a treatment. The invention further relates to a method for integrating a functional panel part into a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item and to a method for replacing one panel part of a worktop or tabletop of such a kitchen furniture item with another panel part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Ulrich Spohde
  • Publication number: 20210272366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging one or more functional elements in a room, comprising the steps of: a) three-dimensional acquisition of the room or of a part of the room by means of a scanner, b) definition of a grid based on the acquisition according to step a), c) definition of grid points of the room in the grid established according to step b), d) definition of at least one grid point of one or more functional elements, and e) virtual arrangement of the one or more functional elements in the room at at least one location, at which at least one grid point of the room and at least one grid point of the functional element coincide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Bulthaup GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Roger Paul RIEGER, Ulrich SPOHDE
  • Patent number: 10188205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural element, in particular a furniture element and particularly preferably a kitchen furniture element, having at least two frame elements and having at least one connection part by which the frame elements are connected, wherein the frame elements span a space whose shape depends on the angle between the frame elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Bulhaup GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Eckert, Roger Paul Rieger, Ulrich Spohde
  • Publication number: 20170095074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural element, in particular a furniture element and particularly preferably a kitchen furniture element, having at least two frame elements and having at least one connection part by which the frame elements are connected, wherein the frame elements span a space whose shape depends on the angle between the frame elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Oliver ECKERT, Roger Paul RIEGER, Ulrich SPOHDE