Patents by Inventor Volker Friedmann

Volker Friedmann 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: 20150308725
    Abstract: An ice-making device for a refrigerator or freezer comprises: an ice-making tray having an upper side, a lower side, a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of said tray, wherein said ice-making tray is mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation which is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tray; a collecting container arranged underneath the ice-making tray for catching ice which falls out of said ice-making tray when the latter is in an emptying rotational position; a wall structure which, when the ice-making tray is in an ice-making rotational position, delimits a first air duct which runs underneath said ice-making tray and is open towards the underside of said tray, wherein said first air duct runs in the longitudinal direction of the tray and extends over substantially the entire length of the ice-making tray, wherein the wall structure has at least one wall element which, when the ice-making tray is in the ice-making rotational position, projects into a falling tr
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Holger Jendrusch, Stefan Rapp, Matthias Wiest, Bernd Brabenec, Mario Kaiser, Hans Gerd Keller, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Peter Lienhart, Ulrich Demi, Albert Dirnberger, Josef Bauriedl, Georg Spiessl, Manfredi Signorino
  • Patent number: 8763421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit having at least one door as well as having at least one output unit which is arranged in the door and by means of which goods, in particular ice and/or water can be output, with the output unit or a component for the reception of the output unit having a first section which is connectable to or in communication with a first design of a door and having a second section which is connectable to or in communication with a second design of a door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Georg Dorner, Holger Jendrusch
  • Patent number: 8650901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tray having an icemaker as well as having a holder to fix the icemaker to the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgerate Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Gottschling, Volker Friedmann
  • Patent number: 8443618
    Abstract: A cooling and/or freezing device, in particular a refrigerator, upright freezer or chest freezer, includes an evaporator for cooling air, a blower for supplying the cooled air into the interior of the cooling and/or freezing device, and a first heater for de-icing the evaporator. The device also includes, a second heater, arranged such that during operation of the second heater, the temperature of the blower surface lies above the dew point of the air present in the vicinity of the blower, at least in certain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Christian Schropp
  • Publication number: 20100180624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tray having an icemaker as well as having a holder to fix the icemaker to the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Rudolf Gottschling, Volker Friedmann
  • Publication number: 20090255289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the making and crushing of ice cubes in a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit having a manufacturing unit for the making of ice cubes as well as having a crusher for the crushing of the ice cubes made in the manufacturing unit, with the manufacturing unit and the crusher being arranged in a common assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Georg Dorner, Holger Jendrusch
  • Publication number: 20090031752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit having at least one door as well as having at least one output unit which is arranged in the door and by means of which goods, in particular ice and/or water can be output, with the output unit or a component for the reception of the output unit having a first section which is connectable to or in communication with a first design of a door and having a second section which is connectable to or in communication with a second design of a door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Georg Dorner, Holger Jendrusch
  • Patent number: 7465875
    Abstract: A sealing element for cable leadthroughs or empty conduit leadthroughs is provided. The sealing element has a reception region for one or more cables or empty conduits, the reception region having a first fastening region spaced apart from a second fastening region, with the first fastening region having a diameter projecting beyond the diameter of the regions of the sealing element adjacent to it and with the second fastening region having a resilient peripheral sealing lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgerate Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Dorner, Volker Friedmann, Ralf Schubert
  • Publication number: 20080163635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling and/or freezing device, in particular a refrigerator, upright freezer or chest freezer, comprising an evaporator for cooling air, a blower for supplying the cooled air into the interior of the cooling and/or freezing device, and a first heating means for de-icing the evaporator, wherein a second heating means is provided, which is arranged such that during operation of the second heating means the temperature of the blower surface lies above the dew point of the air present in the vicinity of the blower at least in certain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-HAUSGERATE OCHSENHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Christian Schropp
  • Publication number: 20060082073
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealing element for cable leadthroughs or empty conduit leadthroughs having a reception region for one or more cables or empty conduits, having a first fastening region and a second fastening region spaced apart from the former, with the first fastening region having a diameter projecting beyond the diameter of the regions of the sealing element adjacent to it and with the second fastening region having a resilient peripheral sealing lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Georg Dorner, Volker Friedmann, Ralf Schubert