Patents Assigned to BJB GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20240151403
    Abstract: A cooking appliance light that can be placed in a recess in the wall of a cooking appliance, in particular an oven, steam cooker, or microwave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Jorg Harnischmacher
  • Patent number: 11843207
    Abstract: A lamp socket for a cooking appliance lamp, the lamp socket including a socket body; at least one supply contact configured to connect to a connection conductor configured to supply electrical voltage electrical voltage to the cooking appliance lamp; at least one socket contact electrically connected with the at least one supply contact and connected to an illuminant socket of the cooking appliance lamp; a contact cavity formed by the socket body wherein the at least one socket contact is arranged in the socket cavity; a fastener that fastens the at least one supply contact at the socket body, wherein the fastener is integrally provided in one piece with the at least one supply contact or bonded to the supply contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BJB Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Mark Weber
  • Patent number: 11817664
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact frame that forms a clamping device configured to fix and electrically contact a connection conductor, wherein the clamping device is formed by at least one reaction bearing and a clamping spring that is preloaded against the at least one reaction bearing; a conductor insertion channel that feeds the connection conductor to the clamping device; and an insulation material housing made that receives the contact frame and forms a conductor insertion opening that is arranged upstream of the conductor insertion channel in a conductor insertion direction, wherein the conductor insertion channel is formed by the insulation material housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Markus Nasse
  • Patent number: 11817661
    Abstract: A G9 lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the G9 lamp socket including a socket body including an upper structure and a lower structure; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a G9 lamp, the base receiver including an entry opening formed in the upper structure and extending along a longitudinal axis of the socket body into the lower structure; at least two socket contacts arranged opposite to one another wherein the base receiver is arranged between the at least two socket contacts; at least two connection contacts connected with the at least two socket contacts and configured to receive voltage from connection conductors; two contact cavities arranged in the lower structure of the socket body wherein a respective connection contact of the at least two connection contacts is arranged in each of the two contact cavities and accessible through a respective insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl
  • Patent number: 11791598
    Abstract: A lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the lamp socket including a socket body; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a lamp and formed at a top side of the socket body; connection contacts for external connection conductors of a voltage supply, the connection contacts arranged at a bottom side of the socket body; an attachment ring configured to retain the lamp base in the base receiver; two retaining arms integrally formed at the attachment ring; two spring arms respectively arranged at the two retaining arms and forming a receiving gap for the lamp base between each other and respectively including a free spring arm end and a connected spring arm end respectively connected at each of the two retaining arms, wherein the two spring arms are arranged in the base receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Mark Weber
  • Patent number: 11774109
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including a cooking cavity defined by a cooking cavity wall; a cut out provided in the cooking cavity wall; a cooking appliance light arranged in the cut out and configured to illuminate the cooking cavity; and a support plate including a receiving opening for the cooking appliance light, wherein the cooking appliance light is supported in the receiving opening, wherein the support plate fixes the cooking appliance light in the cut out, wherein the support plate including the cooking appliance light closes the cut out in the cooking cavity wall, wherein the cooking appliance light includes a LED illuminant and a light conductor rod, wherein the light conductor rod is supported in the cut out in the cooking cavity wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Patent number: 11665792
    Abstract: A microwave oven including a cooking cavity that is enveloped by a cooking cavity wall; a cooking appliance light; an opening in the cooking cavity wall which supports the cooking appliance light; a shielding sleeve arranged in the opening and configured to prevent an exit of microwaves through the opening out of the cooking cavity, wherein the cooking appliance light includes a LED illuminant and a light conductor rod which conducts light emitted by the LED illuminant into the cooking cavity, wherein the cooking appliance light includes a mounting plate that includes a cut out in which the light conductor rod of the cooking appliance light is supported, wherein the mounting plate supports the shielding sleeve that envelops the light conductor rod, and wherein the mounting plate is arranged at the cooking cavity wall and covers the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Patent number: 11585537
    Abstract: An illumination device for a cooking apparatus, the illumination device including a light source and a light conductor rod that conducts light emitted by the light source to a cooking cavity of the cooking apparatus; a support that supports the light conductor rod at a support element of the cooking apparatus, wherein the support includes a pivot joint that supports a fixing device for the light conductor rod, so that the light conductor rod is movably supported in the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Joerg Harnischmacher
  • Patent number: 11536441
    Abstract: A cooking appliance light including a light glass arranged at a top side of the cooking appliance light; a socket arranged at a bottom side of the cooking appliance light, wherein a geometric center axis of the cooking appliance light runs vertically through the socket; a neck arranged at a bottom side of the light glass, the neck including at least one groove arrangement including an axially extending vertical groove and an adjoining circumferentially extending horizontal groove wherein the axially extending vertical groove and the circumferentially extending horizontal groove are radially open and engageable by a locking bar, wherein the axially extending vertical groove includes an axially oriented locking bar entry opening, wherein the circumferentially extending horizontal groove includes an axially upward oriented locking bar support surface including a safety protrusion and a movement stop at an end that is distal from the axially extending vertical groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl
  • Patent number: 11486564
    Abstract: An optical light source cover configured to be fixed at a reaction bearing, the optical light source cover including an interlocking element configured to attach the optical light source cover at the reaction bearing, wherein the interlocking element includes an interlocking arm, wherein the interlocking arm extends from the optical light source cover in an insertion direction of the optical light source cover into the reaction bearing and includes a free end that is in front in the insertion direction and a connected end that is connected to the optical light source cover, wherein the interlocking element includes a first interlocking hook that is wedge shaped, wherein a first wedge tip of the first interlocking hook is oriented in a direction towards the free end of the interlocking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici, Bastian Hunecke
  • Patent number: 11482797
    Abstract: An electrical terminal clamp includes a contact cage including a contact floor, a contact ceiling, a first contact side wall and a second contact side wall that connect the contact floor and the contact ceiling. The contact floor, the contact ceiling, the first contact side wall and the second contact side wall jointly form a conductor insertion channel. A conductor clamping device that includes at least one clamping spring that is preloaded against a reaction bearing and an insertion bevel for a conductor configured in a portion of the contact ceiling, wherein the insertion bevel is formed by a guide arm that extends from the contact ceiling in the conductor insertion direction and that is configured sloped towards the contact floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Markus Nasse
  • Patent number: 11435071
    Abstract: A cover for a circuit board including LED illuminants and at least one connection terminals for connection cables on a top side of the circuit board, the cover including a receiving chamber for the circuit board; a light entry side oriented towards the receiving chamber; a light exit side arranged opposite to the light entry side; fasteners configured to arrange the cover at a light influencing component; optical elements arranged above the LED illuminants and configured to emit light emitted by the LED illuminants, wherein the cover forms a cutout for at least the one connection terminal between two of the optical elements that are adjacent to each other, and wherein the cutout is framed by the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Tobias Baecker
  • Patent number: 11217910
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage floor, a cage ceiling and two cage side walls that are arranged opposite to each other and respectively connect the cage floor with the cage ceiling, wherein the cage floor, the cage ceiling and the two cage side walls form an inner enveloping surface in combination and envelop a conductor receiving cavity; a clamping device formed by at least one spring element and a reaction bearing, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor in the conductor receiving cavity; a frontal conductor insertion opening that is enveloped by the two cage side walls, the cage ceiling and the cage floor, wherein the electrical conductor is insertable through the conductor insertion opening into the conductor receiving cavity and feedable to the clamping device; a contact cage longitudinal axis oriented in the conductor insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Patent number: 11168890
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus light including a carrier that forms an illuminant receiver wherein an illuminant configured as a circuit board including at least one LED is received in the illuminant receiver, wherein the carrier includes a receiving spout that is connected through an opening with the illuminant receiver; and a light conductor rod that is received in the receiving spout and fed light emitted by the illuminant through the opening between the receiving spout and the illuminant receiver, wherein the light conductor rod is fixed in the carrier in an axial direction of the light conductor rod by a form locking connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Patent number: 11156758
    Abstract: An illumination device for a cooking apparatus, the illumination device including a light source; and a light conductor rod that transmits light emitted by the light source to a cooking cavity, wherein the light conductor rod is a rigid light conductor rod that is configured to penetrate an opening in a cooking cavity wall, wherein an angled end of the light conductor rod that is oriented away from the light source is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the light conductor rod at an angle so that light exiting from the angled end is introducible into the cooking cavity at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the light conductor rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Joerg Harnischmacher
  • Patent number: 11145998
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage ceiling, two cage side walls respectively adjoining the cage ceiling at a respective side and a cage floor, wherein the cage ceiling, the cage floor and the cage side walls form a portion of a cage jacket; a spring element which forms a clamping device together with a reaction bearing formed by the cage ceiling, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor; a conductor insertion opening arranged at a face of the contact cage upstream of the clamping device in a conductor insertion direction x; a cage jacket cutout in the cage jacket configured to provide access to the spring element for an opening tool configured to adjust a position of the spring element relative to the reaction bearing and to open the clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Patent number: 11054107
    Abstract: A cover for a light source of a light configured to influence illumination characteristics of light of the light source that is configured in particular as one or plural LEDs, the cover comprising a light entry side that is oriented towards the light source; primary optics arranged on the light entry side of the cover and configured to orient the light for an exit from the cover; a light exit side that is oriented away from the light source; and a structured outer surface portion on the light exit side of the cover, wherein structuring elements of the outer surface portion form secondary optics that correct a light exit from the cover, wherein the secondary optics respectively have convex cambered surfaces, wherein the structured outer surface portion is formed by plural secondary optics, wherein the convex cambered surfaces of the secondary optics are arranged directly adjacent to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, André Hering
  • Patent number: 10808920
    Abstract: A connection element for a circuit board that includes electronic components or LED illuminants on a top side and that includes contact fields on a bottom side which are used at least for supplying electrical voltage to the electronic components that are arranged on the circuit board, the connection element including a receiving element that includes a contact surface for the circuit board and pressure contacts configured to contact the contact fields of the circuit board and connection contacts configured to connect connection conductors that provide electrical voltage; and a cover element that supports the circuit board on the receiving element, wherein the cover element is arranged at the receiving element and pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the cover element is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the cover element facilitates a placement of the circuit board onto the contact surface of the receiving element in the open position of the cover element, and wherein the cover
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Patent number: 10539166
    Abstract: A fastening element for fastening two components at one another, wherein a first component includes cut out and a second component includes a recess, wherein the fastening element penetrates the cut out and is seated in the recess to fasten a LED circuit board on a lamp component and includes a retaining clamp, wherein the retaining clamp forms a shaft wherein a shaft head is arranged at one end of the shaft, wherein the retaining clamp includes a clamping element that is arranged at the shaft head wherein the retaining clamp is provided with at least one retaining element which is configured to support the shaft in the recess of the second component wherein the fastening element includes a mounting plate in which the retaining clamp is retained in a preassembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Michael Franke
  • Patent number: D858455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Marco Ludwig