Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
  • WATER-USING DOMESTIC APPLIANCE WITH A CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE INTERIOR SURFACE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140231363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-using domestic appliance comprising a tub for accommodating articles to be cleaned and at least one interior surface containing a catalytically active substance, said catalytically active substance being a polyoxometalate and the interior surface being likely to come into contact with water during operation of the domestic appliance. The invention further relates to a method for operating said domestic appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Barrado Franco, Andreas Hanau, Hartmut Schaub, Klaus Schepers
  • DISHWASHER WITH AT LEAST ONE LIGHT SOURCE WHICH IS CONTROLLED DEPENDENT ON MOVEMENT POSITIONS OF A RECEIVING BASKET
    Publication number: 20140230865
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing compartment having a loading opening which can be closed by a door configured. At least one washware basket is provided for movement out of and into the dishwashing compartment, with at least one movement position of the washware basket being recognized by a device. At least one light source is arranged in or on the dishwasher and controlled by a control device in dependence on the at least one movement position of the washware basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Rehm, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Robert Sachon, Carsten Stelzer
  • Crockery basket and dishwasher
    Patent number: 8807352
    Abstract: A crockery basket of a dishwasher for receiving pieces of crockery. The crockery basket includes a bottom; lateral parts framing the bottom; and a row of projecting rods that are arranged on the bottom to hold the pieces of crockery. The row of projection rods has a base wire and individual rod wires that are attached to the base wire. Each end of the base wire is bent and fastened to the bottom and, in an area of the row of projecting rods, the base wire is located at a distance from the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, Mathias Herrmann, Stefan Kasbauer, Claus Köther, Jens Schlichtmeier, Martin Weissenburger, Mark Woldenberg
  • Portable, in particular media-enabled console
    Patent number: 8810377
    Abstract: A portable console includes at least one control and display unit, and at least one communication interface for communicating within a predefined range of functions with at least one household appliance. The range of functions includes a plurality of functional areas which are dependent on and limited by a distance of the console from the household appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Bergmeier, Anna Grusczyk, Ramona Haberkamm, Tanja Haberlander, Markus Theine
  • Washing machine laundry drum
    Patent number: 8806904
    Abstract: The laundry drum is configured for removing water from wet laundry at a high rotational speed and has a circulating drum cover which is bent from a thin-walled material strip to form a cylinder or flat truncated cone wherein the parallel end edges of the material strip make contact in a connecting seam, with an assembly for connecting the end sections including a first tab formed at a first end section and continuing over the general curvature of the drum cover, a second tab formed at a second end section wherein the second tab is at least one of outwardly creased about the wall thickness of the material strip and inwardly creased about the wall thickness of the material strip wherein the tabs of the end sections are fixedly connected to one another and the overlapping tabs on the inside of the drum cover are covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Heubner, Alfred Nitsche, Uwe Ratfisch
  • Integrated operation display device
    Patent number: 8810423
    Abstract: A household appliance is provided in the configuration of a dishwasher having a door, a control unit for controlling the household appliance, and an operation display device for displaying at least one operation state of the household appliance. The operation display device is provided with a large surface and displays the following operation states: operation, end of program and stop, respectively, on the entire surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kaczmarek, Gerd Wilsdorf
  • Freestanding household appliance
    Patent number: 8807151
    Abstract: A household appliance including a mounting aid that has at least two functional parts that are separated from one another by at least one separation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Cengiz Kücük, Michael Lugert, Martin Stickel, Wilhelm Thibaut
  • Dishwasher with a low-maintenance filter system
    Patent number: 8808462
    Abstract: A dishwasher with a multi-step filter system includes a coarse filter and a micro filter for cleaning the rinsing solution and also includes a lye pump and a circulatory pump. The dishwasher also includes a comminutor arranged in the path of the flow downstream from the coarse filter for remains contained in the rinsing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Rieger, Franz-Josef Wagner
  • GAS VALVE UNIT
    Publication number: 20140216581
    Abstract: A gas valve unit includes a plurality of individually actuatable throttle sections which are arranged in parallel relation for setting a throughflow rate of a gas volumetric flow that is fed to a gas burner of a gas appliance. Each throttle section has a plurality of throttle points which are arranged in series, with the throttle points arranged in series having an opening cross section that increases along the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BSH Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Cadeau, Jörn Naumann
  • Connector device for producing an electrical connection between a mains cable and a loom
    Patent number: 8794987
    Abstract: A connector device for the production of an electrical connection between a mains cable and a cable harness in an electrical device, in particular, a domestic device, is disclosed, comprising a first plug-in connector, for the production of a detachable, mechanical and electrical connection to the cable harness of the electrical device and a second plug-in connector, for the production of a detachable, mechanical and electrical connection to the mains cable, whereby the second plug-in connector is provided for a number of differing mains cables and has an identical connector configuration for each of the differing mains cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Hans-Dieter Roβteuscher, Erika Ulrike Ertle, Marion Ertle, Lisa Marie Ertle, Marco Andreas Ertle
  • HOME APPLIANCE COMPRISING A TRANSFER ELEMENT BETWEEN A BODY AND A DOOR THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140210328
    Abstract: The invention is a home appliance (1), particularly a refrigerator, comprising a body (10); a door (20) connected to the body (10) with a hinge (21); a transfer element (30) provided between the body (10) and the door (20); and a guiding device (40) guiding the transfer element (30) between the body (10) and the door (20); and that the guiding device (40) comprises a body element (100) fixed to the body (10); a door element (200) fixed to the door (20); and at least one bridge element (300) pivotally connected to the body element (100) and the door element (200) as compatible with the movement of the hinge (21) and guiding the transfer element (30) between the body element (100) and the door element (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Yigit AKALAN, Menekse Gizem SAYGI, Tanzer YILDIZGÖCER
  • Domestic appliance for the care of items of washing and method for removing lint
    Patent number: 8789290
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for the care of items of washing includes a process air supply through which a stream of air is able to be directed through a drum for holding the items of washing, a mesh filter for separating the lint out of the air stream, a facility for removing lint from the mesh filter, the facility being embodied for removal of lint which is collected outside the process air supply on the mesh filter, and a rinsing device with which the lint is able to be rinsed out of the mesh filter with rinsing fluid. A method for removal of lint from a mesh filter of the domestic appliance also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Grunert
  • Refrigerating device with cooling of circulating air
    Patent number: 8789386
    Abstract: A refrigerating device is subdivided by a first partition into a storage zone and an air distribution zone. An air supply inlet and an air outlet open into the air distribution zone, and a plurality of holes are formed in the partition for letting air through from the air distribution zone into the storage zone and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Panagiotis Fotiadis, Alexander Görz, Hans Ihle
  • Dishwasher with a dissolving chamber
    Patent number: 8789543
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing chamber defining a washing volume in which items to be washed are disposed and a storage container disposed in the washing chamber for retaining items at a predetermined storage location within the washing volume. A spray device is provided that is operable to spray at least one jet of liquid and a dissolving chamber having a chamber floor with at least one aperture is mounted to the storage container. The storage container and the spray device are mounted relative to one another such that the dissolving chamber is wetted with liquid that has been sprayed by the spray device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hartmann, Bernd Schessl, Erich Schmid
  • Dishwasher with crockery basket having adjustable storage tray
    Patent number: 8789711
    Abstract: A dishwasher, especially a household dishwasher, at least comprising a crockery basket provided with a storage tray for items to be washed, said storage tray comprising at least one holding device to be brought into contact with a first section of the crockery basket in order to fix to the crockery basket in a first storage position for placing items to be washed. According to the invention, the holding device is designed to be brought into contact with a second section of the crockery basket in order to fix to the crockery basket in a second storage position for placing items to be washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, Mathias Herrmann, Stefan Kasbauer, Claus Köther, Martin Weissenburger, Mark Woldenberg
  • Method for monitoring a controller of a three-phase electric motor and/or the electric motor
    Patent number: 8791715
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a controller for controlling and/or monitoring a three-phase electric motor, in particular an asynchronous or synchronous motor, wherein two phase currents are measured and an error signal is generated if at least one of the two measured phase currents is essentially zero. An error signal is also generated if none of the two measured phase currents is essentially zero, but a sum formed of the two measured phase currents is essentially zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Falko Abel, Ralf Hochhausen
  • Cable holder
    Patent number: 8789799
    Abstract: A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Aninger, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Christian Mesarosch, Pedro Sancho, Sebastian Wagner
  • Hob having at least one cooking zone and method for operating a hob
    Patent number: 8791398
    Abstract: An induction cooktop includes a cooking zone, and a circuit arrangement for operating the cooking zone. The circuit arrangement has a parallel circuit, in which two inductors are connected in parallel manner. An apparatus is configured to detect occupancy of at least one cooking sub-zone of the cooking zone by a food preparation vessel and includes a current measuring element which is connected in series to the parallel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Maria De la Cuerda Ortin, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Oscar Gracia Campos, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Sergio Llorente Gil, Paul Muresan
  • Multi-beverage drink machine
    Patent number: D709722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Luippold, Christian Rummel, Tim Storti
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D710142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Knöll