Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
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Publication number: 20110239688Abstract: An ice cube container of an ice maker for household purposes includes a bottom, front and rear wall sections arranged on opposite ends of the bottom, and two sidewall sections interconnecting the end wall sections. The front and rear wall sections have each a length which is shorter than a length of the side wall sections. Arranged on one of the sidewall sections is a removal handle to allow easy removal of ice cubes. The ice cube container is removably received in a receptacle of a freezer compartment drawer of a refrigeration appliance in only one way in which the removal handle of the ice cube container faces the center of the freezer compartment drawer when the ice cube container is inserted in the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Thomas Benz, Alexander Görz, James Jenkins, Matthew Ricket
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Publication number: 20110241723Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Falko Abel, Ralf Hochhausen
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Publication number: 20110240632Abstract: A cook-top or hob includes multiple inductors and at least three heating zones which are operated by the inductors. A single power electronics subassembly supplies the inductors with heating current and includes a common rectifier which is operably connected to the inductors for rectifying an alternating current supplied by a single phase of a household electrical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Daniel Anton Falcon, José Miguel Burdio Pinilla, Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Oscar Lucia Gil, Fernando Monterde Aznar, Diego Puyal Puente
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Publication number: 20110239689Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door and a dispenser mounted on the door. The door includes a front panel forming at least a part of the door's front surface. The front panel has a through-hole which is configured to at least partially correspond to the dispenser. The front panel is a glass plate, and has an upper region above the through-hole, a lower region below the through-hole and side regions which are located between the upper region and the lower region and which connect with the upper region and the lower region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Yufa Bai, Jingdong Ma, Xiaoguang Ren, Shiyong Zhao
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Publication number: 20110232702Abstract: In a method for pumping a fluid out of an aquiferous household device such as a dishwashing machine, a drain pump and a circulation pump are operated at least partially simultaneously to ensure that, in the event of an abrupt stop of the circulation pump, reverse flow that may cause filter cake formed by separating soiling and particles to loosen resulting in their re-soiling of the items to be cleaned. The speed of the circulation pump is lowered from a maximum speed to at least a minimum speed substantially without pressure surges before startup of the drain pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Michael Fauth, Erwin Oberstaller, Andreas Reiter, Roland Rieger
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Publication number: 20110232314Abstract: A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigeration device, includes a compressor that is connected in a refrigeration circuit and a condensation collection container that collects condensation formed during the operation of the refrigeration device. The condensation collection container has a base resting on an upper face of the compressor and having a side wall which projects towards the compressor and embraces a periphery of the compressor in the manner of a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventor: Francisco Javier Florez Mancho
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Publication number: 20110234075Abstract: A water valve for a household refrigeration unit includes a housing having a water channel that has a first end having a first opening and a second end having a second opening. A sealing mechanism is arranged within the water channel and movable along the water channel between a closed position in which the sealing mechanism seals the water channel and an open position in which the sealing mechanism opens the water channel. The sealing mechanism includes a first inner seal for sealing the first opening in the closed position thereof and a second inner seal for sealing the second opening in the closed position thereof. Arranged on the outside of the housing are first and second outer seals disposed in offset relationship. The first and second outer seal adjoin a hollow space when installed and seal the water valve from the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Jose Manuel Lamuela Rosano, Hans Peter Werner
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Publication number: 20110233196Abstract: A light-permeable hot plate includes at least one cavity filled with illuminant. The illuminant in the cavity can be excited to illuminate by an electromagnetic excitation field. The hot plate can be part of an induction hob, with the at least one cavity being arranged in a region of a cooking zone. The electromagnetic excitation field is provided to transfer energy into a household appliance which is arranged on the cooking zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Miguel Angel Buñuel Magdalena, Francisco Javier Ester Sola, Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Damaso Martin Gomez, José Ignacio Peña Torre, Daniel Sola Martinez
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Publication number: 20110233195Abstract: A light-permeable hot plate includes at least one cavity which is filled with illuminant. The illuminant in the cavity can be excited to illuminate by an electromagnetic excitation field. The hot plate may be part of a household appliance which includes an induction hob with a cooking zone, with the hot plate being assigned to the at least one cooking zone for heating a cooking vessel placed on the cooking zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GmbHInventors: Miguel Angel Buñuel Magdalena, Francisco Javier Ester Sola, Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Damaso Martin Gomez, José Ignacio Peña Torre, Daniel Sola Martinez
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Publication number: 20110234017Abstract: A method and apparatus for autonomously switching off a domestic appliance after completion of a previously selected program is disclosed. The domestic appliance has a control device that executes programs controlling the domestic appliance and an operating unit. The domestic appliance is connected to electrical energy from a power source through circuit arrangement comprising a terminal connection and first and second switches. The first electrical switch is separate from the second switch and can be switched from an open state to a closed state in which the switch is electrically conductive to connect the control device to the electrical energy. The control device is designed to switch the second switch from an open state to a closed state in which the control device is connected to electrical energy through the second switch as soon as the first switch is switched to the closed switching state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventor: Thomas Koch
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Publication number: 20110232194Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, includes a domestic-appliance door which has at least one front operating panel and an internal door element. A seal is arranged at least in one area between the operating panel and the internal door element and includes a sealing element and a sealing bed, with the sealing element and the sealing bed forming a one-piece structural unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Gerhard Egger, Norbert Gerstner, Bernd Schessl, Rainer Schilling
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Publication number: 20110233199Abstract: A hob having at least one inductor, at least one inverter, a switching apparatus and a detection circuit for detection of cooking utensils. The switching apparatus is arranged in a circuit between the inductor and the inverter and switchable between a first switch position in which a connection between the inverter and the inductor is established and a second switch position in which the connection between the inverter and the inductor is interrupted. In order to allow an energy-saving detection mode, the switching apparatus is connected to the detection circuit such that the switching apparatus connects the inductor to the detection circuit when it is in the second switch position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Fernando Monterde Aznar, Daniel Palacios Tomas, Ramon Peinado Adiego
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Publication number: 20110232326Abstract: An evaporator for a refrigerator, in particular a domestic refrigerator, includes at least one refrigerant channel and at least one plate. The plate has a receptacle, arranged in a space defined by the refrigerant channel, for positioning a tube. The receptacle is formed by at least one projection, which forms a longitudinal guide of the tube. The projection is formed on the at least one plate and defines a channel having a channel wall upon which the tube bears at least partially in a longitudinal direction. The tube is, for example, a protective tube for a temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Berthold Pflomm, Bernd Schlögel
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Publication number: 20110232309Abstract: A refrigerating appliance comprising a storage compartment, a refrigerant circuit which serves to cool the storage compartment and contains a compressor, and comprising a collecting receptacle for condensed water flowing out of the storage compartment. The collecting receptacle can be heated by a heating device that can be independently operated by the operation of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Helmut Konopa, Wolfgang Nuiding
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Publication number: 20110232698Abstract: A washing machine having a simple, leak-tight drain line that can be easily assembled on the wash tub of the washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a valve part that is connected to the wash tub in a sealed fashion and designed in one piece together with the wash tub. The valve part has a drain valve, an outlet connection having a drain opening, and a pipe part connected to the outlet connection and to a drain pump for water transfer. The drain valve can float in the wash water and is moveably disposed inside the valve part to seal the drain opening when wash water is located inside the wash tub and when the drain pump is idle, and to open the drain opening when no wash water is located inside the wash tub and when the drain pump is operating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Miguel Angel Gomez Caudevilla, Ismael Gracia Bobed, Roberto Latre Abadia, Gerardo Martinez Perez, Juan Melantuche Fuente, Jose Luis Perez Luengo, Eduardo Recio Ferrer
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Publication number: 20110225994Abstract: A refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator, includes an utility chamber for cooled goods and a control device, with which a cold air flow can be introduced into the utility chamber when a cooling signal is present. A defrost heating element is rendered operative by the control device to prevent the formation of condensate and/or ice due to the cold air flow fed into the utility chamber. A timing element keeps the heating element out of operation for a predetermined time interval in response to the generation of the cooling signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Panagiotis Fotiadis, Jochen Härlen, Harald Joksch
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Publication number: 20110226753Abstract: A hob includes a visual display associating each heating zone on the hob with a control element in order to control heating zones that are variable. The visual display unit provides a user interface showing a pictogram of a heating zone that illustrates the position and/or the size of the heating zone, and a plurality of control elements are juxtaposed to the visual display unit. A detector detects the position and/or size of a cooking utensil. The control unit defines heating zones depending on the detected size and/or position of the cooking utensil element, associates one or more heating elements with the heating zone, and provides a symbol in the visual display that associates the pictogram of the heating zone with one of the control elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: David Casanova Lacueva, Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Carlos Vicente Mairal Serrano
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Publication number: 20110226002Abstract: A refrigerator includes a condenser which is connected into a refrigerating circuit and embodied as a tubular heat exchanger having tube sections. At least one heat accumulator element is inserted into an installation interspace between the tube sections of the condenser. The heat accumulator element is arranged in spaced apart relationship to the tube sections of the condenser by at least one predefined air flow gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Cuma Dülger, Hans Ihle
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Publication number: 20110227462Abstract: A household appliance includes a cabinet-shaped housing comprised of a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls has an arrangement of embossings. The arrangement of embossings includes a first embossing arranged centered in relation to a center of the at least one wall and configured in the shape of a ring when viewed from above. A second embossing is arranged outside the first embossing in substantial concentric relationship to the first embossing and configured in the shape of a ring when viewed from above. At least one third embossing is arranged outside the second embossing and has a strip-shaped configuration. The presence of embossings in the at least one wall is able to reduce vibrations and thereby significantly reduce the amount of unwanted noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Andreas Bohm, Klaus Försterling, Kemal Genc, Johannes Geyer, Stefan Schmidt
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Publication number: 20110226756Abstract: A cooking hob, in particular an induction hob, includes several heating elements, at least one power electronics subassembly for generating a heating current for operating the heating elements, and a switching arrangement for making and breaking a connection between the power electronics assembly and the heating elements. The switching arrangement is constructed as an assembly that is separate from the power electronics assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Adolfo Arnal Valero, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Sergio Llorente Gil, Daniel Palacios Tomas, Ramon Peinado Adiego, Jose Alfonso Santolaria Lorenzo
