Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens
  • Patent number: 8161764
    Abstract: A built-in refrigerator comprising a carcass, in the lower rear area of which a machine compartment is formed. Said machine compartment is closed at least in part by means of a rear wall. The rear wall delimits a first air passage of the machine compartment at the level of a support area of the carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Benitsch, Siegfried Grasy, Thorsten Kusnik, Wolfgang Nuiding
  • Publication number: 20120090653
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a wash tub enclosing an interior and a clean water feed line which passes through a port of the wash tub into the interior. The feed line has a line end leading from outside to the wash tub. An inlet bolt can be fastened from the interior to the line end and has an axial bore to extend the feed line. The axial bore leads into a plurality of inlet openings which are distributed over a circumference on a circumferential surface of the inlet bolt projecting into the interior. The inlet bolt has an end which faces the interior and is implemented as a cover to protect the axial bore from ingress of splash water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Christian Mesarosch, Werner Oblinger
  • Publication number: 20120090361
    Abstract: An automatically controlled washing machine has a machine body and a dispensing mechanism which is arranged in the machine body and intended to dispense powdered, liquid or gel-form laundry treatment media. The dispensing mechanism includes a drawer which is accessible from a front of the machine body via a front handle. The drawer has a guide frame which is connected to the front handle and has at least one window-like recess for insertion of at least one container which accepts laundry treatment media and is connectable to the guide frame. A device automatically feeds laundry treatment medium from the container into a treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Thoralf Greger, Andre Sabalat, Ingo Schulze
  • Publication number: 20120092139
    Abstract: In a method for operating a household appliance, a portable operating unit is docked to a selected one of a plurality of household appliances. The selected household appliance is identified using the portable operating unit which is then configured to operate the selected household appliance only. The portable operating unit includes at least one docking element for docking to a docking station of the selected household appliance, an identification device for identifying the selected household appliance, and a configuration device for configuration of the operating unit for operating the selected household appliance only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Julia Ehrensberger, Frank Rieser
  • Publication number: 20120094589
    Abstract: An air deflector of an extractor hood, wherein the air deflector has two components to divert air, which is extracted from a chamber by the extractor hood back into the chamber. The air deflector also has a plug connector to connect the two components to each other in a detachable or non-detachable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Knoch, Dirk Kröplin, Daniel Metz, Volkmar Uebele
  • Publication number: 20120090359
    Abstract: An automatically controlled laundry treatment machine includes a detergent flushing device arranged in a machine interior and having a receiving chamber configured for receiving a transportable storage container for a supply containing a plurality of doses of liquid or gel-form treatment agent. The receiving chamber is accessible from outside. A device for automatic dosing of the treatment agent forms a component of the storage container and operates purely in a fluid-mechanical manner. The device is equipped with a hydraulic siphon system, said device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Eglmeier, Ingo Schulze
  • Patent number: 8152207
    Abstract: A lock for a movable closing element, especially a door, a cover, a flap, or similar on a domestic appliance such as a dishwasher, a washing machine, a refrigerator, or similar, includes a closing hook that can be made to engage with the closing element when being closed and made to disengage therefrom when being opened. The closing hook can be made to engage with a cavity in the closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hartmann, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Erich Schmid, Martin Stickel
  • Patent number: 8152932
    Abstract: A method for removing scum in a tub of an electronically controlled drum washing machine. The method includes alternately rotating a drum following a main washing cycle and pumping liquid out of the drum, pumping a liquid out of the drum for between 30 seconds to 15 minutes following a main washing cycle and pumping liquid out of the drum, regulating a level of water following a main washing cycle and pumping liquid out of the drum by: introducing a quantity of water into the drum which is sufficient to cover all water channels, and rinsing over a short period of time t2. The method further including pumping liquid out of the drum while the drum is moved at a low rotational speed following a main washing cycle and pumping liquid out of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Meike Hempel
  • Patent number: 8148653
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for treating laundered articles including a container for receiving laundered articles, which can be introduced into the container via a loading opening that can be closed by a door, and a door contact switch that is actuated as a function of a door position in order to interrupt a treatment process of the laundered articles, wherein the door contact switch is arranged on a substrate, which supports electronic control devices of the domestic appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Sattler, Andreas Ziemann
  • Publication number: 20120074606
    Abstract: An injection-moulding method for selectively manufacturing moulded parts with and without a breakthrough is disclosed. A moulded part with a breakthrough is manufactured by positioning a mould core in a mould cavity, whereas a moulded part without breakthrough is manufactured by removing the mould core at least partly from the mould cavity. The mould cavity delimited by a nozzle-side mould platen and an ejector-side mould platen. The mould core is movable relative to at least one of the mould platens, in particularly the nozzle-side mould platen, in an advance direction, where the mould core is closer to the nozzle-side mould platen and an opposite withdrawal direction. At least one protective measure is provided for protecting the inner surface facing the mould cavity of the respective mould platen, in particularly the nozzle-side mould platen, from adverse mechanical effects during movement of the mould core in the advance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Betz, Norbert Gerstner
  • Publication number: 20120073608
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a wash cavity for accommodating wash items and a water inlet device having a hot water inlet for intake of hot water from an external hot water supply, and a cold water inlet for intake of cold water from an external cold water supply. At least one reservoir is in communication with the water inlet device for allowing water to be filled by the water inlet device and in heat-conducting contact with the wash cavity. At least one wash program for controlling at least one wash cycle for cleaning wash items is stored by a program control device, with the wash program providing at least one program step for washing wash items using hot water from the hot water supply and at least one drying step for drying wash items, wherein the reservoir is filled at least at times with cold water from the cold water supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Rieger, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Publication number: 20120073606
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a water intake device having a hot water intake which receives hot water from an external hot water supply fed, at least partially, by a thermal solar system, and a cold water intake which receives cold water from an external cold water supply. A program control device stores at least one wash program for controlling a wash cycle for cleaning dishes. The at least one wash program has a program step for washing dishes using hot water from the hot water supply and another program step for washing dishes using cold water from the cold water supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Rieger, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • Publication number: 20120074822
    Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular domestic dishwasher, includes a washing tub which has at least one bearing race of a basket guide on each of its side walls respectively. The bearing race is rotatably mounted on a bearing point, which has a securing element to secure the bearing race in an axial direction. The securing element of the bearing point is constructed in the form of a retainer plate, which, as a separate component, is connected with the side wall of the washing tub by a material bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Anton Oppel
  • Publication number: 20120073605
    Abstract: A method for adapting a rinsing program in a dishwasher machine, and a dishwashing machine configured to perform the method, the method enabling the rinsing program run of a dishwasher machine to be adapted in such a way that satisfactory cleaning and drying performances are achieved even when using a combination rinse aid. To this end, the rinsing program run is adapted if there is insufficient salt, if the softening device is switched off, and if the dishwasher machine is on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 8143556
    Abstract: A ceramic hob for a cooking appliance provided with a control device for controlling and/or adjusting a real temperature value on at least one part of a cooking plate arranged in a container for cooking by means of an associated heating device. The inventive ceramic hob comprises at least one temperature sensor for determining the real temperature value of a heatable part and at least one control element used for setting said temperature to a desired value, wherein a desired temperature value of the heatable part is assigned thereto. According to said invention several desired values can be assigned to one control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Has, Peter Vetterl, Monika Zeraschi
  • Patent number: 8141372
    Abstract: A method for operating a refrigerator includes supplying an evaporator of a second compartment with coolant and flushing the coolant out of the evaporator of the second compartment so that it can be used for an evaporator of a first compartment, closing a coolant circuit to the evaporator of the second compartment, and supplying only the evaporator of the first compartment with coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Guffler, Wolfgang Nuiding
  • Patent number: 8141966
    Abstract: A telescopic pull-out arrangement for a refrigerator is provided that includes two telescopic pull-out mechanisms each provided with a stationary rail on a common frame and a movable rail, and a storage part retained on the movable rails by a pair of identical adapters. The storage part has a first engagement contour cooperating with a first adapter of the couple and a second engagement contour cooperating with the second adapter of the couple. Each adapter is provided with a third and a fourth engagement contour. The first engagement contour of the storage part and the third engagement contour of the first adapter engage into one another with less tolerance transverse to the pull-out direction than the engagement of the second engagement contour of the storage part and the fourth engagement contour of the second adapter engage into one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH, Miele & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Frank Placke, Claudia Rupp, Matthias Stahl, Ulrich van Pels
  • Patent number: 8141914
    Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance includes a water-conducting line having a line end which is connected in a connecting position to a connecting piece, and a securing element which attaches onto the line end and the connecting piece and holds the line end in the connecting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, Mathias Herrmann, Stefan Kasbauer, Claus Köther, Martin Weissenburger
  • Patent number: 8142037
    Abstract: A water-bearing household appliance such as a dishwashing machine is provided with a housing having a housing edge which defines a washing compartment opening and with a washing compartment which is enclosed by the housing and which is defined by the housing. A seal is provided onto which a device door can be closed to abut the seal and the dishwashing machine has lighting elements arranged in the area between the housing edge and the seal for illuminating the washing compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hering, Sebastian Wagner
  • Patent number: RE43263
    Abstract: A frequency converter circuit has at least two outputs that are respectively connected to a load, in particular an induction coil. A first output is operated at a first switching frequency and a second output is simultaneously operated at a second switching frequency that is different from the first, in such a way that noise having a frequency generated by the superposition of the first switching frequency and the second switching frequency is produced. The frequency converter circuit is operated in such a way that the frequency of the noise is lower than a first cutoff frequency and/or is higher than a second cutoff frequency. An induction cooking device includes first and second induction heating elements, and a frequency converter circuit including first and second power outputs electrically coupled to the first and second induction heating elements, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Luis A. Barragan Perez, Jose M. Burdio Pinilla, Pablo J. Hernandez Blasco, Sergio L. Gil, Alfonso L. Perez, Fernando M. Aznar