Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens
  • Publication number: 20120000232
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes a self-contained refrigeration module having an at least largely complete refrigeration circuit for cooling a refrigeration chamber of a household refrigerator and having a separate housing. At least one evaporator is arranged in the refrigeration circuit, wherein the housing is provided with apertures for passage of air cooled by the evaporator and air to be cooled by the evaporator. The refrigeration apparatus can be used for a household refrigerator which includes a refrigerating chamber housing having at least one refrigerating chamber. A door leaf is arranged on the refrigerating chamber housing for closing the refrigerating chamber. The refrigerating chamber housing has apertures in communication with the apertures of the housing of the refrigeration module for passage of air cooled by the evaporator into the refrigerating chamber and for passage of air from the refrigerating chamber to the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Detlef Cieslik, Christian Hein, Berthold Pflomm
  • Patent number: 8087182
    Abstract: A method for operating a condenser tumble dryer is provided and includes a drying chamber for containing objects to be dried, a process air circuit having a heating element, a fan for conducting heated process air over the objects, a heat pump circuit having an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser, and sensors for determining the humidity in the objects to be dried. According to the method, the humidity is determined and the process air is heated by the condenser until the humidity ranges between about 0% and about 12%. In the event that the humidity drops below the predetermined value, the heating element is activated and operated for at least five minutes so that the air temperature in the drying chamber reaches at least 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Steffens
  • Publication number: 20110317946
    Abstract: A telescopic rail device is provided that includes a first rail, a second rail, and an adapter. The first rail is mobile relative to the second rail, and the first or second rail is detachably connected to the adapter. The adapter is in a stable position relative to the first or second rail that the adapter is detachably connected to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Brunner, Jochen Herbolsheimer, Manfred Hintermayer
  • Publication number: 20110316405
    Abstract: A door tray for a refrigeration device includes a decorative strip having a profile that is u-shaped in cross section. An open-topped container has an edge onto which the decorative strip is fitted with the u-shaped profile thereof. Provided at least partially on an inner surface is a material having relatively high static friction. The material is in contact with the container and fixes the decorative strip to the container merely due to the static friction of said material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Fink, Andrea Fronmüller, Bernd Pfister
  • Publication number: 20110314875
    Abstract: In a method for determining a load and/or an unbalance of a laundry drum of a washing machine driven by an electric motor having a stator with at least one winding coupled to a power inverter controlled by a control unit, the laundry drum is accelerated to a predetermined rotational speed and then slowed down. During the slow-down, the motor operates in generator mode and an electric current flowing through the at least one winding and/or an electric intermediate circuit voltage is measured. The time dependence of the electric power supplied by the electric motor in generator mode is evaluated during a revolution of the laundry drum. The unbalance and/or the load are determined from the measured current values and/or the intermediate circuit voltage and from the determined electric power. A corresponding circuit arrangement and a washing machine with this circuit arrangement are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Hasan Gökcer Albayrak, Torsten Böttger, Jörg Skrippek
  • Patent number: 8083306
    Abstract: A housing for a refrigeration device with an interior compartment that is surrounded by an insulation layer and external skin that surrounds the insulation layer. The external skin may include at least one wall which has at least two zones with different thermal conductivities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Hans Ihle
  • Patent number: 8083863
    Abstract: A seal is provided between the door apron and the lip of the container in a dishwasher, enabling a high sealing performance to be obtained during the entire service life of the dishwasher and providing an esthetic design. The seal can be mounted in a reliable manner without any considerable expenditure of force, recycling of a used seal is possible via appropriate selection of materials and the seal can withstand the dynamic strain put upon the door seal of a dishwasher. The dishwasher is provided with a door seal which is made of an elastic synthetic material, consisting of a fixing area for connection to the edge of a rinsing container, a sealing element for arrangement on the underside of a dishwasher and which is arranged between the fixing area, and a sealing element, wherein the fixing area, sealing element and sealing strip form a single part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Oppel, Erich Schmid
  • Patent number: 8081085
    Abstract: A water-conducting domestic appliance including a door having a handle, and display means for displaying an operating state of the domestic appliance by projecting a light projection, wherein the display means are disposed in the handle of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Thomas Wachinger
  • Patent number: 8079652
    Abstract: A connection system for connecting a built-in appliance to a furniture unit is provided and includes a securing strip having first securing elements for securing to the furniture unit side of the securing strip and second securing elements for securing to the appliance side of the securing strip and at least one cover strip which can be attached to the securing strip. Said securing strip comprises at least one recess for securing the cover strip to the securing strip. The invention also relates to a furniture unit arrangement, in particular a kitchen range, comprising a plurality of furniture units, wherein at least one furniture unit comprises a niche, and at least one built-in appliance. The built-in appliance is built into the niche. The built-in appliance is connected to the furniture unit by means of the inventive connection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz
  • Patent number: 8079157
    Abstract: A dryer includes a drying chamber, a process air guide that guides process air along the articles to pick up humidity from them, a heat sink in the process air guide that precipitates humidity from the process air as a condensate, and a condensate collector with a condensate container having an insert that is permeable to the condensate and that projects through an opening into the condensate container for transferring the condensate to and from the condensate container. The insert includes a first filter that filters particles from the condensate prior to storing the condensate in the condensate container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Pilar Balerdi Azpilicueta, Günter Steffens
  • Patent number: 8079181
    Abstract: A door for a refrigerating unit is provided that includes a door leaf hinged to a body of the refrigerating unit and a decorative element that is superimposed on the door leaf in such a way as to be adjustable in position. The decorative element has a central cutout, through which a central region of the door leaf is exposed. A groove open towards this central region is formed on the door leaf in order to accommodate a profile element which conceals a gap between door leaf and decorative element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz
  • Patent number: 8080768
    Abstract: An arrangement with a worktop and a cooktop with a cooking surface, a mounting frame and a decorative frame, which is arranged in a recess in the worktop, with the distance elements, embodied for relative positioning of the cooktop in relation to the recess and on which the cooktop rests, being arranged between the cooktop and the worktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Adam, Bernd Martin, Markus Schlegel, Thomas Stein
  • Patent number: 8079225
    Abstract: A refrigerating appliance provided with a display including at least one organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The display can include a plurality of individual displays which are respectively provided with at least one OLED, and are superimposed in a sandwich-type arrangement and can be of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bauer, Fritz Hägele, Erich Hell
  • Patent number: 8079231
    Abstract: A housing for a refrigeration device is composed of an outer housing box that encloses an interior space, and at least one intermediate mounted shelf disposed in the interior space. The intermediate mounted shelf contains a pre-shaped core made of solid foam material, which is directly fastened on the inner wall of the housing box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Brachert, Christian Mayershofer, Rudolf Schmidt, Anton Stempfle
  • Publication number: 20110302967
    Abstract: A laundry drying unit includes a process air circuit and a component arranged in the process air circuit. Provided above the component is a washing tank for dispensing a cleaning fluid, with a flow of cleaning fluid dispensed from the washing tank to the component being controlled by a controllable valve. The valve can be controlled on the basis of an amount of cleaning fluid in the washing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Grunert, Guido Sattler
  • Publication number: 20110297193
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing compartment, at least one dishware container, and a guide assembly to allow the dishware container to be moved out of the washing compartment and into the washing compartment. The movement of the dishware container in relation to the washing compartment is cushioned by at least one damping device which is arranged inside the washing compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Kiechle, Karlheinz Rehm
  • Publication number: 20110297189
    Abstract: A dishwasher method and apparatus providing an algorithm varying the speed of the recirculation pump that recirculates washing liquor present in the washing compartment so as to assure quiet pump operation is disclosed. The speed of the recirculation pump is varied by a control device that carries out the washing cycle. A true-running monitoring unit checks the operation of the recirculation pump. During a fill phase of the washing cycle, an inlet valve is opened, the recirculation pump is switched on and the algorithm provides stepped variation of the recirculation speed using a default value step, a test step in which a true running check is performed, and a modification step in which the default value is modified in response to the result of the test step, for use in the next iteration of the algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Gram, Peter Schweier
  • Patent number: D651458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann-Reinhard Segers, Sören Strayle
  • Patent number: D651463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Baacke, Hermann-Reinhard Segers
  • Patent number: D651705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Sándor Klunker