Patents Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens
  • Dishwashing machine and method for operating the same
    Patent number: 8961706
    Abstract: A dishwashing machine equipped with a washing compartment and with devices for washing dishes using a washing solution also includes a sorption drying device which is connected to the washing compartment in an air-conducting manner and which comprises a sorption column containing reversibly dehydratable material, this sorption column being used for drying the dishes. To this end, the sorption drying device comprises a sensor that, during the executing of a washing program, serves to detect the state of the reversibly dehydratable material in order to influence the execution of the washing program according to the detected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Cooking hob and method for the operation of a cooking hob
    Patent number: 8963054
    Abstract: A cooking hob, especially an induction cooking hob, including a first heating zone having at least two independently heatable heating elements operable by a first power supply via a first switching device, and at least one additional heating zone operable by a second power supply via a second switching device in a normal mode of operation. The heating capacity of the first heating zone can be increased beyond a maximum power of the first power supply while the first heating zone and the additional heating zone are operated simultaneously in the normal mode of operation. The cooking hob includes a switching element for establishing a power supply connection between the second power supply and one of the heating elements of the first heating zone in a special mode of operation so as to increase the heating capacity of the first heating zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Acero Acero, José Miguel Burdio Pinilla, Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Ignacio Garde Aranda, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Sergio Llorente Gil, Alfonso Lorente Perez, Fernando Monterde Aznar, Ramon Peinado Adiego
  • Dishwasher machine comprising a sorption drying system
    Patent number: 8961705
    Abstract: A dishwasher has a washing compartment; an air-guiding channel; and a sorption drying system to dry items to be washed. The sorption drying system includes a sorption compartment with reversibly dehydratable sorption drying material. The sorption compartment is connected to the washing compartment by the air-guiding channel for passage of an air flow. The sorption compartment has a sorption unit with the sorption drying material. The geometric shape of the sorption compartment is such that the sorption unit is provided with a default through-flow direction for the air flow substantially in or against the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Dishwasher
    Patent number: 8961703
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing container with a washing chamber, a water feed line for filling the washing chamber with liquid, and a water inlet device connected on an inlet side to the water feed line and ends in the washing chamber on an outlet side. The water inlet device includes a steam outlet opening that ducts water vapor out of the washing container, and a steam duct that guides steam to the steam outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, Mathias Herrmann, Stefan Kasbauer, Claus Köther, Martin Weissenburger
  • Gas valve unit for a dual circuit burner
    Patent number: 8960234
    Abstract: A gas valve unit for adjusting a gas volume flow in a dual circuit gas burner of a gas appliance includes a valve body having a gas inlet and two gas outlets; and a control mechanism constructed to adjust the gas volumetric flow supplied to one of the gas outlets in a number of stages and to adjust the gas volumetric flow supplied to other one of the gas outlets in a number of stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Cadeau, Jörn Naumann
  • Dishwasher and inlet bolt
    Patent number: 8960209
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Christian Mesarosch, Werner Oblinger
  • Refrigerator having an insulated cool air duct
    Patent number: 8959946
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided having an outer housing and an inner housing which is at a distance from the outer housing and is surrounded by the latter, with the hollow space produced between the outer housing and the inner housing being filled with foam for insulation purposes. An inner chamber is surrounded by the inner housing and is cooled by the circulation of cooling air supplied to the inner chamber by means of a cooling-air duct and is arranged between the outer housing and the inner housing. A method is provided for forming the cooling-air duct from a shaped part that has insulating material and a closed rear-wall element and rests on an outer face of the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Hans Ihle
  • Method for operating a water-conducting domestic appliance
    Patent number: 8961699
    Abstract: A method for operating a water-conducting domestic appliance, including a domestic dishwasher, wherein the water-conducting domestic appliance includes a program controller for performing a plurality of sequential program steps and the program controller operatively interacts with at least a detergent-dosing system, the method including the step of adding at least one cleaning substance having a function during at least one program step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Egbert Classen, Michael Fauth, Caroline Heiligenmann, Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Dishwasher
    Patent number: 8961704
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a washing container having a washing chamber, a water feed line for filling the washing chamber with liquid, and a water inlet device connected on an inlet side to the water feed line and ending in the washing chamber on an outlet side. The water inlet device includes a steam outlet opening that ducts water vapor out of the washing container. The water inlet device prevents a negative-pressure-induced reversal of flow against the filling direction in the water feed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, Mathias Herrmann, Stefan Kasbauer, Claus Köther, Martin Weissenburger
  • Fire protection device for domestic appliances
    Patent number: 8958191
    Abstract: A fire protection device for preventing damage to a domestic appliance from a malfunction which occurs in the appliance. The fire protection device includes at least one fault current circuit breaker, which disconnects the electrical supply from the appliance when a fault current is sensed. The fire protection device also includes at least one gas sensor which also disconnects the electrical supply from the appliance when a predetermined quantity of a control gas is sensed in the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Stefan A. Staedel
  • DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20150040605
    Abstract: A domestic refrigerator (1) comprises a thermally insulated housing (2), a cold storage compartment (5) and a fresh food compartment (4) contained within the housing (2) and located on top of each other, a refrigerant circuit which comprises an evaporator (29) configured to directly cool the cold storage compartment (5), a first door leaf (18) for closing and opening the fresh food compartment (4), a second door leaf (19) for closing and opening the cold storage compartment (5), a divisional wall (17, 42) separating the cold storage compartment (5) from the fresh food compartment (5), and a air channel system (31, 32) which is configured to allow an air exchange between the cold storage compartment (5) and the fresh food compartment (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Jicong Song
  • HOB AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HOB
    Publication number: 20150042453
    Abstract: A hob has a first communications interface which is designed to receive control commands from a portable multimedia device by means of a first radio link. The hob additionally has a second communications interface, which is designed to communicate with the multimedia device via a second radio link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beifuss, Uwe Has, Matthias Jahner
  • Method for identifying operating conditions of a domestic appliance
    Patent number: 8948922
    Abstract: In a method for identifying operating conditions of a domestic appliance, a temperature of an operating agent of the domestic appliance and/or of a component of the domestic appliance is detected by a temperature sensor. The ambient temperature is detected by the temperature sensor before the programming mode, in an initialization phase. At least one reference temperature value is defined that represents a critical value for the programming mode of the domestic appliance in respect of reliable and/or efficient operation. The programming mode is prevented from beginning as a function of the comparison of the measured ambient temperature with at least one reference temperature value. The programming mode is prevented from beginning until the ambient temperature has reached a value that is in an acceptable range in comparison with the reference temperature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Schleuthner
  • Dishwasher having two water connections and control method
    Patent number: 8945315
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a hot water inlet device for intake of hot water from an external hot water supply and a cold water inlet device for intake of cold water from an external cold water supply. A program control device controls a wash cycle of a selected dishwashing program for cleaning wash items. The program control device is constructed to operate in at least one of first and second operating modes, wherein the first operating mode includes activation of one wash program which, in at least one partial wash cycle of a wash cycle, draws hot water from the external hot water supply, and wherein the second operating mode includes activation of another wash program which, in at least one partial wash cycle of a wash cycle, exclusively draws cold water from the external cold water supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Grüll, Heinz Heiβler, Anton Oblinger, Roland Rieger, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
  • MULTIFUNCTIONAL MODULE FOR A REFRIGERATING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150027153
    Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar FAHNLE, Eugen GAPLIKOW, Hans Gerd KELLER, Michael KRAPP, Karl-Friedrich LAIBLE, Vitaliy RIMKEVICH, Hans Peter WERNER
  • Filter element for an extractor hood and extractor hood
    Patent number: 8940082
    Abstract: A filter element for an extractor hood includes an odor filter having depressions provided in an entry side of the filter element and extending at least over half of a height of the filter element. A frame holds the odor filter at its edges and has a height which is smaller at least on one side of the frame than a height of the odor filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Eich, Andrzej Goczol, Jochen Klemm, Ralf Knoch, Ulmar Neumann, Anja Presse, Udo Reiff, Martina Schnatz, Paul Seyfrid, Maja Wehrle
  • Method of, and a device for, evaluating information regarding a treatment agent in a washing machine
    Patent number: 8938996
    Abstract: A treatment agent metering information evaluator of a washing machine includes a reader that reads portion-wise metering information from an information carrier of a storage container that is in close proximity to the reader, a controller that receives the portion-wise metering information from the reader, a meter that meters portions of treatment agent from the storage container into a treatment process of a washing treatment program, and storage that stores empirical information about experiences of the use of the treatment agent during the treatment process for subsequent application of the treatment agent. The reader includes a transmitter for transmitting the empirical information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Robby Reinholz, Ingo Schulze
  • Door storage container for a refrigeration device
    Patent number: 8925751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door storage container having a base, a rear wall, and a front wall. The front wall is in the form of a plurality of interlocking elements assembled together. The plurality of interlocking elements assembled together to form the front wall includes an upper extrusion profile, a lower extrusion profile, and a panel enclosed between the upper extrusion profile and the lower extrusion profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Benz
  • Ice cube container of an ice maker for household purposes, and refrigeration appliance comprising such an ice cube container
    Patent number: 8925341
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Alexander Görz, James Jenkins, Matthew Ricket
  • Built-in home appliance display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D722322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Sören Strayle