Patents Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte
  • Domestic dishwashing machine and method
    Patent number: 11805961
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, a door attached pivotably to the dishwasher cavity, a door opening and closing device for automated opening and closing of the door, and a control unit designed to actuate the door opening and closing device. The control unit is designed to detect a motor current of a drive element of the door opening and closing device and to evaluate the detected motor current as to whether the door opening and closing device is functional or non-functional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Aaron Friedke, Martin Rittner, Michael Rupp
  • Induction hob device and a method for operating an induction hob device
    Patent number: 11805575
    Abstract: An induction hob device includes at least one cooktop, at least one first coil, at least one second coil, and a control unit. The first coil and the second coil are displaced relative to each other at least in a direction perpendicular to the cooktop. In order to improve an efficiency, the control unit is configured to at least temporarily operate the first coil and the second coil simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Acero Acero, Claudio Carretero Chamarro, Sergio Llorente Gil, Ignacio Lope Moratilla, Daniel Palacios Tomas
  • Method, apparatus and household appliance for determining a state of a household appliance
    Patent number: 11802816
    Abstract: A method for determining a usability of a household appliance includes scanning operating information of the household appliance, determining stresses of different components of the household appliance on the basis of the operating information, and of determining the usability of the household appliance on the basis of the stresses determined and of predetermined stress functions for the components. Wherein a stress function maps a stress determined to a remaining stress capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kober, Christoph Soellner, Klaus-Martin Forst
  • Domestic appliance
    Patent number: 11805576
    Abstract: A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1?i?N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1?j?M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: José Miguel Burdio Pinilla, Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Sergio Llorente Gil, Oscar Lucia Gil, Ignacio Millan Serrano, Alejandro Naval Pallares, Hector Sarnago Andia
  • Household appliance with a camera and a reinforcement part connected thereto, and method for mounting the camera
    Patent number: 11789344
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a camera with a housing and a first electrical plug connector in the housing. A reinforcement part separate from the camera is configured for direct connection to the housing through a cutout in a wall of the appliance such that the housing and the reinforcement part are disposed on opposite sides of the wall. The reinforcement part has a second electrical plug connector for connection to the first electrical plug connector. The second plug connector is a separate component provided on the reinforcement part by a snap-fit connection and/or in the mounted state the first electrical plug connector is snap-fitted to the second electrical plug connector by a snap-fit connection and/or the housing of the camera is connected in the mounted final state to the reinforcement part by a screw connection. A mounting method for the camera is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bihr, Stephan Kempfle, Christopher Rodney, Joachim Schaeferling
  • Container holder, crockery basket and domestic dishwasher
    Patent number: 11766161
    Abstract: A container holder for a dish basket of a household dishwasher includes a holding device, which has a holding position for holding a container and a downwardly inclined position relative to the container. The holding device is designed to move out from the holding position into the inclined position when a vertical, downwardly directed force is exerted on the holding device and exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Held, Christian Jakob, Martin Siddiqui-Baeumert
  • Household dishwasher machine, system comprising household dishwasher machine, and method for operating a household dishwasher machine
    Patent number: 11759086
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment, an activatable unit arranged in the washing compartment, a control device configured to actuate the activatable unit, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the washing compartment, and a communication unit for bidirectional communication with a remote server. The communication unit transmits the acquired optical sensor signal to the remote server and receives a control command from the remote server for actuating the activatable unit and to forward the received control command to the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Domestic appliance having at least one plug for an electrical connection
    Patent number: 11764512
    Abstract: A connector for electrical contacting that includes a body configured to mechanically retain at least one electrically conductive contact, which is accessible on an exit side of the body for electrically contacting at least one other electrical contact. The body is constructed from at least two different components, with a first component of the at least two different components at least substantially forming the exit side and being made from a fire-retardant plastic, and a second component of the at least two different components having an ignition point which is lower than an ignition point of the first component of the at least two components, and the second component of the at least two different components having an elasticity which is greater than an elasticity of the first component of the at least two different components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Wagner, Michael Wagner, Sebastian Reitenauer
  • Household refrigeration apparatus having an ice maker with a specific seal
    Patent number: 11761700
    Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container having a first wall, a second wall, and a rear wall angled to each other. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food. An ice maker has a housing, and the housing is formed by a wall area of the first wall of the interior container and a wall area of the second wall of the interior container in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The housing has a wall unit with a wall element being a component separate from the interior container and having an L-shape in cross-section. The wall element has a first wall plate and a second wall plate, which together form the L-shape. An elongated seal with a hollow portion is disposed on an edge of the wall element and seals the wall element to the interior container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Prashantagouda Hosamani, Robert Stahl
  • Home cooking appliance having an air channel
    Patent number: 11761638
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing, a cooking compartment in the housing and accessible through a door in the housing, a cooling air system conveying air through the housing, and an air channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system, the air channel having an outlet exhausting a portion of the air from the cooling air system along a rear wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Temple Chadwick, David Dysinger, Tiffany E. Ingersoll
  • Refrigeration appliance with a storage box
    Patent number: 11754335
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has a storage box with an open upper end. First and second hanging pins are disposed on a cover plate. The first hanging pin is hung in a first hanger loop and is movable in a front-rear direction and/or an up-down direction in the first hanger loop. The second hanging pin is hung in a second hanger loop and is movable in the front-rear direction and/or the up-down direction in the second hanger loop. The cover plate is movable in the front-rear direction and/or the up-down direction relative to the storage box to at least partially open and close the storage box. The first hanger loop includes an open section that enables the first hanging pin to enter the first hanger loop from the open section and the cover plate of the refrigeration appliance is thereby easy to install.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ertao Li, Jiajun Li, Ting Yi
  • Household refrigeration appliance with platelike lighting module
    Patent number: 11754277
    Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance having a receiving space for food and a plate-like lighting module for lighting the receiving space. The plate-like lighting module has a support apparatus, on which at least a light source module and a plate-shaped light guide are arranged. The support apparatus has a front frame which is a visible component of the lighting module facing the receiving space, and the front frame has a front strip, on the rear side of which a support web is arranged protruding backward and is formed in one piece with the front strip. The light source module is arranged on the support web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hirschbolz, Tobias Mayr, Armin Weber
  • Gas cooktop
    Patent number: 11747021
    Abstract: A gas cooktop includes a cooktop body having a burner head which when activated generates a fire for heating cookware placed on the burner head, and a control system which includes a fire detection apparatus installed over the burner head and is aligned with the burner head. The control system further includes a control apparatus receiving a signal of the fire detection apparatus to control the fire of the burner head. The control apparatus determines, depending on whether the fire detection apparatus detects the fire of the burner head, whether cookware is placed on the burner head. By using such a gas cooktop including the control system, the gas cooktop automatically adjusts the fire to a minimum after a user removes a cookware, thus reducing fume in a kitchen and reducing gas consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Weiwei Miao, Rui Xu, Weihong Zhu
  • Household appliance including reflective door
    Patent number: 11747087
    Abstract: Household appliances may include partially reflective (e.g., one-way mirror) glass as part of an oven door. The partially reflective glass may transmit light from an interior of the household appliance and may reflect light from outside the household appliance. Accordingly, one can see into the lighted interior but a camera inside the interior cannot see out through the door. In some examples, the household appliance includes a lamp and a camera disposed within the cavity of the appliance. The lamp and the camera are interlocked to protect user privacy by activating the one-way feature of the door glass as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: John Gibson, Kenneth Jones, Robert Parchman
  • Peltier cooling system for a domestic kitchen appliance
    Patent number: 11747055
    Abstract: A domestic kitchen appliance is provided. The domestic kitchen appliance includes a peltier device having a hot side and a cold side; a hot-side heat-sink attached to the hot side of the peltier device, the hot-side heat-sink configured to remove heat from the hot side of the peltier device and transfer the heat removed from the hot side of the peltier device to a cooking chamber; a cold-side heat-sink attached to the cold side of the peltier device, the cold-side heat-sink fluidly connected to an area to be cooled; and a voltage supply that supplies voltage to the peltier device to cause the peltier device to absorb heat from the cold-side heat-sink into the cold side of the peltier device and to expel heat from the hot side of the peltier device into the hot-side heat-sink. The area to be cooled is outside of the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GMBH
    Inventor: Robert Ladner
  • Door bin for a refrigerator, or freezer
    Patent number: D998654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Heather Kamper, Sebastian Knöll, Laura Ringemann Springer, Graham Sadtler
  • Door bin for a refrigerator, or freezer
    Patent number: D998655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Heather Kamper, Sebastian Knöll, Laura Ringemann Springer, Graham Sadtler
  • Built-in wine cooler
    Patent number: D999260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Heather Kamper, Sebastian Knöll, Laura Ringemann Springer, Graham Sadtler
  • Sink
    Patent number: D1002824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Kraemer
  • Door bin for a refrigerator or freezer
    Patent number: D1003952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Heather Kamper, Sebastian Knöll, Laura Ringemann Springer, Graham Sadtler