Abstract: A refrigerator including a fresh food compartment; a freezer compartment; an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment; an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker including an ice maker tray, a separate fin evaporator, and a cooling tube which is assembled between the ice maker tray and the fin evaporator, such that the cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray and the fin evaporator; and an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignees:
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Nilton Bertolini, Alexander Görz, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Vishal Vekariya
Abstract: A filter device for a fume extraction device includes at least two filter elements arranged at an angle relative to one another, and a holding frame for holding the at least two filter elements. An edge of one of the at least two filter elements lies adjacent to an edge of the other one of the at least two filter element. Each of the at least two filter elements has a surface with a variable distance between opposite outer faces of the filter element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Aurélien Chartrel, Henri Klein, Florent Lagorgette, Guillaume Laurent
Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing chamber, a controller apparatus configured to perform a wash program from a number of wash programs for washing items to be washed arranged in the washing chamber, an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber during performance of the wash program, and an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a subsequent loading of items to be washed by a user as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the washing chamber, to determine a point in time of the subsequent loading in the wash program, and to perform a predetermined action as a function of the ascertained subsequent loading and the determined point in time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 6, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
Abstract: A cooking device includes a catalyst device having a base unit which is made of electrically conductive material and on which a plurality of catalytically active elements or a catalytically active surface coating is arranged. The base unit has electric connection regions which are at least partly made of a pressed material region of the base unit and/or at least partly have an electrically conductive adhesive. An electric energy unit is connected to the electric connection regions of the base unit and supplies the base unit with electric energy for a self-heating of the catalyst device.
Abstract: A door for a cooking appliance includes a front pane, a further pane arranged in spaced-apart relation to the front pane, a recessed grip embodied in an upper region of the door and configured for gripping from above, and a separate functional frame arranged in an intermediate space between the front pane and the further pane when viewed in a depth direction of the door. The functional frame includes an upper frame part having a delimiting web which protrudes upward on the upper frame part such that the recessed grip is embodied in the upper frame part.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 13, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Veronika Barth, Charlotte Bick, Frank Rieser
Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity and a spray facility arranged within the dishwasher cavity for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the dishwasher cavity. The spray facility includes a nozzle for spraying the washing liquor and/or the fresh water and a spiral-shaped flow-conducting element for feeding the washing liquor and/or the fresh water to the nozzle. The spiral-shaped flow-conducting element is configured, during operation of the spray facility, to feed the washing liquor and/or the fresh water to the nozzle in such a way that the washing liquor and/or the fresh water exits the nozzle as a rotating conical spray jet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
Abstract: A sink includes a basin including a base wall and lateral walls adjoining the base wall. The basin includes a receiving area delimited by the base wall and the lateral walls. An insert plate separate from the basin is inserted into the receiving area and moved by a lifting device relative to the basin. A residual media discharge device discharges residual media from a top of the insert plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Wölfler, Benjamin Reu, Ingo Abels
Abstract: An induction oven device includes a heating unit including an induction coil having an electrical conductor, a substrate unit having a through-flow opening, and a fastening unit configured to fasten the induction coil to the substrate unit. The fastening unit includes a fastening element which is guided through the through-flow opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Manuel Almolda Fandos, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Izaskun Jaca Equiza, Ignacio Lope Moratilla, Damaso Martin Gomez, Alvaro Rigual Iturria
Abstract: A sink includes a basin including a base wall having a drain opening for media to run out of the basin, and lateral walls adjoining the base wall. The basin includes a receiving area which is delimited by the base wall and the lateral walls. An insert plate separate from the basin is inserted into the receiving area and movable by a lifting apparatus relative to the basin. A closure apparatus is arranged on the insert plate and is configured to prevent media in the basin from running to the drain opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Wölfler, Benjamin Reu, Jörg Sukale
Abstract: A household appliance device includes a first structural unit, a second structural unit, and an insulation unit configured to provide an insulation between the first and second structural units. The insulation unit includes a placement assist element configured to tailor an exterior shape of the insulation unit to the first structural unit for placement of the insulation unit, and an expansion compensation element configured to compensate at least substantially a thermal expansion of at least one subregion of the insulation unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Jorge Felices Betran, Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Izaskun Jaca Equiza, Ignacio Lope Moratilla, Damaso Martin Gomez
Abstract: A removable upper plinth or top panel structure for a domestic appliance, includes: an elongated plate-shaped cover for covering an access opening at a top portion of the domestic appliance; a plurality of attachment members disposed on the elongated plate-shaped cover for detachably mounting the elongated plate-shaped cover to the domestic appliance; and a plurality of tethers connected to the elongated plate-shaped cover, such that on condition that the elongated plate-shaped cover is detached from the domestic appliance to expose the access area, the elongated plate-shaped cover flips downward and hangs on the plurality of tethers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignees:
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Joshua Wittes, Ashish Modi, Samuel Harward
Abstract: A cooking appliance apparatus, in particular an oven apparatus, includes a muffle which defines a cooking chamber, and a heating element to heat the cooking chamber at least partially. A switching unit connects the heating element to a first supply voltage in a first operating state and to a second supply voltage in a second operating state, with the second supply voltage being different from the first supply voltage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Carlos Obon Abadia, Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Edgar Jorge Ramirez Laboreo, Alvaro Rigual Iturria, Fernando Sanz Serrano, Rebeca Soria Ruiz
Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance includes a channel section heatable from outside and configured for passage of fluid in a flow direction. A plurality of electrically interconnected heat conductor elements are provided for executing a heating action. The heat conductor elements are configured to at least partly surround the channel section on the outside, with at least one of the heat conductor elements generating during operation a surface output that varies over its course, resulting in different surface temperatures at a thermal transition into the channel section over its course, wherein the heat conductor elements are arranged such that the surface outputs of the heat conductor elements that follow one another over a circumference of the channel section differ across the flow direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Stephan Lutz, Stefan Pollithy, Markus Wecker
Abstract: A gas line support device configured to support a gas line in a domestic home appliance includes: a base, the base having a plurality of contact portions that are configured to rest on a surface in a chassis of the domestic home appliance; a central portion having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the central portion being attached to the base at the first end of the central portion; a gas line cradle attached to the second end of the central portion, the gas line cradle being configured to support a gas line in the domestic home appliance; a passage in the base, the passage being formed between two of the contact portions of the base and being configured to receive an electrical wire such that the electrical wire passes through the passage and below the gas line cradle; and an attachment portion extending from one of the contact portions of the base, the attachment portion being configured to attach the gas line support device to the surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2022
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignees:
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Robert Colehour, Charles Hanna, James Russell
Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container holding a dishwasher load, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load. The spray arm is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and is actively driven by a drive entity. The drive entity includes a drive shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation which extends in parallel relation to and at a distance from the axis of rotation of the spray arm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger, Werner Oblinger
Abstract: An adjustable user interface module (UIM) for a domestic appliance is provided and includes an adjustable UIM housing; a UIM electronic component mounted to the adjustable UIM housing; and a pair of adjustable fastening members adapted to mount the adjustable UIM housing to the domestic appliance, each of the adjustable fastening members being configured to adjust the adjustable UIM housing in at least an up and down direction to in turn adjust the height of the UIM electronic component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignees:
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Inventors:
Joshua Wittes, Cemalettin Hasturk, Murat Zengin, Göksel Göktepe, Tobias Hochstatter, Alpkan Başaran, Michael Pfister