Patents Assigned to BSH HAUSGERATE GMBH
  • Patent number: 11284775
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a receiving area for receiving an item to be washed, and a tank assembly receiving dishwashing fluid. The tank assembly includes a first tank section with an inlet, via which the tank assembly can be supplied with dishwashing fluid, and a second tank section with an outlet, via which dishwashing fluid in the tank assembly is able to exit the tank assembly. The first and second tank sections are fluidically connected together and arranged fluidically in series such that dishwashing fluid in the first tank section is displaced into the second tank section when additional dishwashing fluid is introduced into the first tank section via the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Naiara Arandigoyen Martínez, Pilar Balerdi Azpilicueta, Sergio Casado Carlino, Esther Castillo Bergad, Vanesa Estremera Carrera, Eloy Merino Alcaide, Gustavo Moliner Murillo, Xabier Sagües García, Koldo Urdiain Yoldi
  • Patent number: 11287941
    Abstract: In a method for operating a household appliance having a user interface for operation of the household appliance by a plurality of users, a number of predetermined usage actions of a particular user of the plurality of users when operating the household appliance is registered in a user-specific manner, and a user-specific control surface is provided by way of the user interface for the particular user on the basis of the usage actions of the particular user as registered in a user-specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Heckes, Ersin Isbilen, Stefano Frattesi, Claudia Häpp, Bernd Kränzle, Paula Lloreda Puente
  • Patent number: 11286605
    Abstract: A structural unit, in particular a heating pump for a water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, includes a heatable tube section through which a liquid can flow during operation and in which one or more mechanical structures are arranged that produce locally different flow speeds of the liquid. A first temperature measuring device is arranged on an outer side of the tube section radially outside a region of lower flow rate or less incident flow, and a second temperature measuring device is arranged on the outer side of the tube section radially outside a region of higher flow rate or more incident flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Wecker, Stephan Lutz, Stephanie Karger
  • Patent number: 11266290
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity which includes a base having a first connection flange, a dishwasher cavity casing connected to the base, and a rear wall connected to both the base and the dishwasher cavity casing. The rear wall includes a second connection flange having at least one section resting against the first connection flange. The second connection flange has a deformation region which projects beyond the first connection flange and is bent in a direction oriented away from the first connection flange in such a way that the deformation region rests against the second connection flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Becker, Johann Schabert, Norbert Näßler
  • Patent number: 11268692
    Abstract: A cooking grate for a domestic gas cooking appliance having a top sheet is provided. The cooking grate includes a cooking utensil support region; and a gas transfer portion extending from the cooking utensil support region and having a gas transfer chamber, a plurality of gas outlets extending from the gas transfer chamber to a burn region outside of the gas transfer portion, and a gas inlet extending from an area outside of the gas transfer portion to the gas transfer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventor: Rob Travis
  • Patent number: 11265976
    Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance includes a door which covers a loading opening of a cooking chamber when closed, and has a profiled trap structure to form with an electrically conductive door flange a lambda quarter-wave trap that frames the loading opening. The trap structure includes a metal choke profile with an open face opposite the door flange, inner and outer metal tongues protruding into the open face laterally on an inside and outside, respectively. The metal tongues are connected electrically to the choke profile and separated from one another by a microwave entry slot covered by a microwave-transparent cover. The choke profile is framed laterally on the outside by a parallel overlap region which protrudes from the door flange and has a cover surface facing the door flange at a distance and made of electrically conductive material and having a same shape as a door flange region it covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kuchler, Kerstin Rigorth, Sebastian Sterz, Matthias Vogt
  • Patent number: 11226105
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular a baking oven, includes a cooking compartment for cooking food to be cooked, and a door for closing the cooking compartment in an operating position, with the door having a receptacle. Arranged in the door is a sensor module for identifying a property of the food to be cooked when the door assumes the operating position. The sensor module is receivable in the receptacle and reversibly removable from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Erbe, Arnulf Himmel, Dan Neumayer
  • Patent number: 11209172
    Abstract: A hob device, in particular an induction hob device, includes a variable cooking surface, a user interface and a control unit which in the presence of a heating type divides the cooking surface into a plurality of heating zones in at least one dividing direction, associates heating parameter to each of the heating zones, in a manner dependent on location, for heating at least one cooking pot placed on the heating zone, and forms a cooking zone that is associated with the cooking pot and is heated using the heating parameter. In the event of a request of the heating type for the cooking pot, the control unit is provided to wait for at least one operating action by a user by way of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Enrique Delgado Sancho, Esther Ondiviela Serrano, David Paesa Garcia, Daniel Palacios Tomas, Annika Tuchen
  • Patent number: 11205871
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a connector for electrical contacting. The connector includes a body configured to mechanically retain at least one electrically conductive contact, which is accessible on an exit side of the body for contacting. The body is constructed from at least two different components, with one of the at least two components at least substantially forming the exit side and being made from a fire-retardant plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Wagner, Michael Wagner, Sebastian Reitenauer
  • Patent number: 11204171
    Abstract: A domestic cooking appliance for heating a food item includes a main housing; a cooking compartment in the main housing, the cooking compartment being configured to receive the food item to be heated, the cooking compartment having a first sidewall and a second sidewall; a gas burner that provides heat to the cooking compartment; a burner panel located between the gas burner and the cooking compartment; and a first fin protruding from the first sidewall and into the cooking compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Ian McIver, Timothy Russell
  • Patent number: 11166616
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container, and a spray facility arranged within the washing container for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the washing container. The spray facility includes a cage, a gyro element rotatably supported in the cage, and a supply line having a nozzle for supplying the washing liquor and/or fresh water to the gyro element. The gyro element is arranged in its entirety above the nozzle in relation to a direction of gravity in an operating position which the gyro element assumes when washing liquor and/or fresh water is supplied to the gyro element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger
  • Patent number: 11166615
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing container accommodating items to be washed. A first hydraulic arrangement is provided to wash the items by a dishwashing fluid and includes a spray device arranged in the dishwashing container, a sump arranged below the dishwashing container, a filter device configured to filter the dishwashing fluid in the dishwashing container and/or the sump, and a circulating pump configured to circulate the dishwashing fluid to the spray device. A second hydraulic arrangement is provided for cleaning the filter device by a cleaning fluid. The second hydraulic arrangement includes the filter device, the sump, a pump arrangement, a storage device for holding the cleaning fluid, a cleaning device for spraying at least one segment of the filter device with the cleaning fluid, and an auxiliary pump arranged between the storage device and the cleaning device for applying pressure to the cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventor: Anton Oblinger
  • Patent number: 11168892
    Abstract: A household cooking appliance includes a cooking compartment and a door for closing the cooking compartment. The door has two door profiles arranged at a distance from one another, an inner pane fastened to the door profiles, and a condensate strip arranged between the door profiles and configured to divert liquid condensed on the inner pane. Each of the door profiles includes an interface which is configured to detachably connect the condensate strip to the door profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Streitwieser, Maximilian Bernauer
  • Patent number: 11168934
    Abstract: A refrigerator front frame for a refrigerator appliance, includes: four extruded plastic profiles; four corner connecting pieces configured to join the four extruded plastic profiles to form the refrigerator front frame, wherein a co-extruded, thin metal strip is embedded within a wall of each of the four extruded plastic profiles so as to be near an outer surface of a corresponding extruded plastic profile as compared to an overall wall thickness of the corresponding extruded plastic profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Cetin Abdullah Celik, Alexander Görz, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk
  • Patent number: 11166620
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, and first and second rollers which are rotatably mounted in a roller holder that is fastened to the dishwasher cavity. A support element supporting a receptacle for items to be washed is movably mounted relative to the roller holder with the aid of the first roller and the second roller in such a way that the receptacle is movable between a position in which the receptacle is inserted into the dishwasher cavity and a position in which the receptacle is extracted from the dishwasher cavity. The support element has an upper running area and a lower running area, with the first roller being spaced apart downward from the upper running area and running along the lower running area, and with the second roller being spaced apart upward from the lower running area and running along the upper running area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Racs, Thomas Steck, Christoph Kapfer
  • Patent number: 11163059
    Abstract: Data from a radar sensor moving through a static environment may be smoothed and used to generate range profiles by approximating peaks. A direction of arrival (DOA) can then be determined based on the range profile in order to generate a reprojection map. The reprojection map is used to provide updates to a stored map in a robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Laurenz Altenmueller, Philip Roan
  • Patent number: 11150959
    Abstract: A hob device includes a power supply unit, a receiving unit configured to receive an item of information, and a control unit configured to control the power supply unit in an operating state and to access the receiving unit. The control unit is configured to deactivate the power supply unit in the operating state for an inactivity time interval and to access the receiving unit during the inactivity time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blasco Rueda, Sergio Llorente Gil, Daniel Palacios Tomas, David Valeau Martin
  • Patent number: 11149485
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may have side-by-side, outwardly-opening doors. The doors may be operatively coupled to each other such that they rotate together and also translate together into respective storage slots on either side of an appliance cavity. Translation into the storage slots may include guiding respective roller carriages of the doors along tracks in the storage slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Sean Johnson, Kenneth Jones, Robert Parchman, Stephen Somogy
  • Patent number: D936306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: William Gutkowski, Thomas Ott
  • Patent number: D944579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte Gmbh
    Inventors: Graham Sadtler, Ruth Prentice