Patents Assigned to Dometic GmbH
  • Patent number: 9771033
    Abstract: The inventive embodiments concern a method for flushing a toilet for vehicles, especially for motor homes, buses, recreational vehicles, or watercraft, with a toilet bowl, a control unit for actuating a flushing with a control program, and with a conduit piece for drainage of the waste water from the toilet bowl into a waste-holding tank and a toilet system for implementing the method and a vehicle with the toilet system according to the inventive embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Oxenfarth, Tim Jochim, Volker Müller
  • Patent number: 9770145
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a hinge for use in a mobile toilet having a toilet bowl, a toilet seat, and a toilet lid, wherein the toilet seat and the toilet lid each are swivel-mounted to the toilet bowl by the hinge and have a common pivot axis. Furthermore, the present embodiments relate to a damping device for retrofitting a hinge. The present embodiments also relate to a mobile toilet. In particular, the present embodiments relate to the problem to allow an easy retrofitting of a hinge and mobile toilets, respectively. This problem is in particular solved with the initially described hinge that in accordance with the present embodiments has at least one receiving area that is formed to receive at least one damping device for damping the swivel motion of the toilet seat or the toilet lid about the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Jochim, Jens Oxenfarth
  • Patent number: 9676347
    Abstract: The invention relates to an interlock mechanism (71) for a toilet (1) for vehicles, in particular for busses, mobile homes, caravans, and yachts, having an upper part (2) with a toilet bowl (7) and a support part (3) with a cassette compartment (14), wherein a cassette (15) can be inserted into the cassette compartment (14). A passing part (4) is disposed between the toilet bowl (7) and the cassette (15) in the inserted state (EZ). The passing part (4) can be closed by a passing part closure (5). According to the invention, the interlock mechanism (71) can be coupled with the passing part closure (5) and the cassette (15). The invention further relates to a toilet having such an interlock mechanism and a method for operating it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Jochim, Jens Oxenfarth
  • Patent number: 8499368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toilet system (1) for installation in a vehicle, wherein the toilet system comprises the following components indicated: namely a base (2) which is to be fixed to the vehicle and has a top wall portion, also a toilet bowl (3) which is borne by the top wall portion of the base and has a top peripheral portion preferably bearing a toilet-seat ring (6), further a sewage-retention tank (15) which, in the use position, is arranged, at least in part, beneath the top wall portion, and additionally a guiding, retaining and coupling device which is configured such that the user—preferably from the outside of the vehicle—can pull the correspondingly formed sewage-retention tank out of its use position, in which it can be connected in a liquid-tight manner to the outflow of the toilet bowl (3), remove it from the vehicle and then replace it in said use position, wherein the toilet system (1) is configured such that, even after the base has been fixed to the vehicle, it is possible to make a se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Wunderlich, Volker Müller
  • Publication number: 20130081200
    Abstract: The invention relates to an interlock mechanism (71) for a toilet (1) for vehicles, in particular for busses, mobile homes, caravans, and yachts, having an upper part (2) with a toilet bowl (7) and a support part (3) with a cassette compartment (14), wherein a cassette (15) can be inserted into the cassette compartment (14). A passing part (4) is disposed between the toilet bowl (7) and the cassette (15) in the inserted state (EZ). The passing part (4) can be closed by a passing part closure (5). According to the invention, the interlock mechanism (71) can be coupled with the passing part closure (5) and the cassette (15). The invention further relates to a toilet having such an interlock mechanism and a method for operating it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventor: DOMETIC GMBH
  • Patent number: 8146383
    Abstract: A cooling appliance 1 including a housing 2 and a cooling unit 3, 4 is adapted such that the interior of said cooling appliance 1 is separable into at least two cooling zones 6, 7 by inserting an insert member (5), wherein one of said cooling zones is built as separate freezer section 6 or froster, respectively. In a cooling appliance 1 including a housing 2 and cooling unit 3, 4 an insert member 5 separating said interior of said cooling appliance 1 into at least two cooling zones 6, 7, is arranged in the interior of said cooling appliance 1, wherein said insert member 6 is built as preassembled unit inserted into said cooling appliance 1 by means of guide members 8 arranged in said housing 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Lorek, Joachim Kinscher
  • Patent number: 8104800
    Abstract: A mobile refrigerator with a refrigerator door is held magnetically against the body thereof. An additional hook lock (1 and 19) automatically engages on closing the refrigerator door and releases the refrigerator door only following the actuation of an unlocking mechanism. The unlocking mechanism disengages the hook bolt (7) from the lock striker (20), characterized in that the hook lock (1 and 19) comprises a locking member (14) by means of which the hook bolt (7) may be restrained in a disengaged position so that the refrigerator door is only held closed magnetically. The hook lock (1 and 19) is also characterized in that the locking member (14) is able to be so actuated independently of the unlocking mechanism that the hook bolt (7) is set in the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Lorek
  • Publication number: 20110254304
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a recreational vehicle kitchen block (1) comprising a functional area (2), which encompasses at least one sink (9) and/or a hob (18). According to the invention, the functional area (2) is characterized in that it encompasses a functional module (3, 4), the plan view of which is designed so as to be rectangular, and the length of which is twice as large as its width and in which the sink (9) and/or the hob (18) is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventor: Paolo Moresco
  • Publication number: 20100115690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toilet system (1) for installation in a vehicle, wherein the toilet system comprises the following components indicated: namely a base (2) which is to be fixed to the vehicle and has a top wall portion, also a toilet bowl (3) which is borne by the top wall portion of the base and has a top peripheral portion preferably bearing a toilet-seat ring (6), further a sewage-retention tank (15) which, in the use position, is arranged, at least in part, beneath the top wall portion, and additionally a guiding, retaining and coupling device which is configured such that the user—preferably from the outside of the vehicle—can pull the correspondingly formed sewage-retention tank out of its use position, in which it can be connected in a liquid-tight manner to the outflow of the toilet bowl (3), remove it from the vehicle and then replace it in said use position, wherein the toilet system (1) is configured such that, even after the base has been fixed to the vehicle, it is possible to make a se
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Wunderlich, Volker Muller
  • Publication number: 20100011495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flap unit (1) for fitting into a flap opening, which allows access to a luggage or service compartment, in the wall of a camping vehicle. Said unit comprises a flap frame (3) and a flap (2) that is pivotally mounted on said frame and the flap frame preferably consists of a first frame part (5), which borders the flap opening on the vehicle interior and a second frame part (6), which borders the flap opening on the vehicle exterior, in such a way that the first and second frame part (5, 6) interlock when mounted. One frame part (6) has a connection (11) for coupling a ventilation or water supply or drainage line on the vehicle interior and said connection (11) can be linked to the external surroundings of the vehicle in such a way that the line coupled to the connection comes into contact with said surroundings through at least said frame part (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Neubauer, Frank Wunderlich
  • Publication number: 20100011800
    Abstract: A cooling appliance 1 including a housing 2 and a cooling unit 3, 4 is adapted such that the interior of said cooling appliance 1 is separable into at least two cooling zones 6, 7 by inserting an insert member (5), wherein one of said cooling zones is built as separate freezer section 6 or froster, respectively. In a cooling appliance 1 including a housing 2 and cooling unit 3, 4 an insert member 5 separating said interior of said cooling appliance 1 into at least two cooling zones 6, 7, is arranged in the interior of said cooling appliance 1, wherein said insert member 6 is built as preassembled unit inserted into said cooling appliance 1 by means of guide members 8 arranged in said housing 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Lorek, Joachim Kinscher
  • Publication number: 20090007608
    Abstract: A mobile refrigerator with a refrigerator door is held magnetically against the body thereof. An additional hook lock (1 and 19) automatically engages on closing the refrigerator door and releases the refrigerator door only following the actuation of an unlocking mechanism. The unlocking mechanism disengages the hook bolt (7) from the lock striker (20), characterized in that the hook lock (1 and 19) comprises a locking member (14) by means of which the hook bolt (7) may be restrained in a disengaged position so that the refrigerator door is only held closed magnetically. The hook lock (1 and 19) is also characterized in that the locking member (14) is able to be so actuated independently of the unlocking mechanism that the hook bolt (7) is set in the disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Dometic GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Lorek
  • Publication number: 20080299961
    Abstract: The invention describes a radio communication arrangement to be used especially in leisure facilities and to operate especially according to the ZigBee standard. In the area of motor vans, caravans, mobile homes or boats, secondary facilities, such as air conditioners, venting windows and lighting systems can be controlled with the arrangement. Likewise, sensor signals concerning the status of the battery charge, of a fresh water container or of alarm signals from smoke and movement detectors can be received and processed by the inventive installation by radio. Preferably, the signals can be put out or passed on over a cellular phone network to a cellular phone, in order to supply information directly to the user concerning his recreational vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Muller, Jorg Peter
  • Publication number: 20080083242
    Abstract: The invention describes an electromagnetically actuated locking means of simple mechanical construction for camping and leisure vehicles in particular, by which household appliances can be locked automatically. Therein, a mechanical bolt preferably is actuated via the ignition only and, in standard operation of the device when said leisure vehicle is parked, is not in engagement with a holding element on a door of a refrigerator e.g. Preferably, said locking means comprises a control and detectors for the position of said bolt engaging into a holding means, as well as a detector for detecting an opened or closed condition of said door. Furthermore, said locking means preferably comprises an illumination means and a communication interface by which functionality of the means can be checked and by which the individual function of said locking means can be addressed and/or detector signals can be interrogated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: DOMETIC GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Muller, Jorg Peter
  • Patent number: 7296432
    Abstract: Refrigerator housing including an one-piece external housing made (6) from synthetic material; an internal housing (1) made (6) from synthetic material, which forms a cooling compartment and comprises an access opening (2); said external housing (6) and said internal housing (1) being in sealed manner connected to one another in the region of said access opening (2) on the front side, welded together or glued together in particular, and a hollow space (12) serving for isolation being formed between internal housing (1) and external housing (6); said external housing (6) on its rear side comprising an opening (11) through which essentially the entire hollow space is accessible for introducing isolation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Müller, Manfred Lorek
  • Patent number: D587791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Alexandra-Joy Jaeckel, Roland Sauter, Andrew Moseley
  • Patent number: D662525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventor: Andrew Moseley
  • Patent number: D708719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Jochim, Andrew Moseley, Jens Oxenfarth
  • Patent number: D708720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Jochim, Andrew Moseley, Jens Oxenfarth
  • Patent number: D708722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dometic GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Jochim, Andrew Moseley, Jens Oxenfarth