Patents by Inventor ANDREAS LINDEL

ANDREAS LINDEL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230251027
    Abstract: An interior compartment or container for a domestic refrigeration appliance has a side wall on which an elongate bearing rib for a bearing panel is integrated. The bearing rib extends in the depthwise direction of the interior compartment and extends over at least half the depth of the side wall. The bearing rib has an upper bearing side, which merges with the side wall by way of a first rounding and merges with an underside of the bearing rib by way of a second rounding, which is located opposite the first as seen in the widthwise direction. The underside merges at its lower end with the side wall. In a cross section of the bearing rib taken in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a vertical-dimension ratio, measured in the heightwise direction, between an underside vertical dimension and an upper-side vertical dimension is between 3.5 and 4.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ingo Heidenfelder, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Korte, Andreas Lindel, Daniel Naumburger, Ulrich Schlander, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Herbert Weibl, Georg Kapfer
  • Patent number: 11713914
    Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus has an interior container with a first wall and with a second wall arranged angled thereto. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food of the household refrigeration apparatus. An ice maker has a housing 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 wall area of the first wall is formed with a wall step with a protrusion, which protrudes into the receiving space of the ice maker, wherein the protrusion is formed as a condensation water drip bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Prashantagouda Hosamani, Robert Stahl, Andreas Lindel
  • Patent number: 11326831
    Abstract: A household appliance apparatus, in particular a household refrigeration appliance apparatus, has at least one flow separating unit which is provided for separating at least two airflows. In order to provide improved properties with regard to a ventilation of heat-generating freestanding household appliance components, the flow separating unit is provided for mounting on an outer wall of a freestanding household appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Herbert Weibl, Michael Krapp
  • Patent number: 11306963
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance contains an inner container delimiting an interior and having an opening, a first reinforcement part anchored to in the opening of the inner container and has a screw hole and extends in an axial direction, and at least one coupling part. A built-in part is disposed in the interior and has an opening. The built-in part is fastened by the at least one coupling part pushing through the opening of said built-in part in an axial direction and engages into the first reinforcement part. The first reinforcement part has a side facing toward the interior and on the side facing toward the interior has an atrium, a cross-section of the atrium being greater than that of the screw hole. The coupling part has a peg, a cross-section of the peg being greater than that of the screw hole and the peg engages into the atrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Felix Wiedenmann, Markus Arbogast, Bernd Wolfsteiner
  • Publication number: 20210318058
    Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container with a first wall and with a second wall angled relative to the first wall. The interior container bounds a first receiving space of the household refrigeration apparatus for food. An ice maker includes a housing 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 household refrigeration apparatus has a depth direction. The interior container includes a rear wall with a base plate. A drain gutter for condensation water, which forms in the ice maker, is integrated in the rear wall and the drain gutter is disposed offset rearwardly relative to the base plate of the rear wall in the depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: PRASHANTAGOUDA HOSAMANI, ROBERT STAHL, ANDREAS LINDEL
  • Patent number: 11137196
    Abstract: A household refrigerator has a receiving space for food which is delimited by walls of an inner container. A covering plate that is separate from the inner container is arranged in the receiving space in front of a wall of the inner container. A functional unit of the household refrigerator is arranged in the receiving space in front of the wall and in one spatial direction of the household refrigerator the covering plate ends next to the functional unit. The functional unit is covered, at least in certain sections, by a cover that is separate from the covering plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Thomas Schaefer, Marcus Wehlauch
  • Patent number: 11060788
    Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance has a housing in which there is embodied a receiving space for foodstuffs, a first door and a second door separate therefrom. The doors closing a front-side receiving opening of the receiving space to the front. A door stop bar is disposed externally to the doors which is arranged in the receiving opening and is connected by a first end to a first boundary wall and by a second end to a second boundary wall. Wherein in the closed state the doors abut against the door stop bar on the front side, and have a frame heating which is arranged on the door stop bar for the purpose of heating the door stop bar. A heating line of the frame heating is arranged behind a front panel of the door stop bar and is thermally coupled to the front panel by the heat-conducting transmission medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Michael Krapp, Thomas Bischofberger
  • Patent number: 11029082
    Abstract: A household appliance apparatus, in particular a household refrigeration appliance apparatus, has at least one supporting unit for contacting with a supporting surface, and with a housing base unit which has a first base portion and at least one second base portion which define an intermediate space in at least one region. Accordingly, the supporting unit is arranged at least partially in the intermediate space and thus a reduced installation space relative to the supporting unit is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Ralf Spiller, Michael Krapp, Markus Mayer
  • Patent number: 10969158
    Abstract: A household refrigerator has a receiving space for food, a back panel delimiting the receiving space at the back, a no-frost unit, and an air channel arranged behind the back panel and connected to the no-frost unit and has an outlet opening by which cold air from the no-frost unit can be introduced into the receiving space. A suction opening is provided by way of which air can be sucked out of the receiving space by the no-frost unit. The outlet opening and the suction opening are arranged at different levels. A baffle plate is arranged vertically between the outlet opening and the suction opening. The plate is arranged on the back panel and extends forwards in the direction of a loading opening, so cold air blown into the receiving space via the outlet opening flows around a leading edge of the baffle plate that faces the loading opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Thomas Schaefer, Marcus Wehlauch
  • Patent number: 10962276
    Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance has a housing and at least one electronics module in the housing. The electronics module is covered at least in sections by a metallic cover plate and the cover plate is in electrical contact with a further metal component, in particular with a metal sheet, of the household refrigeration appliance. The cover plate is thereby connected by way of the metal component to an electrical ground connection. The ground connection has a metallic grounding claw, separate from the cover plate and from the metal component, by way of which the cover plate and the metal component are connected to at least one connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraéte GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Michael Krapp, Yun Dai
  • Patent number: 10935311
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance contains a housing in which a receiving space for food is configured, a machinery compartment, and an electronics box which is arranged above the machinery compartment in the housing. The machinery compartment is separated in the upward direction by a foam cross-member from an intermediate space of the housing filled with a thermally insulating material at least in regions. A gap is formed between the foam cross-member, a cover and an interior of the electronics box. A cover element is arranged in the gap such that a flow of media is blocked from the machinery compartment into the interior of the electronics box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Yun Dai, Andreas Lindel, Michael Krapp
  • Patent number: 10823493
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a body and a receiving chamber located in the body and at least partially delimited by a wall element. A holding part is disposed on a face of the wall element facing away from the receiving chamber, is coupled to an alignment contour provided on the wall element and extends over the alignment contour in a plane encompassing the wall element. The alignment contour has a projection facing away from the receiving chamber and being elongated in the plane encompassing the wall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Ralf Spiller, Roland Kuemmel
  • Patent number: 10804683
    Abstract: An integral or one-piece cover plate for a household appliance includes at least one integrated cable duct for an electrical cable, which is constructed to be open to a top side of the cover plate in the circumferential direction about a longitudinal duct axis. The cover plate additionally has at least one hose duct for a hose. A household appliance and a method for assembly of a cover plate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Michael Krapp, Yun Dai
  • Patent number: 10697689
    Abstract: The efficiency of a household appliance device, in particular of a household refrigerator device, is improved. An inner container has at least one inner panel that delimits an interior at least partially. An air exchange unit is formed with at least two flow channels that run substantially parallel and that are in fluidic communication with the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Elmar Faehnle, Felix Wiedenmann, Thomas Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20200166262
    Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus has an interior container with a first wall and with a second wall arranged angled thereto. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food of the household refrigeration apparatus. An ice maker has a housing 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 wall area of the first wall is formed with a wall step with a protrusion, which protrudes into the receiving space of the ice maker, wherein the protrusion is formed as a condensation water drip bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: PRASHANTAGOUDA HOSAMANI, ROBERT STAHL, ANDREAS LINDEL
  • Publication number: 20200096249
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance contains an inner container delimiting an interior and having an opening, a first reinforcement part anchored to in the opening of the inner container and has a screw hole and extends in an axial direction, and at least one coupling part. A built-in part is disposed in the interior and has an opening. The built-in part is fastened by the at least one coupling part pushing through the opening of said built-in part in an axial direction and engages into the first reinforcement part. The first reinforcement part has a side facing toward the interior and on the side facing toward the interior has an atrium, a cross-section of the atrium being greater than that of the screw hole. The coupling part has a peg, a cross-section of the peg being greater than that of the screw hole and the peg engages into the atrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: ANDREAS LINDEL, FELIX WIEDENMANN, MARKUS ARBOGAST, BERND WOLFSTEINER
  • Patent number: 10473262
    Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance has a housing in which at least one receiving area for food is implemented. At least one roller is arranged on the housing and by which the household refrigeration appliance can be rolled on an underlying surface. The roller is arranged rotatably mounted on a plate-like, separate bearing bracket and a roller assembly containing the roller and the bearing bracket is arranged non-destructively releasably on a base of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Ralf Spiller, Michael Krapp
  • Publication number: 20190301790
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a body and a receiving chamber located in the body and at least partially delimited by a wall element. A holding part is disposed on a face of the wall element facing away from the receiving chamber, is coupled to an alignment contour provided on the wall element and extends over the alignment contour in a plane encompassing the wall element. The alignment contour has a projection facing away from the receiving chamber and being elongated in the plane encompassing the wall element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: ANDREAS LINDEL, RALF SPILLER, ROLAND KUEMMEL
  • Patent number: 10408529
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a thermally insulated housing which limits a coolable interior chamber provided for storing food and being accessible through an opening. A frame-shaped end face frames the opening of the housing. A door leaf for opening and closing the opening of the housing is mounted in such a way that it can pivot relative to an axis by using at least one hinge. A cover is provided for covering the hinge. A triggering device is disposed within the cover and is configured to actuate at least one device of the domestic refrigeration appliance depending on an opening angle of the door leaf. A method for operating a domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Grimminger, Andreas Lindel, Christian Schmid, Hans Peter Werner, Gerhard Wetzl, Martin Gebler
  • Patent number: 10365035
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a housing in which an inner container is disposed. The inner container has walls delimiting a receiving chamber for food. A bearing rib for supporting a separating plate is formed or molded on a side wall of the inner container. An electrical part disposed on the front face of the bearing rib extends through a passage in the front face and projects into the receiving chamber. A method for producing a domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Ralf Spiller, Claudia Weiss, Felix Wiedenmann