Patents by Inventor Benjamin Lederhofer

Benjamin Lederhofer 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: 20220053949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a swing door system for use with a freezer device, including two adjacent swing doors and at least one mullion in contact with the swing doors. Each swing door includes a transparent pane and a non-transparent area, with each non-transparent area proximal to the mullion when the swing doors are in a closed position. The non-transparent areas and the mullion define a non-transparent region. In a plurality of horizontal see-through angles, a view through the transparent panes is not totally blocked by the non-transparent region. The horizontal see-through angle is measured with respect to the plane in which the swing doors are arranged when the swing doors are in the closed position. When a width of at least one of the swing doors is in the range of 500 mm to 780 mm, the plurality of horizontal see-through angles ranges from 6° to 174°, preferably 5° to 175°, and more preferably 4° to 176°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT Flat Glass CR, s.r.o.
    Inventors: Jochen DIEDERICHS, Petr SMAJSER, Martin RAFAJ, Michael LAMMEL, Benjamin LEDERHOFER, Markus HELLER, Jaroslav KUKULIS, Jaroslav PLACEK
  • Patent number: 11033130
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of connecting an item of dishware (1) to a contactlessly readable electronic information carrier (2) comprising the steps: providing the item of dishware (1), wherein the item of dishware (1) comprises a material selected from a group consisting of glass, ceramic and plastic or a combination thereof, and attaching the information carrier to the item of dishware. Contactlessly readable electronic information carriers applied to a self-adhesive carrier film are known. They can also be adhesively bonded to an item of dishware for identification thereof. In comparison according to the invention the above-mentioned method is further developed in that it further includes the steps: applying a cover layer of printing ink in such a way that the cover layer at least portion-wise covers a surface of the information carrier and the cover layer extends over a portion, which is not covered by the information carrier, on the surface of the item of dishware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: RASTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Nieraad, Carsten Kehrein, Dietrich Busch, Michael Lammel, Benjamin Lederhofer
  • Publication number: 20200352355
    Abstract: A swing door system for use with a freezer device is provided. The system includes two adjacent swing doors and a mullion in contact with the swing doors. Each swing door has a transparent pane and a non-transparent area. The non-transparent area is proximal to the mullion when the swing doors are in a closed position. The non-transparent areas and the mullion define a non-transparent region. The system has, under a horizontal viewing angle between 0° and 180° with respect to the plane in which the swing doors are arranged when the swing doors are in the closed position, all of the horizontal diameters of the non-transparent region are less than 100 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: SCHOTT AG, SCHOTT Flat Glass CR, s.r.o.
    Inventors: Jochen Diederichs, Petr Smajser, Martin Rafaj, Michael Lammel, Benjamin Lederhofer, Markus Heller, Jaroslav Kukulis, Jaroslav Placek
  • Publication number: 20190290035
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of connecting an item of dishware (1) to a contactlessly readable electronic information carrier (2) comprising the steps: providing the item of dishware (1), wherein the item of dishware (1) comprises a material selected from a group consisting of glass, ceramic and plastic or a combination thereof, and attaching the information carrier to the item of dishware. Contactlessly readable electronic information carriers applied to a self-adhesive carrier film are known. They can also be adhesively bonded to an item of dishware for identification thereof. In comparison according to the invention the above-mentioned method is further developed in that it further includes the steps: applying a cover layer of printing ink in such a way that the cover layer at least portion-wise covers a surface of the information carrier and the cover layer extends over a portion, which is not covered by the information carrier, on the surface of the item of dishware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Nieraad, Carsten Kehrein, Dietrich Busch, Michael Lammel, Benjamin Lederhofer