Patents by Inventor Benjamin Schemela

Benjamin Schemela 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: 20230292980
    Abstract: A domestic dishwashing machine includes a machine body having a dishwashing chamber formed therein, a door that is held on the machine body so as to be pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis, and a door latch. The door latch includes a latch assembly arranged on the machine body and which has a movably arranged closing member and a closing spring arrangement, and an engagement structure arranged on the door, wherein, on closing of the door, the closing member comes into closing engagement with the engagement structure, and a pulling-shut action can be exerted on the door by relaxation of the closing spring arrangement. The door has an internal door lining made of sheet-metal material which extends to a door top edge. The door lining has a first lining wall portion arranged adjacent to the door top edge and extending substantially parallel to the door plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Matthias Bauer, Benjamin Schemela
  • Publication number: 20230175296
    Abstract: Adoor latch includes a gripper adjustable between a gripping state and a release state, which gripper, in the gripping state, is able to grip a closing member for holding the door closed which moves relatively closer to the gripper in a closing direction as a door of the domestic appliance is closed, and, in the release state, frees the closing member for opening the door, wherein, when the door is closed, the gripping state of the gripper is released by a relative releasing movement of the closing member carried out in the closing direction; and an electrically controllable displacement mechanism for displacing the gripper, under electrical control, from a retracted position into an advanced position against a restoring spring force, which advanced position, when the closing member is gripped, corresponds to a state in which the door is closed to a lesser degree than in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Benjamin Schemela, Karl-Heinz Uhl
  • Publication number: 20230119079
    Abstract: A door latch for an electrical appliance includes a rotary gripper movably disposed between a gripping position and a release position with rotational displaceability and having a gripping mouth delimited between a pair of jaws. The rotary gripper is adapted to hold captive a striker in the gripping mouth for holding closed a door of the electrical appliance in the gripping position and to permit release of the striker for opening the door in the release position. The gripping position and the release position correspond to different rotational positions of the rotary gripper. A spring arrangement in the gripping position of the rotary gripper exerts on the rotary gripper a bias which counteracts a movement of the rotary gripper towards the release position. An opener mechanism for opening the closed door includes a movably arranged opening element separate from the striker and a drive unit for driving the opening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Benjamin Schemela, Georg SpieBl, Matthias Bauer
  • Publication number: 20220378274
    Abstract: A door mechanism, for example for a domestic dishwasher, is disclosed, wherein the door mechanism includes a door latch for holding a door of the dishwasher closed in a closed position, and an electrically controllable door opener for the mechanized partial opening and subsequent closing of the door. The door opener includes coupling members, which can be brought into push- and pull-transmitting but releasable coupling engagement with one another, on the door and on an appliance main body of the dishwasher on which the door is movably mounted. The coupling members, when in coupling engagement, allow forces to be transmitted between the door and the appliance main body in a force transmission path which runs past the door latch. The pull strength of the coupling engagement of the coupling members can be variable in dependence on the position of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Benjamin Schemela, Ren Shaojiang
  • Patent number: 11179020
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, for example a washing machine, comprises a body having an access opening to a process chamber arranged inside the body, a door which is movably attached to the body and which closes the access opening in a closed position, a door-closing mechanism for holding the door closed in its closed position and a door-opening mechanism arranged on the body or on the door, having a push slider, which is movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, and a drive unit for driving the push slider. A transfer of the push slider out of the retracted position into the deployed position effects opening of the closed door, the push slider acts in a pressure-exerting manner on the door or on the body and thereby overcomes a holding-closed action of the door-closing mechanism and opens the closed door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Georg Spiessl, Albert Dirnberger, Benjamin Schemela
  • Publication number: 20190301230
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, for example a washing machine, comprises a body having an access opening to a process chamber arranged inside the body, a door which is movably attached to the body and which closes the access opening in a closed position, a door-closing mechanism for holding the door closed in its closed position and a door-opening mechanism arranged on the body or on the door, having a push slider, which is movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, and a drive unit for driving the push slider. A transfer of the push slider out of the retracted position into the deployed position effects opening of the closed door, the push slider acts in a pressure-exerting manner on the door or on the body and thereby overcomes a holding-closed action of the door-closing mechanism and opens the closed door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Spiessl, Albert Dirnberger, Benjamin Schemela
  • Publication number: 20170363347
    Abstract: A domestic cooling appliance includes a cabinet having a set of inner walls defining a cooling space, and a shelf assembly provided in the cooling space. The shelf assembly includes a shelf panel and a pair of left and right metal support brackets disposed adjacent one of the pair of lateral edges of the shelf panel and extend between front and rear edges of the shelf panel. Each support bracket includes at least one mounting member for mounting the support bracket to an inner rear wall of the cabinet and one or more coupling members for coupling the shelf panel to the pair of support brackets where at least a first coupling member of the one or more coupling members is designed as an elongated U-shaped metal profile defining only a first pocket for engaging the shelf panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Johann Schenkl, Manfredi Signorino, Georg Spiessl, Georg Wilhelm, Benjamin Schemela
  • Publication number: 20170082353
    Abstract: A domestic cooling appliance includes a cabinet having a set of inner walls defining a cooling space, and a shelf assembly provided in the cooling space. The shelf assembly includes a shelf panel and a pair of left and right support brackets disposed adjacent one of the pair of lateral edges of the shelf panel and extend between front and rear edges of the shelf panel. Each support bracket includes at least one mounting member for mounting the support bracket to an inner rear wall of the cabinet and one or more coupling members for coupling the shelf panel to the pair of support brackets where at least one of the one or more coupling members is configured with a first pocket, where the shelf panel engages the first pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Johann Schenkl, Manfredi Signorino, Georg Spiessl, Georg Wilhelm, Benjamin Schemela