Patents by Inventor Bernd Buck

Bernd Buck 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).

  • Patent number: 8952303
    Abstract: A cooking device having an electrical heating element is arranged on a carrier element. At least one electrical wire is connected with the carrier element. The connection is facilitated by a reception element having two recesses forming undercuts and a connection member with a basis structure and an electrical contact for engagement with the wire. The connection member has two protrusions extending from the basis structure of the connection member and can be inserted into the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Reiner Arnold, Laurent Jeannatau
  • Patent number: 8944044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-piece fastening element (10) with a cooking hob (24). The fastening element (10) comprises an upper portion (12) being permanently connectable to an upper part (26) of the cooking hob (24) and a lower portion (14) being detachably connectable to a lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24), so that the upper part (26) and the lower part (28) form the cooking hob (10). The lower portion (14) of the fastening element (10) comprises at least one lug element (18) engageable with a recess (30) in the lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24) and at least one spring element (22) for clamping the cooking hob (24) within a cutout (38) enclosing circumferentially said cooking hob (24). Further, the present invention relates to a cooking hob with such one-piece fastening elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Bjorn Leyh, Alwin Neukamm
  • Publication number: 20110100350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-piece fastening element (10) with a cooking hob (24). The fastening element (10) comprises an upper portion (12) being permanently connectable to an upper part (26) of the cooking hob (24) and a lower portion (14) being detachably connectable to a lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24), so that the upper part (26) and the lower part (28) form the cooking hob (10). The lower portion (14) of the fastening element (10) comprises at least one lug element (18) engageable with a recess (30) in the lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24) and at least one spring element (22) for clamping the cooking hob (24) within a cutout (38) enclosing circumferentially said cooking hob (24). Further, the present invention relates to a cooking hob with such one-piece fastening elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Bjorn Leyh, Alwin Neukamm
  • Publication number: 20100243640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking device, having an electrical heating element (1) arranged on a carrier element (2), wherein at least on electrical wire (3) is connected with the carrier element (2) by connection means (4, 5). To facilitate the assembly of the cooking device, the invention is characterized in that the connection means (4, 5) comprise a reception element (4) having two recesses (6, 7) forming undercuts and that the connection means (4, 5) comprise a connection member (5) with a basis structure (8) and an electrical contact (9) for engagement with the wire (3), wherein the connection member (5) has two protrusions as (10, 11) extending from the basis structure (8) of the connection member (5) and being arranged to be inserted into the recesses (6, 7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Reiner Arnold, Laurent Jeannatau
  • Patent number: 7511482
    Abstract: An inductive proximity switch with a housing formed of a nonmagnetic, high-grade steel, with a transmitting coil, two receiving coils which are connected in series in opposite directions and which are located symmetrically relative to the transmitting coil, and an evaluation circuit which is connected to the receiving coils. At a given size, the inductive proximity switch has a relatively large operating distance and the operating distance is largely stable, especially is largely independent of temperature, essentially in that, on the back of the receiving coils, opposite the influence side, there is a pre-damping element and the pre-damping properties of the pre-damping element at least approximately correspond to the pre-damping properties of the housing on the influence side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: i f m electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Teichmann, Bernd Buck, Joerg Schuetze
  • Publication number: 20070200700
    Abstract: An inductive proximity switch is described with a housing (1) which consists of a nonmagnetic, high-grade steel, preferably a housing (2) consisting of VA steel, with a transmitting coil (2), with two receiving coils (3, 4) which are connected in series in opposite directions and which are located symmetrically to the transmitting coil (2), and with an evaluation circuit (5) which is connected to the receiving coils (3, 4). It applies to the illustrated inductive proximity switch as claimed in the invention that at a given size it has a relatively large operating distance and that the operating distance is largely stable, especially is largely independent of temperature, essentially in that on the back (7) of the receiving coils (3, 4) which is opposite the influence side (6) there is a predamping element (8) and the predamping properties of the predamping element (8) at least approximately correspond to the predamping properties of the housing (1) on the influence side (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: i f m electronic gmbh
    Inventors: Reinhard TEICHMANN, Bernd BUCK, Joerg Schutze
  • Patent number: 7178776
    Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
  • Patent number: 7007564
    Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: i f m electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
  • Patent number: 6892594
    Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
  • Publication number: 20050039552
    Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: i f m electronic gmbh
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
  • Publication number: 20050029416
    Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: i f m electronic gmbh
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
  • Patent number: 6823730
    Abstract: A capacitive fill level measurement device with a fill level sensor having a plurality of sensor fields, electrical wires for electrically connecting the plurality of sensor fields to a multipole side of a selector switch, and a power supply and evaluation circuit electrically connected to a monopole side of the selector switch. The capacitive fill level measurement device can be made with simple production technology and thus economically for a host of different applications using a matrix of printed conductors which extend vertically and horizontally such that each horizontally extending printed conductor on one side is connected to one sensor field and on the other side connected to a vertically extending printed conductor. Each horizontally extending printed conductor is connected with a respective vertically extending printed conductor to form an electrical line or a part of an electrical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: i f m electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Jochen Gundlach, Jaromir Palata
  • Publication number: 20030066366
    Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: i f m electronic gmbh
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
  • Publication number: 20010037680
    Abstract: A capacitive fill level measurement device with a fill level sensor having a plurality of sensor fields, electrical wires for electrically connecting the plurality of sensor fields to a multipole side of a selector switch, and a power supply and evaluation circuit electrically connected to a monopole side of the selector switch. The capacitive fill level measurement device can be made with simple production technology and thus economically for a host of different applications using a matrix of printed conductors which extend vertically and horizontally such that each horizontally extending printed conductor on one side is connected to one sensor field and on the other side connected to a vertically extending printed conductor. Each horizontally extending printed conductor is connected with a respective vertically extending printed conductor to form an electrical line or a part of an electrical line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Bernd Buck, Jochen Gundlach, Jaromir Palata