Patents by Inventor Bernd Elsinger

Bernd Elsinger 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: 20250386977
    Abstract: A washbasin, in particular a washbasin made from a curable casting compound, such as a sink, a basin or the like, for arrangement in and/or on a mounting device, is provided comprising a basin section delimiting an inner mounting space and having a basin wall and a collar section, in particular a circumferential collar section, having a lower surface, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and an edge surface, where the collar section extends from a free end of the basin wall in a direction facing away from the inner mounting space, where the collar section has a transition from the upper surface to the edge surface with a chamfer with a radius of less than 3 mm, preferably at most 2 mm, in particular at most 1 mm, and in particular preferably 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: BLANCO GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Mikhail LEBEDKIN, Bernd ELSINGER, Dirk BITTGER
  • Publication number: 20250382784
    Abstract: A mounting device for a sanitary basin, preferably a sink, a washbasin or the like, for insertion into a holding device along an installation direction, is provided comprising at least one adjusting device with at least one adjusting element, wherein the at least one adjusting device interacts with a first connecting section of the sanitary basin and with a second connecting section of the holding device by means of the at least one adjusting element in such a way that a relative position of at least one part of the sanitary basin, in particular of a side wall of the sanitary basin, and of the holding device can be adjusted relative to one another in an adjusting direction transverse to the installation direction, wherein a compressive force and/or a tensile force can be applied to the sanitary basin in the adjustment direction by means of the at least one adjusting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: BLANCO GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Mikhail LEBEDKIN, Bernd Elsinger, Dirk Bittger
  • Patent number: 12241243
    Abstract: A sink is for installation in a piece of sanitary furniture. The sink includes: a surface; a front apron; a side apron; a first edge in a first transition area from the surface to the front apron; a second edge in a second transition area from the surface to the side apron; and a third edge in a third transition area from the front apron to the side apron, The second edge has a first edge area and a second edge area. A radius of the first edge area of the second edge is larger than a radius of the second edge area of the second edge. The first edge area of the second edge is adjacent to the third transition area. The first edge area of the second edge merges continuously into the third edge. The third edge merges continuously into the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: BLANCO GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Bernd Elsinger, Detlef Schoen, Simone Silvery, Michael Osterroth
  • Publication number: 20220403636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sink, in particular an apron sink as a sink, for installation in a piece of sanitary furniture, in particular a piece of kitchen furniture or the like, wherein the sink has a surface, at least one side apron and one front apron, wherein a first edge is formed in a first transition area from the surface to the at least one front apron, and wherein a second edge is formed in a second transition area from the surface to the at least one side apron, wherein the second edge has at least one first and one second edge area of different sizes, wherein the first edge area is disposed adjacent to a transition area from the at least one front apron to the one side apron, and wherein the first edge area of the second edge is formed to merge continuously into the first edge, wherein the first edge area of the second edge is smaller than the first edge, wherein the size of the first and/or second edge is determined on the basis of a radius of the transition from the surface to the at least one si
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: BLANCO GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Bernd ELSINGER, Detlef SCHOEN, Simone SILVERY, Michael OSTERROTH
  • Publication number: 20080313804
    Abstract: In order to provide a retaining device for retaining a built-in appliance, in particular a built-in sink unit, on a worktop, comprising at least one appliance-side retaining element, at least one worktop-side retaining element and at least one tensioning element for bracing the worktop-side retaining element and the appliance-side retaining element relative to one another, wherein the tensioning element comprises a threaded portion, a retaining portion and a reduced-diameter portion, which is disposed between the threaded portion and the retaining portion and the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the retaining portion, and wherein the appliance-side retaining element has at least one through-opening, through which in the fitted state of the retaining device the reduced-diameter portion of the tensioning element extends, that has increased stability, it is proposed that the retaining portion of the tensioning element and/or the threaded portion of the tensioning element in the fitted state of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BLANCO GmbH + Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Osterroth, Frank Merkel, Bernd Elsinger
  • Publication number: 20080313803
    Abstract: In order to provide a retaining device for retaining a built-in appliance, in particular a built-in sink unit, on a worktop, comprising at least one appliance-side retaining element, at least one worktop-side retaining element and at least one tensioning element for bracing the worktop-side retaining element and the appliance-side retaining element relative to one another, wherein the tensioning element comprises a threaded portion, a retaining portion and a reduced-diameter portion, which is disposed between the threaded portion and the retaining portion and the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the retaining portion, and wherein the appliance-side retaining element has at least one through-opening, through which in the fitted state of the retaining device the reduced-diameter portion of the tensioning element extends, that enables reliable mounting of the built-in appliance on the worktop and does not spoil the appearance of the built-in appliance, it is proposed that the appliance-side reta
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BLANCO GmbH + Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Osterroth, Frank Merkel, Bernd Elsinger
  • Publication number: 20080066226
    Abstract: In order to produce a sink for insertion into a cut-out opening in a work top wherein the sink comprises an edge region which rests upon the work top in the installed state of the sink and wherein contaminants, crumbs for example, that are disposed on the upper surface of the work top outside the sink can be moved onto the edge region of the sink and then moved from there into the inner region of the sink that is surrounded by the edge of the sink in a particularly easy manner in the course of a cleaning process, it is proposed that the edge region of the sink be provided with a chamfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: BLANCO GmbH + Co KG
    Inventors: Bernd Elsinger, Michael Osterroth, Petra Sohn, Gert Von Mertz
  • Patent number: D849214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BLANCO GmbH + Co KG
    Inventor: Bernd Elsinger