Patents by Inventor Bernd Hopfenmüller

Bernd Hopfenmüller 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).

  • High-level built-in oven unit
    Patent number: 7287462
    Abstract: A high-level built-in oven unit having a housing with a heated cooking chamber having a floor opening therein. The chamber has a lowerable trap-door movable between a position closing the floor opening and a lowered position opening the floor opening. The trap-door is movable by a lifting device, which has lifting elements mounted outside of the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Dengler, Felix Hangl, Wolfgang Schnell, Josef Gerl, Christian Zimmerman, Klemens Roch, Klaus Rabenstein, Michael Wagner, Reinhard Fleissner, Christian Unterreiner, Johann Herbst, Bernd Hopfenmüller, Peter Mallinger, Ingo Bally, Edmund Kuttalek
  • Cooktop having a flat glass ceramic cooking surface
    Patent number: 6410892
    Abstract: A cooktop having a flat glass ceramic plate and a plurality of rails independently attached to the bottom surface of the glass ceramic plate. The rails are configured to be received in a cutout in a countertop and are not connected to each other at the corners. The bottom of the cooktop is enclosed by a rough in-box consisting of a primary U-shaped cover and two independent end covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Franz Peschl, Nils Platt, Ray Callahan, Bernd Hopfenmueller