Patents by Inventor Bernd Pfister

Bernd Pfister 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: 10969159
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus has a storage unit which defines at least one storage chamber for storing food that is open in the direction of an upper face of the storage unit, a closing unit which in at least one first storage state closes the storage unit at least substantially in the direction of the upper face, and a ventilation unit which in at least one second storage state moves the closing unit relative to the storage unit to ventilate the storage chamber. In order to provide a generic apparatus with improves properties in respect of efficient ventilation of a storage chamber, it is proposed that the ventilation unit pivots the closing unit about at least one pivot axis relative to the storage unit to ventilate the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Cizik, Jessica Dittmann, Bernd Pfister
  • Patent number: 10782065
    Abstract: A domestic appliance device, particularly a domestic refrigerator device, has at least one appliance body with at least one a rear wall, at least one shelf unit, and at least one retainer unit provided for retaining the shelf unit. In order to improve properties with respect to advantageous shelf unit retention, the retainer unit has at least one retainer element whose main extension direction extends, in at least one operating state, at least substantially parallel to the rear wall and at least substantially in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Pfister, Andrea Fink, Juergen Fink
  • Publication number: 20200182536
    Abstract: A household cooling appliance has a housing with a receiving space for food. A shelf bottom device is non-destructively releasably positioned in the receiving space. The shelf bottom device has a plate-like shelf bottom and a carrier unit that is separate therefrom. The carrier unit is connected with the shelf bottom and is configured for retention of the shelf bottom device in the receiving space. The shelf bottom device has at least one receiving element with a hollow space, which is arranged on the shelf bottom. In the mounted final state, the carrier unit is introduced at least partly in the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: FELIX HAENSSLER, ANDREA FINK, JUERGEN FINK, BERND PFISTER
  • Patent number: 10670327
    Abstract: A household cooling appliance has a housing with a receiving space for food. A shelf bottom device is non-destructively releasably positioned in the receiving space. The shelf bottom device has a plate-like shelf bottom and a carrier unit that is separate therefrom. The carrier unit is connected with the shelf bottom and is configured for retention of the shelf bottom device in the receiving space. The shelf bottom device has at least one receiving element with a hollow space, which is arranged on the shelf bottom. In the mounted final state, the carrier unit is introduced at least partly in the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Haenssler, Andrea Fink, Juergen Fink, Bernd Pfister
  • Patent number: 10386114
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a storage area which is delimited by a body and a door and which is subdivided by a shelf into an upper and a lower compartment. A drawer is accommodated in the lower compartment. In a stop position of the drawer in which it is pushed into the lower compartment, a front wall of the drawer bears against a front edge of the shelf. A closure element can be moved across a passage or opening in the shelf between a position which blocks the passage and a position which opens the passage over at least part of its cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Fink, Miguel Martinez De Falcon Perez, Bernd Pfister
  • Patent number: 10371432
    Abstract: A freshness-preserving container for food, includes a shell with a cover which can be sealingly placed on the shell. The freshness-preserving container has a mechanically operating low-pressure generating unit with which an air pressure that is reduced compared to the surrounding area outside of the freshness-preserving container can be adjusted in the freshness-preserving container. The low-pressure generating unit has an actuating element which can be moved relative to the freshness-preserving container, and air can be suctioned out of the freshness-preserving container dependent on the movement of the actuating element. A domestic refrigerator including a freshness-preserving container is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Benitsch, Juergen Fink, Bernd Pfister
  • Publication number: 20190063821
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a storage area which is delimited by a body and a door and which is subdivided by a shelf into an upper and a lower compartment. A drawer is accommodated in the lower compartment. In a stop position of the drawer in which it is pushed into the lower compartment, a front wall of the drawer bears against a front edge of the shelf. A closure element can be moved across a passage or opening in the shelf between a position which blocks the passage and a position which opens the passage over at least part of its cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: JUERGEN FINK, MIGUEL MARTINEZ DE FALCON PEREZ, BERND PFISTER
  • Patent number: 10180278
    Abstract: A tray-shaped food-accommodating container for a domestic refrigeration appliance includes a lateral wall with a first planar wall and at least a second planar wall disposed at an angle to each other. The first and second planar walls open out at a curved transition of the lateral wall interconnecting the first and second planar walls. A decorative film, which is provided in areas of the lateral wall, is formed in one piece across the transition and areas of the first and second planar walls. A lower edge of the decorative film, which faces away from an upper edge of the container, is disposed along a stepless surface-area of the transition, along a stepless surface-area of the first planar wall and along a stepless surface-area of the second planar wall. A domestic refrigeration appliance having the container is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Denis Lux, Stefan Deissler, Bernd Pfister
  • Publication number: 20180372399
    Abstract: A domestic appliance device, particularly a domestic refrigerator device, has at least one appliance body with at least one a rear wall, at least one shelf unit, and at least one retainer unit provided for retaining the shelf unit. In order to improve properties with respect to advantageous shelf unit retention, the retainer unit has at least one retainer element whose main extension direction extends, in at least one operating state, at least substantially parallel to the rear wall and at least substantially in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Bernd PFISTER, Andrea FINK, Juergen FINK
  • Publication number: 20180195787
    Abstract: A freshness-preserving container for food, includes a shell with a cover which can be sealingly placed on the shell. The freshness-preserving container has a mechanically operating low-pressure generating unit with which an air pressure that is reduced compared to the surrounding area outside of the freshness-preserving container can be adjusted in the freshness-preserving container. The low-pressure generating unit has an actuating element which can be moved relative to the freshness-preserving container, and air can be suctioned out of the freshness-preserving container dependent on the movement of the actuating element. A domestic refrigerator including a freshness-preserving container is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: ROLAND BENITSCH, JUERGEN FINK, BERND PFISTER
  • Publication number: 20180023879
    Abstract: A tray-shaped food-accommodating container for a domestic refrigeration appliance includes a lateral wall with a first planar wall and at least a second planar wall disposed at an angle to each other. The first and second planar walls open out at a curved transition of the lateral wall interconnecting the first and second planar walls. A decorative film, which is provided in areas of the lateral wall, is formed in one piece across the transition and areas of the first and second planar walls. A lower edge of the decorative film, which faces away from an upper edge of the container, is disposed along a stepless surface-area of the transition, along a stepless surface-area of the first planar wall and along a stepless surface-area of the second planar wall. A domestic refrigeration appliance having the container is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: DENIS LUX, STEFAN DEISSLER, BERND PFISTER
  • Publication number: 20170307285
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus has a storage unit which defines at least one storage chamber for storing food that is open in the direction of an upper face of the storage unit, a closing unit which in at least one first storage state closes the storage unit at least substantially in the direction of the upper face, and a ventilation unit which in at least one second storage state moves the closing unit relative to the storage unit to ventilate the storage chamber. In order to provide a generic apparatus with improves properties in respect of efficient ventilation of a storage chamber, it is proposed that the ventilation unit pivots the closing unit about at least one pivot axis relative to the storage unit to ventilate the storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: HERBERT CIZIK, JESSICA DITTMANN, BERND PFISTER
  • Publication number: 20170276425
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a storage area which is delimited by a body and a door and which is subdivided by a shelf into an upper and a lower compartment. A drawer is accommodated in the lower compartment. In a stop position of the drawer in which it is pushed into the lower compartment, a front wall of the drawer bears against a front edge of the shelf. A closure element can be moved across a passage or opening in the shelf between a position which blocks the passage and a position which opens the passage over at least part of its cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: JUERGEN FINK, MIGUEL MARTINEZ DE FALCON PEREZ, BERND PFISTER
  • Publication number: 20170234605
    Abstract: A household appliance apparatus, in particular a household refrigeration appliance apparatus, has at least one appliance body, which has at least one rear wall and defines an access opening. The apparatus further has at least one storage unit and at least one holder unit arranged in an area of the rear wall which holds the storage unit in at least one installed state. In order to provide the apparatus with improved characteristics in respect of operating convenience, the storage unit has at least one pull out element able to be pulled out towards the access opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: BERND PFISTER, ANDREA FINK, JUERGEN FINK
  • Publication number: 20170167771
    Abstract: A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigeration device, comprises an ice maker and a storage container which can be moved between a collecting position for receiving ice produced by the ice maker and a discharging position. The storage container is supported in the collecting position by a compartment base of the refrigeration device and is guided between the collecting position and the discharging position by means of at least one rail fitted on the compartment base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Miguel MARTINEZ DE FALCON PEREZ, Juan NUNEZ MANAS, Bernd PFISTER
  • Publication number: 20170059223
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, includes an ice maker that ejects finished ice cubes in a downward direction and a drawer disposed below the ice maker, which can be moved between a pushed in and a pulled out position. An ice storage container can be positioned in two non-overlapping positions in the drawer, only one of which is below an ejection region of the ice maker in the pushed in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: MIGUEL MARTINEZ DE FALCON PEREZ, BERND PFISTER, JUAN NUNEZ MANAS
  • Patent number: 8529001
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a housing and toothed profiles which are fixed to the housing. A height-adjustable shelf for refrigerated goods is received in the housing. The shelf has two rotatably drivable screws in engagement with the toothed profiles such that a storage surface of the shelf is held at least approximately in a horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Juan Antonio Calvillo, Jürgen Fink, Bernd Pfister
  • Publication number: 20110316405
    Abstract: A door tray for a refrigeration device includes a decorative strip having a profile that is u-shaped in cross section. An open-topped container has an edge onto which the decorative strip is fitted with the u-shaped profile thereof. Provided at least partially on an inner surface is a material having relatively high static friction. The material is in contact with the container and fixes the decorative strip to the container merely due to the static friction of said material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Fink, Andrea Fronmüller, Bernd Pfister
  • Publication number: 20110290807
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a housing and toothed profiles which are fixed to the housing. A height-adjustable shelf for refrigerated goods is received in the housing. The shelf has two rotatably drivable screws in engagement with the toothed profiles such that a storage surface of the shelf is held at least approximately in a horizontal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Juan Antonio Calvillo, Jürgen Fink, Bernd Pfister
  • Patent number: 7845305
    Abstract: A temperature-indicating element for a refrigeration device, including a support or backing, a thermochromic layer applied to the backing for indicating the temperature is suitable for items stored in the location of the element. A transparent potting compound encompasses and protects the thermochromic layer on the backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Linke, Bernd Pfister