Patents by Inventor Bernd Stitzl

Bernd Stitzl 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: 8440945
    Abstract: A control unit for an electric household appliance for setting functions and operating parameters. The control unit includes at least one control knob located on a display panel by magnetic force. The control knob capable of being pushed by an operator from an initial position into a selecting position to select a function, such as a specific cooking plate and capable of being rotated about its axis to set an operating parameter of the function, such as the cooking temperature of the cooking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Blumenthal, Bernward Reinker, Bernd Stitzl
  • Publication number: 20100270288
    Abstract: A device for heating food using induction, including a base element having a secondary winding configured from a current conductor and a heating element that is connected to the winding. To reduce the height of the base element, a winding core is located inside the winding. Further, a device for transmitting energy to a device for heating food by induction, the former device including a primary winding that is configured from a current conductor and is connected to a voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hackbarth, Uwe Has, Thomas Komma, Dan Neumayer, Harald Pfersch, Gerhard Schmidmayer, Wolfgang Schnell, Bernd Stitzl, Eckhard Wolfgang, Monika Zeraschi, Felicitas Ziegler, Günter Zschau
  • Patent number: 7157669
    Abstract: An electrical domestic appliance containing a main switch for turning the current power supply to the electrical domestic appliance on and off. The main switch having a predetermined turn-on time period during which the main switch must be actuated in order to move from the off-position to the on-position. The main switch predetermined turn-on period can be selected and adjusted by the customer through predetermined time limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ursula Calis, Jose Ramon Garcia Jiménez, Thomas Lieb, Hans Seehuber, Bernd Stitzl
  • Patent number: 6995343
    Abstract: A method and device for limiting and/or controlling the surface temperature of a hob having a ceramic cooking surface. The hob is heated by an energy source which includes a temperature limiter with a variable switching temperature. The switching temperature of the temperature limiter is varied during a cooking procedure according to a redetermined switching temperature-time profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Steiner, Tonoha Ramones, Günter Zschau, Peter Blumenthal, Johann Huber, Andreas Marbach, Monika Zeraschi, Bernd Stitzl, Franz Fuchs, Dan Neumayer, Jose-Andres Garcia, Ernst Schweidler
  • Publication number: 20050006376
    Abstract: An electrical domestic appliance containing a main switch for turning the current power supply to the electrical domestic appliance on and off. The main switch having a predetermined turn-on time period during which the main switch must be actuated in order to move from the off-position to the on-position. The main switch predetermined turn-on period can be selected and adjusted by the customer through predetermined time limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Ursula Calis, Jose Garcia Jimenez, Thomas Lieb, Hans Seehuber, Bernd Stitzl
  • Publication number: 20040159650
    Abstract: A method and device for limiting and/or controlling the surface temperature of a hob having a ceramic cooking surface. The hob is heated by an energy source which includes a temperature limiter with a variable switching temperature. The switching temperature of the temperature limiter is varied during a cooking procedure according to a predetermined switching temperature-time profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Steiner, Tonoha Ramones, Gunter Zschau, Peter Blumenthal, Johann Huber, Andreas Marbach, Monika Zeraschi, Bernd Stitzl, Franz Fuchs, Dan Neumayer, Jose-Andres Garcia, Ernst Schweidler
  • Patent number: 6276357
    Abstract: A cooktop includes a cooktop frame with at least one decorative frame strip, which entirely surrounds a one-piece cooktop panel, and with at least one decorative separating strip disposed on a top side of the cooktop panel and separating an operating area of the cooktop panel from the cooking area of the cooktop panel. In order to simplify the construction of the cooktop, the cooktop panel is configured in one piece. The at least one decorative frame strip is formed integrally with the decorative separating strip. The at least one decorative frame strip and the decorative separating strip are preferably made from high-grade steel. The decorative separating strip has at least one bead-like elevation at least over a part of it length. The at least one bead-like elevation has an underside and defines a cavity between the underside of the elevation and the top side of the cooktop panel and the cavity is substantially filled with an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Edlmann, Bernd Stitzl, Joachim Grützke
  • Patent number: 6153837
    Abstract: A control unit for setting operating functions and operating parameters in an electrical household appliance includes a control knob retained on a control area. The control knob can be rotated about a knob axis for setting the operating parameters of, for example, a heating level. In order to simplify operation of the control unit, the control knob can be tilted or pushed out of an initial position or knob axis, into a selection position in order to select a specific operating function, for example a specific cooking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Haushaltsgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Andres Garcia, Joachim Reichard, Felicitas Ziegler, Manfred Plankl, Hans Lappat, Armin Sigmund, Bernd Stitzl, Michael Wagner, Kurt Knebel, Klaus Erdmann, Hans Linde, Uwe Neumann, Andreas Rehklau
  • Patent number: 6114665
    Abstract: An electric oven with an oven muffle which can be closed by a door and in which a cooking-product support can be held on a holder element. The cooking-product support has its own cooking-product support heater element, and via a power supply element, the cooking-product support heater element can be fed with an electric voltage of the oven, is known. In order to keep the outlay for providing electrical contact for the cooking-product support heater element low, the holder element for the cooking-product support at the same time serves as the power supply conduit or element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Andres Garcia, Joachim Reichard, Felicitas Ziegler, Manfred Plankl, Hans Lappat, Armin Sigmund, Bernd Stitzl, Michael Wagner, Kurt Knebel, Klaus Erdmann, Hans Linde, Uwe Neumann, Andreas Rehklau