Patents by Inventor Boris Velikonja

Boris Velikonja 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).

  • Pressure sensor for an electric household appliance with additional security function
    Patent number: 8904875
    Abstract: A pressure sensor including: a casing fluid-tightly divided into a first and a second chamber by a deformable membrane and means for connecting the first chamber to the environment and the second chamber to a tank for an operative fluid of an electric household appliance for detecting the level thereof according to a deformation of the membrane upon the establishment of a differential pressure in the two chambers; wherein the membrane carries toward the first chamber a rigid disc operatively associated with a switch carried by the casing to either close or open the switch upon the deformation of the membrane beyond a predetermined entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Zvonko Lesjak, Boris Velikonja
  • PRESSURE SENSOR FOR AN ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH ADDITIONAL SECURITY FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20120131999
    Abstract: A pressure sensor including: a casing fluid-tightly divided into a first and a second chamber by a deformable membrane and means for connecting the first chamber to the environment and the second chamber to a tank for an operative fluid of an electric household appliance for detecting the level thereof according to a deformation of the membrane upon the establishment of a differential pressure in the two chambers; wherein the membrane carries toward the first chamber a rigid disc operatively associated with a switch carried by the casing to either close or open the switch upon the deformation of the membrane beyond a predetermined entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Zvonko Lesjak, Boris Velikonja