Patents by Inventor Christian Nitsch

Christian Nitsch 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: 20240254673
    Abstract: The invention especially relates to a method, carried out by one or more devices, said method comprising: obtaining a measurement result of at least one biosensor (200) which result is representative of soiling (302) of a textile (304); determining, on the basis of the measurement result, at least one output variable that depends on the composition of the soling (302); and outputting or initiating output of the at least one output variable. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method, and to an associated computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Wolfgang Wick
  • Patent number: 11946183
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more devices includes determining an information item indicative of at least one parameter affecting the treatment of a textile with the information item being detected by an information carrier of the textile (220) and/or a cleaning device (230), or a cleaning agent (210) and the textile (220), or the cleaning agent (210) and the cleaning device, or the cleaning agent (210) and the textile (220) and the cleaning device and the information carrier comprises a package, a label, an NFC chip or a combination thereof, determining at least one treatment parameter of the textile based at least in part on the determined information item, and outputting or triggering the outputting of the at least one determined treatment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Clemens Arth
  • Patent number: 11857134
    Abstract: A retrofittable sensor unit for controlling a dosing device of a cleaning machine includes an acquisition module having at least one sensor for capturing measurement variables, at least one monitoring unit for determining a current degree of soiling of articles for cleaning on the basis of the captured measurement variables, a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one dosing device, in particular to transmit a dosing command to at least one dosing device depending on the current degree of soiling of the articles for cleaning. The retrofittable sensor unit can be arranged separately from the dosing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Clemens Arth
  • Patent number: 11812912
    Abstract: A method for the dosing of cleaning agents in cleaning machines, including the steps: receiving control information items, wherein the control information items are dependent on information about a cleaning machine; determining the progress of a cleaning operation; dosing of cleaning agent depending on the received control information items and the determined progress of the cleaning operation; wherein the information about the cleaning machine can be determined via a sensor-based automatic recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Thomas Weber, Johannes Zipfel, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Nadine Franke, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Clemens Arth
  • Patent number: 11746456
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more devices is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a geometry information item representative of a spatial location of a plurality of points of a surface of a textile (52), determining at least one treatment parameter for treating the textile (52) at least partially based on a geometry information item, and outputting or triggering an output of the at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Clemens Arth
  • Patent number: 11668039
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for washing laundry of a laundry load, in particular in a washing drum (B2), carried out by at least one device (100, 200). In one example, the method includes generating steam and applying the steam to the laundry of the laundry load; producing a microemulsion by employing a detergent composition; and washing the laundry of the laundry load using a first wash liquor based on the microemulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Anna Klemmer, Peter Schmiedel, Thomas Juckel, Christian Nitsch
  • Publication number: 20220409483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector for a medical packaging. The connector comprises an attachment part with a sealing element, the sealing element having a sealing head with at least one slit. The sealing head sits in an inner sleeve of the attachment part, the sealing head being adjoined by at least one trunk portion, which has a larger outer diameter than the sealing head. A gap is present between the at least one trunk portion and an opposite inner wall of the attachment part. An interior of the sealing element is free from a body with a tip that is intended to assist the opening of the sealing head. The attachment part has an outer sleeve which surrounds the inner sleeve and which has an internal thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Torsten Brandenburger, Janine Seidel, Christian Nitsche
  • Patent number: 11521167
    Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring a supply of a cleaning agent. The method includes performing a check of whether the supply of the cleaning agent is likely to be used up. The check is based, at least in part, on quantity information which is representative of an amount of the cleaning agent in a user's supply and on consumption information which is indicative of the user's expected consumption behavior with respect to the cleaning agent. Further, a device is provided for performing the method for monitoring the supply of the cleaning agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 11517177
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method including capturing and/or obtaining a reservoir information item at a dispensing module for a detergent and/or cleaning agent, with the reservoir information item representative of at least one property of a reservoir for the detergent and/or cleaning agent, an application specification for the detergent and/or cleaning agent contained in the reservoir, and/or a property of the detergent and/or cleaning agent contained in the reservoir, and the reservoir is connected or connectable to the dispensing module. The method further includes determining and/or causing the determination of a dispensing control information item depending at least in part on the reservoir information item, with the dispensing control information item configured to at least partly control the dispensing of the detergent and/or cleaning agent by the dispensing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Thomas Weber, Johannes Zipfel, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Nadine Franke, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Publication number: 20220370290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging in the form of an infusion bag, having a connector for a vial, said connector having a spike for piercing the septum of the vial to establish a fluid connection to the inner volume of the infusion bag. The spike is designed to be rotatable. When the vial is rotated, the spike is rotated and the fluid connection between the vial and the inner volume of the infusion bag is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Torsten Brandenburger, Janine Seidel, Christian Nitsche, Alexander Degen, Junda Liu, Ismael Rahimy, Beatrix Heuel-Hömmen
  • Patent number: 11452791
    Abstract: A method for fragrancing and/or deodorizing a cleaning appliance is disclosed. The method involves capturing first information or obtaining captured first information indicative of an odor load in the interior of the cleaning appliance, producing fragrancing and/or deodorizing information based at least in part on the captured or obtained first information or outputting the captured first information in order to produce fragrancing and/or deodorizing information of this type, and initiating fragrancing and/or deodorization by employing at least one actuator for releasing a fragrancing and/or deodorizing agent based on the fragrancing and/or deodorizing information produced. A corresponding dosing device, a device for carrying out and/or controlling the method, and a system with one or more devices for carrying out and/or controlling the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Thomas Weber, Johannes Zipfel, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Nadine Franke, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Wolfgang Wick
  • Patent number: 11384467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and to a textile piece device which allows storing and/or monitoring the load on a textile piece during one or more treatment cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 11186935
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates in particular to a device comprising a flushing device (10) and a sensor device (20), wherein the flushing device (10) is designed to receive or contain a cleaning agent, and wherein the flushing device (10) and the sensor device (20) are or can be integrated into a cleaning device (1). According to the present disclosure, the sensor device (20) is designed to determine a quantity information that is representative of the amount of cleaning agent filled into the flushing device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210295416
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, among other things, a method carried out by at least one device, said method including determining (410) information identifying an article (310, 320, 330); and ordering or triggering an order (450) of the article (310, 320, 330) at least partially based on the determined information identifying the article (310, 320, 330).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 11125736
    Abstract: The present disclosure especially relates to a method, carried out by one or more devices, said method comprising: non-destructively determining structural information that is characteristic of at least part of the structure of a textile (202); ascertaining at least one treatment parameter of the textile (202) at least partly on the basis of said structural information; and outputting or initiating output of the at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210287267
    Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring a supply of a cleaning agent. The method includes performing a check of whether the supply of the cleaning agent is likely to be used up. The check is based, at least in part, on quantity information which is representative of an amount of the cleaning agent in a user's supply and on consumption information which is indicative of the user's expected consumption behavior with respect to the cleaning agent. Further, a device is provided for performing the method for monitoring the supply of the cleaning agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd KESSLER, Christian NITSCH, Lars ZÜCHNER, Georg WAWER, Alexander MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20210277566
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and to a textile piece device which allows storing and/or monitoring the load on a textile piece during one or more treatment cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210277565
    Abstract: A method for determining a cleaning strategy for a soiled textile is provided. The method includes obtaining intensity information representative of a spectral image resulting from soiling of a textile. Further, the method includes determining at least one output variable that is dependent on the composition of the soiling on the basis of the intensity information. Also, the method includes outputting or triggering the output of the at least one output variable. Also provided are corresponding devices for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 11071435
    Abstract: A system for dosing substances such as cleaning and/or care agents is disclosed. The system includes a dosing device, at least one energy source, a control unit, a sensor unit, and at least two cartridges for respectively accommodating at least one of the cleaning and/or care agents. The at least two cartridges are capable of being coupled to the dosing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Thomas Weber, Johannes Zipfel, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Nadine Franke, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 11021826
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates inter alia to a method which is carried out by at least one device, the method comprising: illuminating (510) at least some of the items of laundry which are located in a laundry container (302) of a washing machine (300) and are to be subjected to a washing process; determining (520) color information indicative of one or more colors of at least some of the illuminated items of laundry (320) which are located in the laundry container (302) of the washing machine (300); and checking (530), at least partially based upon the determined color information, whether a potentially undesirable item of laundry (322) is located in the laundry container (302) of the washing machine (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller