Patents by Inventor Christian Schropp

Christian Schropp 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: 8443618
    Abstract: A cooling and/or freezing device, in particular a refrigerator, upright freezer or chest freezer, includes an evaporator for cooling air, a blower for supplying the cooled air into the interior of the cooling and/or freezing device, and a first heater for de-icing the evaporator. The device also includes, a second heater, arranged such that during operation of the second heater, the temperature of the blower surface lies above the dew point of the air present in the vicinity of the blower, at least in certain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Christian Schropp
  • Patent number: 8186173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a no-frost refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit comprising a fan for the generation of an airflow in a compartment of the unit to be cooled, wherein the unit comprises detection means for the detection of at least one parameter as well as a control or regulation unit which is made such that it varies the speed of the fan in dependence on the at least one measured parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schropp, Klaus Oelmaier
  • Publication number: 20100011790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a no-frost refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit comprising a fan for the generation of an airflow in a compartment of the unit to be cooled, wherein the unit comprises detection means for the detection of at least one parameter as well as a control or regulation unit which is made such that it varies the speed of the fan in dependence on the at least one measured parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Schropp, Klaus Oelmaier
  • Publication number: 20080196423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer, comprising a liquefier, an evaporator and a compressor, wherein the refrigerator and/or freezer includes means by which a pressure compensation between liquefier and evaporator is prevented or slowed down during the standstill of the compressor, and that the refrigerator and/or freezer includes a means for effecting the compressor start-up, wherein the means for effecting the compressor start-up comprise means for increasing the starting torque of the compressor and/or means for increasing the starting current of the compressor motor and/or means which ensure that the crank shaft of the compressor stops in a preferred position after shutting off the compressor motor, and/or means for the at least partial pressure compensation between the pressure side and the suction side of the compressor and/or means for reducing the initially required starting torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Matthias Wiest, Thomas Ertel, Klaus Weckemann, Christian Schropp
  • Publication number: 20080163635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling and/or freezing device, in particular a refrigerator, upright freezer or chest freezer, comprising an evaporator for cooling air, a blower for supplying the cooled air into the interior of the cooling and/or freezing device, and a first heating means for de-icing the evaporator, wherein a second heating means is provided, which is arranged such that during operation of the second heating means the temperature of the blower surface lies above the dew point of the air present in the vicinity of the blower at least in certain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-HAUSGERATE OCHSENHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Friedmann, Christian Schropp