Patents by Inventor Dieter Hotz

Dieter Hotz 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: 11633082
    Abstract: A rinsing container for a household dishwashing machine includes a bottom plate, a rear wall, and a U-shaped rinsing container jacket which is arranged on the bottom plate and fixedly connected thereto via a folded joint. Integrally formed on the bottom plate and on the rinsing container jacket is a fastening flange for fastening the rear wall to the bottom plate and to the rinsing container jacket, with the fastening flange configured to form a part of the folded joint. A folding sealing means is provided in the folded joint and formed as a sealing bead, with the sealing bead having in the folding-joint-forming part of the fastening flange a first cross-sectional surface which is greater than a cross-sectional surface in a central region of the folded joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Klaiber, Manfred Herb, Helmut Rössle, Johann Schabert, Dieter Hotz
  • Patent number: 11497376
    Abstract: A dishwasher cavity for a household dishwasher includes a U-shaped dishwasher cavity casing, a U-shaped frame connected to the dishwasher cavity casing and supporting the dishwasher cavity casing, and a hinge plate provided on the frame. The frame includes a receiving portion. The hinge plate includes a depth positioning portion, which is received in a form-fit manner in the receiving portion of the frame to fix the hinge plate to the frame in a depth direction of the dishwasher cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Klaiber, Andrzej Budzynski, Johann Schabert, Dieter Hotz
  • Patent number: 11497375
    Abstract: A dishwasher cavity for a household dishwasher includes a bottom panel having a bottom portion, and a U-shaped dishwasher cavity jacket arranged on the bottom panel and fixedly connected thereto, with the bottom panel and the dishwasher cavity jacket configured to form an attachment flange that encircles the dishwasher cavity. A back panel is attached to the bottom panel and to the dishwasher cavity jacket via the attachment flange. The bottom panel includes a stamped step, which faces in a direction of a top panel of the dishwasher cavity jacket and protrudes out of the bottom portion of the bottom panel, with the attachment flange having a part formed on the stamped step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hotz, Alaimo Angelelli, Johann Schabert, Martin Becker, Manfred Herb
  • Patent number: 11457793
    Abstract: A washing container for a household dishwasher includes a bottom plate and a U-shaped washing container jacket arranged on the bottom plate and including a side wall which is connected to the bottom plate by a folded joint. Connected to the washing container jacket is a U-shaped frame to support the washing container jacket. The frame has a support rib, which rises from the frame and is arranged within the washing container jacket and on which the folded joint is supported. The support rib has a closed support surface on which the folded joint lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Näßler, Andrzej Budzynski, Dieter Hotz, Johann Schabert
  • Patent number: 11071438
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing compartment having a front side with a charging opening for allowing the dishwashing compartment to be charged with washware. The dishwashing compartment includes a U-shaped metal shroud to define a right-hand side wall, a ceiling and a left-hand side wall, a hollowed metal floor produced from a deep-drawn part, and a metal rear wall fitted to a rear side of the metal shroud and of the hollowed metal floor. The right-hand and left-hand side walls of the metal shroud are connected along their respectively lower wall edges to the hollowed metal floor via external interfaces, with each of the external interfaces having a form-fitting connection. A compartment door is provided to close the charging opening, at least temporarily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Andrzej Budzynski, Dieter Hotz, Armin Klaiber, Cengiz Kücük, Johann Schabert
  • Publication number: 20210161358
    Abstract: A rinsing container for a household dishwashing machine includes a bottom plate, a rear wall, and a U-shaped rinsing container jacket which is arranged on the bottom plate and fixedly connected thereto via a folded joint. Integrally formed on the bottom plate and on the rinsing container jacket is a fastening flange for fastening the rear wall to the bottom plate and to the rinsing container jacket, with the fastening flange configured to form a part of the folded joint. A folding sealing means is provided in the folded joint and formed as a sealing bead, with the sealing bead having in the folding-joint-forming part of the fastening flange a first cross-sectional surface which is greater than a cross-sectional surface in a central region of the folded joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Armin Klaiber, Manfred Herb, Helmut Rössle, Johann Schabert, Dieter Hotz
  • Publication number: 20210137346
    Abstract: A dishwasher cavity for a household dishwasher includes a bottom panel having a bottom portion, and a U-shaped dishwasher cavity jacket arranged on the bottom panel and fixedly connected thereto, with the bottom panel and the dishwasher cavity jacket configured to form an attachment flange that encircles the dishwasher cavity. A back panel is attached to the bottom panel and to the dishwasher cavity jacket via the attachment flange. The bottom panel includes a stamped step, which faces in a direction of a top panel of the dishwasher cavity jacket and protrudes out of the bottom portion of the bottom panel, with the attachment flange having a part formed on the stamped step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Dieter Hotz, Alaimo Angelelli, Johann Schabert, Martin Becker, Manfred Herb
  • Publication number: 20210121040
    Abstract: A dishwasher cavity for a household dishwasher includes a U-shaped dishwasher cavity casing, a U-shaped frame connected to the dishwasher cavity casing and supporting the dishwasher cavity casing, and a hinge plate provided on the frame. The frame includes a receiving portion. The hinge plate includes a depth positioning portion, which is received in a form-fit manner in the receiving portion of the frame to fix the hinge plate to the frame in a depth direction of the dishwasher cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Armin Klaiber, Andrzej Budzynski, Johann Schabert, Dieter Hotz
  • Publication number: 20200196829
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwashing compartment having a front side with a charging opening for allowing the dishwashing compartment to be charged with washware. The dishwashing compartment includes a U-shaped metal shroud to define a right-hand side wall, a ceiling and a left-hand side wall, a hollowed metal floor produced from a deep-drawn part, and a metal rear wall fitted to a rear side of the metal shroud and of the hollowed metal floor. The right-hand and left-hand side walls of the metal shroud are connected along their respectively lower wall edges to the hollowed metal floor via external interfaces, with each of the external interfaces having a form-fitting connection. A compartment door is provided to close the charging opening, at least temporarily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Andrzej Budzynski, Dieter Hotz, Armin Klaiber, Cengiz Kücük, Johann Schabert
  • Publication number: 20200054186
    Abstract: A washing container for a household dishwasher includes a bottom plate and a U-shaped washing container jacket arranged on the bottom plate and including a side wall which is connected to the bottom plate by a folded joint. Connected to the washing container jacket is a U-shaped frame to support the washing container jacket. The frame has a support rib, which rises from the frame and is arranged within the washing container jacket and on which the folded joint is supported. The support rib has a closed support surface on which the folded joint lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Norbert Näßler, Andrzej Budzynski, Dieter Hotz, Johann Schabert
  • Patent number: 10076227
    Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a free-standing dishwasher or a high-level built-in dishwasher, includes an appliance door and a bottom-side plinth cover which is aligned essentially flush with a front face of the appliance door. The plinth cover has a top wall which faces a lower edge of the appliance door and is spaced from the lower edge of the appliance door to allow for an opening movement of the appliance door across a free movement gap. At least one lighting element is provided to allow illumination of the movement gap between the lower edge of the appliance door and the top wall of the plinth cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Daniel Delle, Gerhard Fetzer, Peter Geissler, Norbert Gerstner, Hubert Groll, Mathias Herrmann, Dieter Hotz, Stefan Kasbauer, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Bernd Schessl
  • Patent number: 9427134
    Abstract: A stationary household appliance having a housing wall, components, and a force transmitting element to transmit a force that acts upon the housing wall from the outside of the stationary household appliance into the components. The force transmitting element has at least two force application regions to transmit the force into at least two different ones of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Fetzer, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük
  • Patent number: 9267621
    Abstract: A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Aninger, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Christian Mesarosch, Pedro Sancho, Sebastian Wagner
  • Patent number: 9211050
    Abstract: A stationary household appliance having a door that is pivotably mounted on the stationary household appliance by a joint. The stationary household appliance also has a noise damper that is provided in a region of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Fetzer, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük
  • Patent number: 9055857
    Abstract: An appliance including a treatment container having a container door pivotable about a pivot axis, and a door-weight compensating device for at least partially compensating a weight of the container door. The door-weight compensating device may include a spring which is connected by a tension transmitter in a spring force transmitting manner to the container door. In an exemplary embodiment, the container door includes a deflector pivotally disposed about the pivot axis, the deflector having at least two sliding surfaces for deflecting the tension transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Manfred Seeβle, Martin Stickel
  • Patent number: 8889988
    Abstract: An appliance having a cable harness including a ground cable, the ground cable electroconductively connected to an electrically conductive component of the appliance. The cable harness is at least partially accommodated in a cable duct of the appliance. In an exemplary embodiment, a first contact element held on the cable duct and including an integrated first contact element is electroconductively connected to the ground cable of the cable harness, which comes into electrical contact with the electrically conductive component of the household appliance using an assembly movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Pedro Sancho, Manfred Seeβle, Wilhelm Thibaut
  • Patent number: 8840732
    Abstract: A door for a dishwasher, in particular for a domestic dishwasher, the door serving for opening and closing the interior of the dishwasher, comprising an inner door which, when the door is closed, is oriented towards the interior and has a surround comprising a top and a bottom periphery, which run essentially horizontally when the door is closed, and two side peripheries, which run essentially vertically when the door is closed, wherein a feed device for dispensing additives is arranged on the inner door, essentially centrally between the side peripheries and in the top third, in particular in the top quarter, of the region between the top and bottom peripheries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hartmann, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Michael Rosenbauer, Bernd Schessl, Erich Schmid, Martin Stickel
  • Publication number: 20140246546
    Abstract: A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Aninger, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Christian Mesarosch, Pedro Sancho, Sebastian Wagner
  • Patent number: 8789799
    Abstract: A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Aninger, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Christian Mesarosch, Pedro Sancho, Sebastian Wagner
  • Patent number: 8691025
    Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that includes a washing space in which the soiled articles can be positioned for cleaning and an operating device that operates during the cleaning operation and is arranged in an opening in a bounding face of the washing space and/or of a container which can be positioned in the washing space. A spray device for spraying cleaning fluid is integrated into the washing space in the operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Daniel Delle, Gerhard Fetzer, Peter Geissler, Norbert Gerstner, Hubert Groll, Mathias Herrmann, Dieter Hotz, Stefan Kasbauer