Patents by Inventor Diethard Krause

Diethard Krause 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).

  • Method of controlling the revolutions of the drum of a program controlled laundry machine
    Patent number: 7673358
    Abstract: A laundry treatment method consisting of controlling the rotational speed a program-controlled laundry machine drum between lower and upper limits as a function of at least one predetermined parameter of the laundry within the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Miele & Cie KG.
    Inventors: Walter Dietz, Diethard Krause, Daniel Schneider
  • Method of determining the weight of laundry in a washing machine drum
    Patent number: 7293313
    Abstract: A method of determining the weight of laundry placed in the drum rotatably mounted in a vertically moveable sudsing container of a washing machine, in which a value representative of the highest position attained by the sudsing container in a previous washing cycle or after connecting the washing machine to network current is compared against the position attained by the sudsing container after laundry has been placed in the drum to derive from the difference a value representative of the weight of the laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Dominik Beier, Juergen Koschnicke, Diethard Krause
  • Method of controlling the revolutions of the drum of program controlled laundry machine
    Publication number: 20050066999
    Abstract: A laundry treatment method consisting of controlling the rotational speed a program-controlled laundry machine drum between lower and upper limits as a function of at least one predetermined parameter of the laundry within the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Dietz, Diethard Krause, Daniel Schneider
  • Method of determining the weight of laundry in a washing machine drum
    Publication number: 20050022315
    Abstract: A method of determining the weight of laundry placed in the drum rotatably mounted in a vertically moveable sudsing container of a washing machine, in which a value representative of the highest position attained by the sudsing container in a previous washing cycle or after connecting the washing machine to network current is compared against the position attained by the sudsing container after laundry has been placed in the drum to derive from the difference a value representative of the weight of the laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Dominic Beier, Juergen Koschnicke, Diethard Krause