Patents by Inventor Ernst Lehner

Ernst Lehner 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: 20250072708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a home appliance, in particular a dishwasher, a washing machine or the like, and a method for controlling said home appliance. The home appliance comprises a water supply unit including a water supply port configured to be connected to a water supply for supplying water, like fresh water, to the home appliance, a water reservoir for storing water to be supplied to the home appliance by the water supply unit, a treatment space for treating objects in the home appliance, like dishes or laundry, a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the water supplied to the reservoir and the water discharged from the treatment space by at least one pump unit, a control unit for controlling the operation of the home appliance and a bypass device for bypassing water supplied by the water supply unit past the reservoir to the treatment space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Hubert Unterberger, Maciej Kobielski, Ernst Lehner
  • Patent number: 12013266
    Abstract: A flow meter for a home appliance, in particular a dishwasher or a washing machine, the flow meter comprising a control unit having a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal and a digital input terminal which is connected to the second power supply terminal via a limiting element; a movable element which is moved by a flow of a fluid and which comprises at least one movable magnetic element; and a two-lead magneto-sensitive unit which comprises a signal terminal connected to the digital input terminal of the control unit and a reference terminal connected to the first power supply terminal of the control unit; wherein the magneto-sensitive unit comprises a magnetic sensor element having two output terminals connected to the signal terminal and the reference terminal, and a power supply terminal; and a buffered power supply unit configured to generate a continuous auxiliary voltage from the signal terminal and the reference terminal of the magneto-sensitive unit and to provide the continuou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bleckmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ernst Lehner, Andreas Pleschinger
  • Publication number: 20190335540
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating system component for a heating system for heating a fluid medium, with a carrier unit, and a heating unit coupled to said carrier unit, and a controller; wherein said carrier unit comprises a wet side and a dry side, wherein said wet side corresponds to a surface of said carrier unit configured to be in contact with said fluid medium, wherein said dry side is located on a surface opposite to said wet side. A temperature sensor, in particular an NTC thermistor, is effectively in thermal contact with at least a part of an upper surface of said dry side of the carrier unit, the method comprising: receiving a starting signal at the controller for starting the heating system component; carrying out a test routine for at least the at least one temperature sensor; and in case the test routine is not successful: entering a safe state of the heating system component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Johann Höfer, Andreas Pleschinger, Hubert Unterberger, Jürgen Winkler, Ernst Lehner, Heinz Frederic Hackl