Patents by Inventor Felix Haunschild

Felix Haunschild 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: 20240138630
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food processor for performing a food preparation process by heating, chopping and/or stirring a food in a food preparation vessel by means of a heating element for heating and/or a rotatable tool for chopping and/or stirring the food in the food preparation vessel, wherein the food processor comprises at least one functional unit including a motor for rotating the tool and/or the heating element for heating, wherein the food processor comprises at least one device for limiting a degree of freedom of a user during use of the food processor for food preparation including at least one motor-driven locking device for the food preparation vessel or its lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Schmitz, Sebastian Jansen, Felix Haunschild
  • Publication number: 20240041262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food processor (300) for preparing at least one food product (10), comprising a drive (330) configured to set at least one preparation tool (100, 400) in motion, a preparation tool (100) configured as a flow generator (100) for flowing air in the vessel (320) towards the at least one food product (10), a vessel (320) configured to contain the at least one food product (10), the vessel (320) comprising a vessel heater (310) configured to heat the air enclosed in the vessel (320), wherein the vessel heater (310) is integrated in a bottom of the vessel (320). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating a food processor (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Lakshmanan, Felix Haunschild, Kevin Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11857118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for displaceably positioning a kitchen appliance (11) on a working surface (12), comprising a displacement means (13) for displacing the kitchen appliance (11) on the working surface (12), wherein the displacement means (13) is designed for installation in a ground area (14) of a base unit (16) of the kitchen appliance (11), and a displacement means (15) for displacing the displacement means (13) between a deactivated state (Z1) of the displacement means (13) for positioning the displacement means (13) spaced from the working surface (12) and an activated state (Z2) of the displacement means (13) for positioning at least a part of the displacement means (13) on the working surface (12) for displacing the kitchen appliance (11). The invention further relates to a base unit (16) with a device (10) according to the invention, as well as a method for operating a base unit (16) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Lang, Felix Haunschild, Lennart Rusch
  • Publication number: 20230284827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen appliance system with a base unit having a housing, a controller and a communication interface, and with at least one accessory having an identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Nils Beckmann, Torsten Lang, Miron Sernecki, Felix Haunschild, Kevin Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20230280205
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen appliance system with a base unit having a housing and with at least one accessory having an identification feature. A weighing module configured for recording a gross weight and a control device are provided at the base unit. Furthermore, a detection device configured to detect an identification feature of at least one accessory is provided at the base unit, and the control device is configured to detect a change in position of the at least one accessory relative to the base unit relative to the base unit, to retrieve weight information corresponding to an identification feature detected by the detection device, and to calculate a net weight based on a gross weight detected by the weighing module and taking into account the weight information. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nils Beckmann, Torsten Lang, Miron Sernecki, Felix Haunschild, Kevin Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20230276991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen appliance system with a base unit including a housing, a control device and a communication interface and with at least one accessory including an identifier. In order to improve user-friendliness, provision is made for a detection device which is configured to detect an identifier of at least one accessory. The control device is configured to control an identifier which is detected by the detection device with at least one identifier from a database, to provide at least one operation mode associated with an identifier from the database matching the detected identifier via the communication interface as a quick start mode. The invention further relates to a method of operating a kitchen appliance system and a corresponding computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nils Beckmann, Kevin Schmitz, Torsten Lang, Miron Sernecki, Felix Haunschild
  • Publication number: 20230011404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a household appliance (100), in particular a kitchen appliance (100) for preparing food, comprising a processing device (110) for at least partially automatically carrying out a household activity, in particular for processing ingredients, wherein the processing device (110) is controlled by a control unit (102). Further, the household appliance (100) comprises a position device (120) for detecting position information (200) of a user (1) operating the household appliance (100), the position information (200) being transmitted to the control unit (102). Furthermore, the household appliance (100) has a display (130) which is adapted to reproduce image information (140) determined by the control unit (102), wherein the image information (140) reproduced by the display (130) generates an impression of depth at the user (1) and is dependent on at least the position information (200) of the user (1). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a household appliance (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Torsten Lang, Felix Haunschild, Dietmar Mehlhase
  • Publication number: 20220408979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for displaceably positioning a kitchen appliance (11) on a working surface (12), comprising a displacement means (13) for displacing the kitchen appliance (11) on the working surface (12), wherein the displacement means (13) is designed for installation in a ground area (14) of a base unit (16) of the kitchen appliance (11), and a displacement means (15) for displacing the displacement means (13) between a deactivated state (Z1) of the displacement means (13) for positioning the displacement means (13) spaced from the working surface (12) and an activated state (Z2) of the displacement means (13) for positioning at least a part of the displacement means (13) on the working surface (12) for displacing the kitchen appliance (11). The invention further relates to a base unit (16) with a device (10) according to the invention, as well as a method for operating a base unit (16) according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Torsten Lang, Felix Haunschild, Lennart Rusch