Patents by Inventor Felix Rueter

Felix Rueter 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).

  • Home cooking appliance with a side swing oven door having a friction hinge
    Patent number: 10077906
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance with a side swing door is provided. The home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking cavity and a side swing door movable about at least one hinge between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the cooking cavity, wherein the at least one hinge includes a friction hinge configured to impede rotational motion of the side swing door, wherein the friction hinge is a variable torque friction hinge configured to provide a variable torque throughout at least a part of a range of motion in at least one of an opening direction and a closing direction of the of the side swing door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: James Gayle, Joseph Geiger, George May, Felix Rueter
  • HOME COOKING APPLIANCE WITH A SIDE SWING OVEN DOOR HAVING A FRICTION HINGE
    Publication number: 20170176020
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance with a side swing door is provided. The home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking cavity and a side swing door movable about at least one hinge between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the cooking cavity, wherein the at least one hinge includes a friction hinge configured to impede rotational motion of the side swing door, wherein the friction hinge is a variable torque friction hinge configured to provide a variable torque throughout at least a part of a range of motion in at least one of an opening direction and a closing direction of the of the side swing door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: James Gayle, Joseph Geiger, George May, Felix Rueter
  • Home cooking appliance with a side swing oven door having a friction hinge
    Patent number: 9631819
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance with a side swing door is provided. The home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking cavity, and a side swing door movable about at least one hinge between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the cooking cavity. The at least one hinge includes a friction hinge configured to impede rotational motion of the side swing door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: James Gayle, Joseph Geiger, George May, Felix Rueter
  • HOME COOKING APPLIANCE WITH A SIDE SWING OVEN DOOR HAVING A FRICTION HINGE
    Publication number: 20150075512
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance with a side swing door is provided. The home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking cavity, and a side swing door movable about at least one hinge between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the cooking cavity. The at least one hinge includes a friction hinge configured to impede rotational motion of the side swing door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: James Gayle, Joseph Geiger, George May, Felix Rueter