Patents by Inventor FLORIAN MOERTL

FLORIAN MOERTL 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: 11353257
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance apparatus has an appliance body and an appliance door delimiting a refrigeration chamber. A water-dispensing unit is disposed on a side wall of the appliance body or appliance door. The water-dispensing unit has a guide for dispensing water and at least one actuating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Senol Temizkan, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl
  • Patent number: 11326824
    Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus has a door with a rear side and an overhang. The overhang is arranged on the rear side and is formed with a top side wall. A water and ice dispenser is arranged in the door. The water and ice dispenser includes an elongated, or lengthened, ice chute. The ice chute is arranged in the overhang at least with an ice chute section. The ice chute is passed through the top side wall and the ice chute includes an entrance, which overhangs upwards beyond the top side wall in height direction of the household refrigeration apparatus and which is arranged above the top side wall at a distance to the top side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Moertl, Robert Stahl
  • Publication number: 20210293469
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance apparatus has an appliance body and an appliance door delimiting a refrigeration chamber. A water-dispensing unit is disposed on a side wall of the appliance body or appliance door. The water-dispensing unit has a guide for dispensing water and at least one actuating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: SENOL TEMIZKAN, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL
  • Patent number: 11067334
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance apparatus has an appliance body defining a refrigeration chamber with an inner liner and a water-dispensing unit disposed on a side wall of the inner liner. The water-dispensing unit has a guide for dispensing water, and the water-dispensing unit has at least one actuating unit. The actuating unit has a first operating element and a second operating element for starting the water removal through the guide. The actuating unit has at least one actuating element disposed to connect the first operating element and the second operating element to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Senol Temizkan, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl
  • Publication number: 20210172666
    Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus has a door with a rear side and an overhang. The overhang is arranged on the rear side and is formed with a top side wall. A water and ice dispenser is arranged in the door. The water and ice dispenser includes an elongated, or lengthened, ice chute. The ice chute is arranged in the overhang at least with an ice chute section. The ice chute is passed through the top side wall and the ice chute includes an entrance, which overhangs upwards beyond the top side wall in height direction of the household refrigeration apparatus and which is arranged above the top side wall at a distance to the top side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: FLORIAN MOERTL, ROBERT STAHL
  • Patent number: 10976098
    Abstract: In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an operating convenience, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, is provided. The apparatus has an inner liner with at least one sidewall. A water-dispensing unit is disposed on the sidewall of the inner liner. At least one faceplate unit, which in a mounted state thereof, at least largely covers the water-dispensing unit. The faceplate unit has an opening. The water-dispensing unit has at least one dispensing region and at least one guiding unit configured to guide water. The guiding unit, in an installed position, is disposed in a cover region of the dispensing region. The water-dispensing unit has an actuating unit with at least one actuating element provided to start a water removal. The actuating unit has an operating element to start water removal. The water-dispensing unit has a cover that covers the operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Senol Temizkan, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl
  • Patent number: 10745265
    Abstract: A dispenser (5) for dispensing of at least one of ice or liquid and for mounting into a household cooling appliance (1), comprising: an output niche (6), at least one of an ice passage (7) or liquid outlet (8), a switch (9), which activates an output of at least one of ice or liquid out of the dispenser (5), wherein the switch (9) comprises a protrusion (10), a separate actuation paddle (11) which is attached to the protrusion (10), wherein the actuation paddle (11) projects into the output niche (6) in order to be pressed by an object held into the output niche (6), and a releasable and self-locking connection (12) wherein the actuation paddle (11) and the protrusion (10) are connected by said releasable and self-locking connection (12), wherein the releasable and self-locking connection (12) is a click-stop connection (13). A household cooling appliance (1) comprising a dispenser (5) for dispensing of at least one of ice or liquid (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Moertl, Guenter Zuehlke, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Senol Temizkan, Hans Gerd Keller
  • Publication number: 20200165116
    Abstract: A refrigerator contains a dispenser for ice and/or liquid. A dispenser housing covers an opening in an outer shell of the refrigerator. The dispenser housing delimits a dispenser recess that extends outward and upward over an upper edge of the opening and is assembled from at least one main part, which extends from a lower edge of the opening over a rear wall to a front edge of a ceiling of the dispenser housing, and a filling part, which extends from the front edge to an upper edge of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: HANS GERD KELLER, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL, SENOL TEMIZKAN
  • Patent number: 10663215
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance contains an ice water dispenser with a housing which is built into a wall or door of the refrigeration appliance and defines a dispenser niche for the introduction of a container for receiving ice and/or water. The ice water dispenser further has a décor panel which defines a rear side of the dispenser niche where the rear side is visible from outside the refrigeration appliance. The ice water dispenser additionally has a retaining element which is arranged in the housing and is configured to engage with the décor panel in such a way that the décor panel is detachably mounted in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Moertl, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans Gerd Keller, Senol Temizkan
  • Publication number: 20200158422
    Abstract: In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an operating convenience, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, is provided. The apparatus has an inner liner with at least one sidewall. A water-dispensing unit is disposed on the sidewall of the inner liner. At least one faceplate unit, which in a mounted state thereof, at least largely covers the water-dispensing unit. The faceplate unit has an opening. The water-dispensing unit has at least one dispensing region and at least one guiding unit configured to guide water. The guiding unit, in an installed position, is disposed in a cover region of the dispensing region. The water-dispensing unit has an actuating unit with at least one actuating element provided to start a water removal. The actuating unit has an operating element to start water removal. The water-dispensing unit has a cover that covers the operating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: SENOL TEMIZKAN, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL
  • Publication number: 20200141635
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance apparatus has an appliance body defining a refrigeration chamber with an inner liner and a water-dispensing unit disposed on a side wall of the inner liner. The water-dispensing unit has a guide for dispensing water, and the water-dispensing unit has at least one actuating unit. The actuating unit has a first operating element and a second operating element for starting the water removal through the guide. The actuating unit has at least one actuating element disposed to connect the first operating element and the second operating element to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: SENOL TEMIZKAN, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL
  • Patent number: 10598423
    Abstract: A refrigerator contains a dispenser for ice and/or liquid. A dispenser housing covers an opening in an outer shell of the refrigerator. The dispenser housing delimits a dispenser recess that extends outward and upward over an upper edge of the opening and is assembled from at least one main part, which extends from a lower edge of the opening over a rear wall to a front edge of a ceiling of the dispenser housing, and a filling part, which extends from the front edge to an upper edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Gerd Keller, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl, Senol Temizkan
  • Patent number: 10571185
    Abstract: In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an operating convenience, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, is provided. The apparatus has a water-dispensing unit with at least one guiding unit for a guidance of water arranged, in an installed position, in a cover region of a dispensing region of the water-dispensing unit. An inner liner has at least one side wall on which the water-dispensing unit is arranged. An actuating unit has at least one actuating element for starting a water removal. The actuating element has an actuating portion which protrudes into the dispensing region and projects behind the guiding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Senol Temizkan, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl
  • Patent number: 10563910
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular for a domestic refrigeration appliance, has at least one water-dispensing unit. The water-dispensing unit has at least one actuating unit being a first operating element for starting a water removal. The apparatus is improved, in terms of operating convenience, by providing the actuating unit with at least one additional second operating element for starting the water removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Senol Temizkan, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl
  • Patent number: 10473387
    Abstract: In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an advantageous design, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus has at least one water-dispensing unit with at least one guiding unit for guiding water and with at least one actuating unit having at least one switch element for starting a water removal. At least one actuating element is provided for actuating the switch element. An inner liner has a side wall, on which the water-dispensing unit is arranged. The actuating unit and the guiding unit are part of a mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Senol Temizkan, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl
  • Publication number: 20180356146
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance contains an ice water dispenser with a housing which is built into a wall or door of the refrigeration appliance and defines a dispenser niche for the introduction of a container for receiving ice and/or water. The ice water dispenser further has a décor panel which defines a rear side of the dispenser niche where the rear side is visible from outside the refrigeration appliance. The ice water dispenser additionally has a retaining element which is arranged in the housing and is configured to engage with the décor panel in such a way that the décor panel is detachably mounted in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: FLORIAN MOERTL, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, HANS GERD KELLER, SENOL TEMIZKAN
  • Publication number: 20180094852
    Abstract: In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an operating convenience, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, is provided. The apparatus has a water-dispensing unit with at least one guiding unit for a guidance of water arranged, in an installed position, in a cover region of a dispensing region of the water-dispensing unit. An inner liner has at least one side wall on which the water-dispensing unit is arranged. An actuating unit has at least one actuating element for starting a water removal. The actuating element has an actuating portion which protrudes into the dispensing region and projects behind the guiding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: SENOL TEMIZKAN, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL
  • Publication number: 20180094850
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular for a domestic refrigeration appliance, has at least one water-dispensing unit. The water-dispensing unit has at least one actuating unit being a first operating element for starting a water removal. The apparatus is improved, in terms of operating convenience, by providing the actuating unit with at least one additional second operating element for starting the water removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: SENOL TEMIZKAN, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL
  • Publication number: 20180094851
    Abstract: In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an advantageous design, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus has at least one water-dispensing unit with at least one guiding unit for guiding water and with at least one actuating unit having at least one switch element for starting a water removal. At least one actuating element is provided for actuating the switch element. An inner liner has a side wall, on which the water-dispensing unit is arranged. The actuating unit and the guiding unit are part of a mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: SENOL TEMIZKAN, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL
  • Publication number: 20170227278
    Abstract: A refrigerator contains a dispenser for ice and/or liquid. A dispenser housing covers an opening in an outer shell of the refrigerator. The dispenser housing delimits a dispenser recess that extends outward and upward over an upper edge of the opening and is assembled from at least one main part, which extends from a lower edge of the opening over a rear wall to a front edge of a ceiling of the dispenser housing, and a filling part, which extends from the front edge to an upper edge of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: HANS GERD KELLER, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, FLORIAN MOERTL, SENOL TEMIZKAN