Patents by Inventor Frank GRAFF

Frank GRAFF 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: 10506669
    Abstract: A connecting part for mounting on two housing parts of an induction hob has a U-shaped cross section overall, as a channel, as seen in the longitudinal direction and has two segments. The two segments are connected together in a displaceable manner in the longitudinal direction and are secured captively to one another. The first segment has a front end and the second segment has a front end. The segments each have a connecting means at their front end for connecting to in each case one housing part of an induction hob in a form-fitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Ungethuem, Frank Graff, Michael Gaertner
  • Patent number: 9777962
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to a coil support and a method of using the coil support for condensate management. The coil support generally functions to provide support for evaporator and/or condenser coils and facilitate the drainage of condensate away from coil headers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Scott Mastroianni, Chris Menhennett, Ralph Briggs, Joshua Dale Stephens, Derick Pryor, Frank Graff
  • Publication number: 20160150599
    Abstract: A connecting part for mounting on two housing parts of an induction hob has a U-shaped cross section overall, as a channel, as seen in the longitudinal direction and has two segments. The two segments are connected together in a displaceable manner in the longitudinal direction and are secured captively to one another. The first segment has a front end and the second segment has a front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Uwe Ungethuem, Frank Graff, Michael Gaertner
  • Publication number: 20160148765
    Abstract: An operator control device for an electrical appliance has a cover, a rotary actuator as an actuating element and a mount for the rotary actuator. The rotary actuator is arranged under the cover and has a driver disk with contacts, and a component carrier with opposing contacts. The contacts bear against the opposing contacts or conductor tracks as a function of a rotational position. The mount has a mounting frame with an axle which is rotatably mounted thereon for the rotary actuator, which axle penetrates the driver disk, the component carrier and the cover. The axle has an outer contour and the driver disk has an inner contour which corresponds thereto and is rotationally fixed with respect to the outer contour, wherein the driver disk and the axle are arranged so as to be rotationally fixed with respect to one another but axially movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Uwe Ungethuem, Henry Kuehn, Frank Graff, Michael Gaertner
  • Publication number: 20150292790
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to a coil support and a method of using the coil support for condensate management. The coil support generally functions to provide support for evaporator and/or condenser coils and facilitate the drainage of condensate away from coil headers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Mastroianni, Chris Menhennett, Ralph Briggs, Joshua Dale Stephens, Derick Pryor, Frank Graff
  • Publication number: 20140346022
    Abstract: An operating element has an operating element housing, on the upper side of which a protruding rib made of elastic material is arranged, the rib, or its cross section, being formed for geometrical elasticity. This can be achieved by an elastically protruding section having an extent direction outward away from the rest of the rib, essentially obliquely with respect to a plane of the upper side of the operating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut KELLER, Dennis SCHMID, Frank GRAFF, Uwe UNGETHUEM