Patents by Inventor Frank Jacob

Frank Jacob 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: 11940154
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. A braided gasket is interposed between the door and the perimeter of the outer walls of the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position. The braided gasket is attached to the perimeter by one or more gasket clips. The gasket clips have a head, a body positioned perpendicular to the head, and a leg extending from the end of the body and overlapping at least a portion of the body, at least a portion of the leg extending parallel to the body. A tail extends from an end of the head, at least a portion of the tail extending parallel to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Jacob Hellwig, Mahesh Racha
  • Patent number: 11889942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a centrifugal coffee brewing device, including: a spinning assembly which is rotatable about a main axis, the spinning assembly including: a chamber element including a bottom wall, a cylinder element including a filter, wherein the chamber element and the cylinder element form a brewing chamber, a main drive for rotating the spinning assembly about the main axis for centrifuging the coffee, wherein the cylinder element including the filter is movable between a first, lower position in which the filter forms the circumference of the brewing chamber and in which the spinning assembly has a brewing configuration, and a second, upper position in which the circumference of the brewing chamber is open, and in which second position coffee residue can be ejected by spinning the chamber element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SPINN HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Serge Alfred Johan De Warrimont, Andreas Jacobus Louis Nijsen, Sybren Yme Leijenaar, Hedzer Michiel Adriaan Van Der Kamp, Hans Constant Dikhoff, Roderick de Rode, Frank Jacob Paul De Vries, Willem Otto De Jong, Willem Verburg, Daniel Constantijn Van Der Prijt
  • Publication number: 20230341132
    Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, an insulated cooking chamber, and a plurality of internal ridge. The cabinet may include a plurality of outer panels. The cabinet may define an airflow path extending through the cabinet. The insulated cooking chamber may be disposed within the cabinet. The airflow path may be defined between the outer panels and the insulated cooking chamber. The plurality of internal ridges may be disposed within the cabinet. The plurality of internal ridges may extend along the airflow path and define a guided segment thereof. The plurality of internal ridges may be spaced apart along the airflow path and thereby define a cross-path gap between adjacent ridges of the plurality of internal ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar, Frank Jacob Hellwig, Willie D. Warren, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230233014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a centrifugal coffee brewing device, comprising: a spinning assembly which is rotatable about a main axis, the spinning assembly comprising: a chamber element comprising a bottom wall, a cylinder element comprising a filter, wherein the chamber element and the cylinder element form a brewing chamber, a main drive for rotating the spinning assembly about the main axis for centrifuging the coffee, wherein the cylinder element including the filter is movable between a first, lower position in which the filter forms the circumference of the brewing chamber and in which the spinning assembly has a brewing configuration, and a second, upper position in which the circumference of the brewing chamber is open, and in which second position coffee residue can be ejected by spinning the chamber element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Serge Alfred Johan DE WARRIMONT, Andreas Jacobus Louis NIJSEN, Sybren Yme LEIJENAAR, Hedzer Michiel Adriaan VAN DER KAMP, Hans Constant DIKHOFF, Roderick DE RODE, Frank Jacob Paul DE VRIES, Willem Otto DE JONG, Willem VERBURG, Daniel Constantijn VAN DER PRIJT
  • Publication number: 20230235890
    Abstract: A cooking appliance that includes a heating element, a controller, and a dock, each mounted to a panel. The cooking appliance also includes a user interface which is removably mountable to the panel, so that the user interface can be used separated from the cooking appliance. The controller is configured for detecting a proximity of the user interface relative to the panel. Further, the controller is configured for deactivating the heating element in response to the detected proximity of the user interface relative to the panel passing a deactivation threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Willard Johnson, Frank Jacob Hellwig, David L. Brown
  • Publication number: 20230135267
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet, a plurality of walls positioned therein to define a cooking chamber, and a door that provides selective access to the cooking chamber. An air passageway is defined through the door and around the cooking chamber between the plurality of walls and the cabinet. An air handler draws cooling air into the air passageway through an intake aperture and discharges the cooling air through a discharge aperture. A mesh screen is positioned over the discharge aperture of the air passageway to restrict access to hot surfaces within the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Willie D. Warren, JR., Frank Jacob Hellwig, Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar
  • Patent number: 11576518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a centrifugal coffee brewing device, having: a spinning assembly which is rotatable about a main axis, the spinning assembly having: a chamber element comprising a bottom wall, a cylinder element having a filter, wherein the chamber element and the cylinder element form a brewing chamber, a main drive for rotating the spinning assembly about the main axis for centrifuging the coffee, wherein the cylinder element including the filter is movable between a first, lower position in which the filter forms the circumference of the brewing chamber and in which the spinning assembly has a brewing configuration, and a second, upper position in which the circumference of the brewing chamber is open, and in which second position coffee residue can be ejected by spinning the chamber element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SPINN HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Jacobus Louis Nijsen, Sybren Yme Leijenaar, Hedzer Michiel Adriaan Van Der Kamp, Hans Constant Dikhoff, Roderick De Rode, Serge Alfred Johan De Warrimont, Frank Jacob Paul De Vries, Willem Otto De Jong, Willem Verburg, Daniel Constantijn Van Der Prijt
  • Publication number: 20220373188
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. A braided gasket is interposed between the door and the perimeter of the outer walls of the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position. The braided gasket is attached to the perimeter by one or more gasket clips. The gasket clips have a head, a body positioned perpendicular to the head, and a leg extending from the end of the body and overlapping at least a portion of the body, at least a portion of the leg extending parallel to the body. A tail extends from an end of the head, at least a portion of the tail extending parallel to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Jacob Hellwig, Mahesh Racha
  • Publication number: 20200375389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a centrifugal coffee brewing device, comprising: a spinning assembly which is rotatable about a main axis, the spinning assembly comprising: a chamber element comprising a bottom wall, a cylinder element comprising a filter, wherein the chamber element and the cylinder element form a brewing chamber, a main drive for rotating the spinning assembly about the main axis for centrifuging the coffee, wherein the cylinder element including the filter is movable between a first, lower position in which the filter forms the circumference of the brewing chamber and in which the spinning assembly has a brewing configuration, and a second, upper position in which the circumference of the brewing chamber is open, and in which second position coffee residue can be ejected by spinning the chamber element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Jacobus Louis NIJSEN, Sybren Yme LEIJENAAR, Hedzer Michiel Adriaan VAN DER KAMP, Hans Constant DIKHOFF, Roderick DE RODE, Serge Alfred Johan DE WARRIMONT, Frank Jacob Paul DE VRIES, Willem Otto DE JONG, Willem VERBURG, Daniel Constantijn VAN DER PRIJT
  • Patent number: 10409314
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided including a cooking surface, a heating element, a control surface, and a control element positioned on the control surface. The control element is associated with the heating element, which is positioned on the cooking surface. The cooking appliance also includes an integrated housing positioned below the control surface aligned with the control element. The integrated housing encloses both a lighting assembly for providing light to at least one of the control element or the control surface and an electromechanical switch operably coupled to the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Allen Turner, Frank Jacob Hellwig
  • Publication number: 20180363000
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for lowering cholesterol in a subject are provided. An adeno-associated viral vector is provided which includes a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence encoding anti-PCSK9 antibody. In desired embodiments, the subject is a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: James M. Wilson, Frank Jacobs, Suryanrayan Somanthan
  • Publication number: 20170089588
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided including a cooking surface, a heating element, a control surface, and a control element positioned on the control surface. The control element is associated with the heating element, which is positioned on the cooking surface. The cooking appliance also includes an integrated housing positioned below the control surface aligned with the control element. The integrated housing encloses both a lighting assembly for providing light to at least one of the control element or the control surface and an electromechanical switch operably coupled to the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Darren Allen Turner, Frank Jacob Hellwig
  • Publication number: 20140335463
    Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a first display area for displaying first operation settings of the domestic appliance, a first control element for selecting one of the first operation settings, a second display area for displaying second operation settings of the domestic appliance, a second control element for selecting one of the second operation settings. A control facility is provided to allocate a first two-dimensional extent to the first display region and a second two-dimensional extent to the second display region when a user actuates the first operating element and to allocate a third two-dimensional extent to the first display region and a fourth two-dimensional extent to the second display region when the user actuates the second operating element. The third two-dimensional extent is smaller than the first two-dimensional extent and the fourth two-dimensional extent is larger than the second two-dimensional extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Claudia Sonja Friedrich, Frank Jacob, Andreas Kern, Sören Strayle, Kristina Wisch
  • Publication number: 20090121365
    Abstract: The invention relates to an eddy chamber for generating turbulence in a medium flowing through the chamber, comprising an inlet opening, an outlet opening and at least two constrictions in the cross-section thereof. In the region of the constrictions, the inner profile of the eddy chamber has the form of wave crests (10, 12, 25, 27, 30) in section parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. According to the invention, the mixing may be improved and the pressure drop held small, whereby the angle to the longitudinal axis (z) in the direction of the outlet opening (15, 31) at the inflection points (12a, 25a, 27a, 30a) on the flanks of at least two wave crests (10, 12, 25, 27, 30) facing the inlet opening (9, 23) is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Frank Jacobs, Hans-Jurgen Diehl
  • Publication number: 20090058610
    Abstract: Valve unit with a plurality of valves linked together for switching a pressurized air flow, where electronic means of valve detection consisting of individual valve-side transponders and a reading device are provided, where the reading device consists of individual RFID read heads, each allocated to a transponder, as well as an RFID reading unit common to all RFID read heads, and where the RFID read heads are connected with the RFID reading unit via a multiplexer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Herbert Krebs, Frank Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7357419
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement for a safety belt is provided and includes a holder for securement to a vehicle. The holder has a T-shaped head with laterally extending arms. A connector is moveably disposed, against spring action on the holder and is connected to a belt buckle strap loop. A magnet and magnetic field sensor are disposed on the holder and connector. Relative movement between them, caused by displacement of the connector relative to the holder, is converted into a signal that corresponds to acting belt force. First springs are provided on outer longitudinal sides of the holder and connector and respectively extend between the arms of the holder and an oppositely disposed abutment of the connector to counteract tension force of the safety belt or buckle. The compensation spring is disposed between the holder and connector and, without a tension force acting on the connector, prestresses the connector relative to the holder against nearly relaxed first springs with a low spring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Hans-Otto Kock, Frank Jacobs, Bernd Knörle
  • Publication number: 20060012236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system for a seatbelt, comprising an arrangement detecting the tensile force which acts upon the belt lock, said arrangement encompassing a magnet and a magnetic field sensor. The inventive fastening system is characterized by the fact that the holding device (10) is provided with a T-shaped head (16) comprising arms (17) which extend laterally to the longitudinal axis thereof, the connecting element (11) is provided with abutments (19) which are positioned across from the arms (17) of the holding device (10), and at least one spring (21) is disposed between the arm (17) of the holding device (10) and the abutment (19) on the outer longitudinal sides of the head (16) and the connecting element (11), said spring (21) counteracting a tensile load of the seatbelt (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Hans-Otto Kock, Frank Jacobs, Bernd Knorle
  • Patent number: 6893145
    Abstract: An X-ray localizer light system comprises: a long life X-ray localizer light source; an optical concentrator, the light source being situated at a first focal spot, the optical concentrator being configured for concentrating X-ray localizer light from the light source to a second focal spot; and an opaque shield having an aperture therein situated proximate to the second focal spot and being of such a geometrical shape so as to maximize light throughput while meeting light field edge contrast requirements. In another light system, the optical concentrator comprises a reflector comprising a quasi-ellipsoidal portion within which the light source is situated, a cylindrical portion situated between the quasi-ellipsoidal portion and the shield for reflecting stray light, a back reflector portion situated proximate to the shield, and a centrally-mounted portion situated between the aperture and the light source for directing back-reflected light in the direction of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ljubisa Dragoljub Stevanovic, Eugene George Olczak, Frank Jacob John Mueller, Dietmar Karl Sundermann
  • Publication number: 20040165701
    Abstract: An X-ray localizer light system comprises: a long life X-ray localizer light source; an optical concentrator, the light source being situated at a first focal spot, the optical concentrator being configured for concentrating X-ray localizer light from the light source to a second focal spot; and an opaque shield having an aperture therein situated proximate to the second focal spot and being of such a geometrical shape so as to maximize light throughput while meeting light field edge contrast requirements. In another light system, the optical concentrator comprises a reflector comprising a quasi-ellipsoidal portion within which the light source is situated, a cylindrical portion situated between the quasi-ellipsoidal portion and the shield for reflecting stray light, a back reflector portion situated proximate to the shield, and a centrally-mounted portion situated between the aperture and the light source for directing back-reflected light in the direction of the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Ljubisa Dragoljub Stevanovic, Eugene George Olczak, Frank Jacob John Mueller, Dietmar Karl Sundermann
  • Patent number: 6779920
    Abstract: An X-ray localizer light system comprises: a long life X-ray localizer light source; an optical concentrator, the light source being situated at a first focal spot, the optical concentrator being configured for concentrating X-ray localizer light from the light source to a second focal spot; and an opaque shield having an aperture therein situated proximate to the second focal spot and being of such a geometrical shape so as to maximize light throughput while meeting light field edge contrast requirements. In another light system, the optical concentrator comprises a reflector comprising a quasi-ellipsoidal portion within which the light source is situated, a cylindrical portion situated between the quasi-ellipsoidal portion and the shield for reflecting stray light, a back reflector portion situated proximate to the shield, and a centrally-mounted portion situated between the aperture and the light source for directing back-reflected light in the direction of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ljubisa Dragoljub Stevanovic, Eugene George Olczak, Frank Jacob John Mueller, Dietmar Karl Sundermann