Patents by Inventor Helmut Steichele
Helmut Steichele 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).
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Publication number: 20230358083Abstract: A hinge element for a large domestic appliance contains a main body as well as a functional body which includes a plastic material. Accordingly, the main body and the functional body are connected to one another non-releasably. Ideally, a large domestic appliance, in particular a large domestic refrigerator, contains a housing in which a receiving space is formed. The domestic appliance has a closure element by which the receiving space can be closed, and the hinge element hingedly attaches the closure element to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Florian Gerstmayr, Johannes Köpf, Christian Schmid, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 9534835Abstract: A refrigerating device is provided that includes a body, a door and a carrier for refrigerated products, the carrier being supported on adapters anchored on movable rails of telescopic extensions and displaceable between an inserted and a pulled-out position. The movable rails of the telescopic extensions are hidden under a tray and the tray of each telescopic extension is clamped between the movable rail thereof and the adapter anchored thereon.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Frank Placke, Claudia Rupp, Matthias Stahl, Helmut Steichele, Ulrich van Pels
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Patent number: 9267728Abstract: A system for fastening a furniture front to a door of a built-in refrigerator is provided and includes at least two retaining fittings interposed between the back of the furniture front and the front of the door of the built-in refrigerator. An ice/water dispenser is provided on the door of the built-in refrigerator, the dispenser being actuatable through a recess in the furniture front, and one of the retaining fittings is arranged directly next to the dispenser between the door and the furniture front.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 9046298Abstract: A domestic appliance for installation in a furniture frame. The appliance includes an essentially rectangular body and a vertical cover section fixed to a front vertical edge of the body and extending laterally beyond the vertical edge onto the furniture frame. A leg of the section adjacent to a lateral wall of the body has a hole for a fixing screw and a head of the fixing screw is accommodated at least partially in a depression surrounding the hole. A floor of a depression surrounding the hole is level, and a shaft of the fixing screw maintains clearance as it passes through the hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8876228Abstract: A door for a household appliance. The door includes a door body having an appliance-side plate and an outer-side decorative panel spaced from the appliance-side plate by a gap. A profiled cover extends at least between a portion of a side of the appliance-side plate to a portion of a side of the outer-side decorative panel such that the profiled cover closes off a side edge extent of the gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8789900Abstract: A door for a household appliance is provided. The door includes a door outer skin; a decorative panel attached to the door outer skin, the decorative panel and the door outer skin being separated by an intermediate space; a gap located in the intermediate space, the gap being formed on and parallel to the decorative panel or the door outer skin; and an angle piece having a first limb and a second limb. The decorative panel and the door outer skin are connected together by the angle piece, the first limb engages the gap, and the second limb is attached to an edge of the door outer skin or the decorative panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8707535Abstract: A built-in device, in particular a kitchen device, is provided and includes a front side and a unit wall comprising a unit front surface. Said method consists of the following steps: at least one adjusting device is secured to the built-in device in such a manner that an adjusting edge of the adjusting device protrudes over the front side of the device, the built-in device is inserted into the furniture niche until the adjusting edge is aligned with the front surface of the unit, the built-in device is secured to the unit niche. The invention also relates to an adjusting tool which is adapted, particularly, for carrying out said inventive method.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8485615Abstract: A mounting to support a decorative plate on a door of a household appliance. The mounting includes a first mounting part to be mounted on the door or the decorative plate, wherein the first mounting part has at least one tongue. The mounting further includes a second mounting part fastened to the respectively other of two holding partners formed by the decorative plate and the door. The second mounting part has a bridging segment to receive the tongue with play in a longitudinal direction of a flank of the door. The second mounting part is configured in the manner of a batten having multiple bridging segments. Each of the bridging segments receives a respective tongue.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Mehmet Ciyanoglu, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8439460Abstract: A domestic appliance for installation in a furniture frame, the appliance includes an essentially rectangular body, and two vertical cover sections affixed to the front vertical edges of the body, which extend laterally beyond the vertical edges onto the furniture frame. A horizontal cover section is pushed in between the vertical sections along an upper front edge of the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8382218Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a carcass, a door, and a support for goods to be cooled. The support is mounted within the carcass via telescopic pull-out mechanisms for extending movement outwardly of the carcass and retracting movement inwardly relative to the carcass. A shell covers each telescopic pull-out mechanism on a top side, a longitudinal side facing the support, and a front side facing the door thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignees: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Miele & Cie. KGInventors: Frank Placke, Matthias Stahl, Helmut Steichele, Ulrich van Pels
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Patent number: 8220288Abstract: A refrigerator including a body unit and a pair of doors which are attached on opposite sides of the body unit and which jointly delimit a first internal space, wherein a first door of said pair supports a bar that extends into the internal space when the first door is in a closed position, said bar having a locating face, against which a rear side of the second door fits closely when both doors are in a closed position, and containing an electrical heating device, the refrigerator including a control circuit for the electrical heating device including at least one electric contact through which a current supply circuit of the electrical heating device is routed, the at least one electrical contact being attached to the body unit and conductively connected to a complementary contact disposed on the first door when the first door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Alexander Görz, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20110030188Abstract: A mounting to support a decorative plate on a door of a household appliance. The mounting includes a first mounting part to be mounted on the door or the decorative plate, wherein the first mounting part has at least one tongue. The mounting further includes a second mounting part fastened to the respectively other of two holding partners formed by the decorative plate and the door. The second mounting part has a bridging segment to receive the tongue with play in a longitudinal direction of a flank of the door. The second mounting part is configured in the manner of a batten having multiple bridging segments. Each of the bridging segments receives a respective tongue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Mehmet Ciyanoglu, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20110025173Abstract: A fitting structure for fastening a decorative plate to a door of a household appliance. The fitting structure includes a first fitting part fastened to the decorative plate; a second fitting part that meshes with the first fitting part, wherein the second fitting part is fastened to the door; and a spacer that has a first stop surface and a second stop surface that is parallel to the first stop surface. The first stop surfaces rests against an outer edge of the decorative plate and the second stop surface rests against the first fitting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Mehmet Ciyanoglu, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20100300136Abstract: A cabinet-like domestic appliance having a carcass and a door to enclose an interior, and a telescopic pull-out assembly installed in the interior, wherein the telescopic pull-out assembly has at least one rail that is movable in a depthwise direction of the interior. The rail bears a lug that is made of ferromagnetic material and that faces toward a rear wall of the interior. A magnet is mounted on the rear wall of the interior, wherein, in a retracted stop position of the telescopic pull-out assembly, the lug is subjected to the attractive magnetic force of the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Andreas Kempte, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20100244646Abstract: An appliance having a carcass, a door hinged onto the carcass, and a frame attached to the carcass surrounding edges of the door. In an exemplary embodiment, on at least one hinge-side sidewall of the carcass, the frame may form at least one sidewall of an open slot, and a leaf-type anti-trap element may extend in an outward direction from the door into the open slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20100045150Abstract: A domestic appliance for installation in a furniture frame. The appliance includes an essentially rectangular body and a vertical cover section fixed to a front vertical edge of the body and extending laterally beyond the vertical edge onto the furniture frame. A leg of the section adjacent to a lateral wall of the body has a hole for a fixing screw and a head of the fixing screw is accommodated at least partially in a depression surrounding the hole. A floor of a depression surrounding the hole is level, and a shaft of the fixing screw maintains clearance as it passes through the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20100045151Abstract: A domestic appliance for installation in a furniture frame, the appliance includes an essentially rectangular body, and two vertical cover sections affixed to the front vertical edges of the body, which extend laterally beyond the vertical edges onto the furniture frame. A horizontal cover section is pushed in between the vertical sections along an upper front edge of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Publication number: 20100019641Abstract: A refrigerating device is provided that includes a body, a door and a carrier for refrigerated products, the carrier being supported on adapters anchored on movable rails of telescopic extensions and displaceable between an inserted and a pulled-out position. The movable rails of the telescopic extensions are hidden under a tray and the tray of each telescopic extension is clamped between the movable rail thereof and the adapter anchored thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicants: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH, MIELE & CIE. KGInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Frank Placke, Claudia Rupp, Matthias Stahl, Helmut Steichele, Ulrich van Pels
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Publication number: 20100001624Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a carcass, a door, and a support for goods to be cooled. The support is mounted within the carcass via telescopic pull-out mechanisms for extending movement outwardly of the carcass and retracting movement inwardly relative to the carcass. A shell covers each telescopic pull-out mechanism on a top side, a longitudinal side facing the support, and a front side facing the door thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicants: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH, MIELE & CIE. KGInventors: Frank Placke, Matthias Stahl, Helmut Steichele, Ulrich Van Pels
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Publication number: 20090320509Abstract: A refrigerator including a body unit and a pair of doors which are attached on opposite sides of the body unit and which jointly delimit a first internal space, wherein a first door of said pair supports a bar that extends into the internal space when the first door is in a closed position, said bar having a locating face, against which a rear side of the second door fits closely when both doors are in a closed position, and containing an electrical heating device, the refrigerator including a control circuit for the electrical heating device including at least one electric contact through which a current supply circuit of the electrical heating device is routed, the at least one electrical contact being attached to the body unit and conductively connected to a complementary contact disposed on the first door when the first door is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Alexander Görz, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Hans-Philipp Reitz, Helmut Steichele