Patents by Inventor Karl Reindl

Karl Reindl 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: 10082296
    Abstract: An operating device includes at least one panel unit which has at least one operating region and a lighting unit configured to back-light and/or to transilluminate the at least one operating region. A sensor unit including at least one at least partly transparent support element and at least one sensor element which is arranged on the at least one support element as an etched structure is arranged at least partly between the lighting unit and the panel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Neuhauser, Manfred Plankl, Karl Reindl, Carsten Zei
  • Publication number: 20160334110
    Abstract: An operating device includes at least one panel unit which has at least one operating region and a lighting unit configured to back-light and/or to transilluminate the at least one operating region. A sensor unit including at least one at least partly transparent support element and at least one sensor element which is arranged on the at least one support element as an etched structure is arranged at least partly between the lighting unit and the panel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Maximilian Neuhauser, Manfred Plankl, Karl Reindl, Carsten Zei