Patents by Inventor Klaus Foersterling

Klaus Foersterling 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: 10156038
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a cabinet-shaped housing comprised of a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls has an arrangement of embossings. The arrangement of embossings includes a first embossing arranged centered in relation to a center of the at least one wall and configured in the shape of a ring when viewed from above. A second embossing is arranged outside the first embossing in substantial concentric relationship to the first embossing and configured in the shape of a ring when viewed from above. At least one third embossing is arranged outside the second embossing and has a strip-shaped configuration. The presence of embossings in the at least one wall is able to reduce vibrations and thereby significantly reduce the amount of unwanted noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bohm, Klaus Försterling, Kemal Genc, Johannes Geyer, Stefan Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10030904
    Abstract: A refrigerator door includes an inner door liner, a front wall and a user interface housing connected to the front wall. The user interface housing, the inner door liner, the front wall and a heat insulation layer are combined together. The user interface housing has an accommodating space for accommodating a user interface electrical module. The user interface electrical module can be placed into the accommodating space or removed from the accommodating space from a side of the door. The door has a handle groove and a handle piece detachably connected to the door. The handle groove and the handle piece are located within the user interface housing and the handle piece divides the handle groove from the accommodating space. The user interface housing includes a concave portion being opened forward and the handle groove is accessible though the concave portion. A refrigerator having the door is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Klaus Foersterling, Christine Hartwein, Andreas Kessler, Philipp Kleinlein, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Patent number: 10018404
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user interface electrical module, an accommodating space accommodating the user interface electrical module, a handle groove, and a concave portion being open towards a front surface and a side surface of the door in such a way that the handle groove is accessible to a user through the concave portion. The door includes a user interface housing. The accommodating space, the handle groove and the concave portion are located within the user interface housing and are successively disposed side by side along a depth direction of the handle groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Klaus Foersterling, Christine Hartwein, Andreas Kessler, Philipp Kleinlein, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Patent number: 9976795
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user-interface electrical module, a door liner, a front wall being located in front of the door liner and having a first opening, a side wall, and a thermal insulation space being located between the door liner and the front wall and being filled with a heat insulation layer. The side wall has a second opening in communication with the first opening. The door includes a user-interface housing which closes the first opening and the second opening relative to the thermal insulation space and includes a receiving space for receiving the user-interface electrical module and a concave portion being open towards the first opening and the second opening to permit access to a handle groove within the user-interface housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Klaus Foersterling, Christine Hartwein, Andreas Kessler, Philipp Kleinlein, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Patent number: 9903635
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance with an interior compartment for accommodating foodstuffs which is bounded by walls of an interior container and with a keep-fresh container for foodstuffs in which an ambient humidity different from that of the interior compartment can be set and the ambient humidity can be set independently of the rest of the interior compartment, wherein the keep-fresh container is arranged displaceably in a housing of the domestic refrigeration appliance, wherein a front wall of the keep-fresh container forms an outer wall of the domestic refrigeration appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Max Eicher, Christine Hartwein, Klaus Försterling, Christoph Becke, Boris Angele
  • Patent number: 9890992
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, includes an interior chamber and an electronic control apparatus having an electronics system and being constructed to control at least one function of the domestic appliance during operation thereof. A door leaf for opening and closing the interior chamber has an inner face facing the interior chamber and an outer face facing away from the interior chamber. A recessed handle in the outer face includes a grip forming an indentation in the outer face. A lighting configuration has at least one lighting device, in particular an LED, to illuminate the recessed handle. At least a large part of the electronics system and the at least one lighting device form a common assembly disposed within the door leaf adjacent the indentation, so that the at least one lighting device can radiate light out of the indentation into the recessed handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Klaus Foersterling, Christine Hartwein, Andreas Kessler, Philipp Kleinlein, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Xingen Yao
  • Publication number: 20170191737
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user-interface electrical module, a door liner, a front wall being located in front of the door liner and having a first opening, a side wall, and a thermal insulation space being located between the door liner and the front wall and being filled with a heat insulation layer. The side wall has a second opening in communication with the first opening. The door includes a user-interface housing which closes the first opening and the second opening relative to the thermal insulation space and includes a receiving space for receiving the user-interface electrical module and a concave portion being open towards the first opening and the second opening to permit access to a handle groove within the user-interface housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170184336
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user interface electrical module, an accommodating space accommodating the user interface electrical module, a handle groove, and a concave portion being open towards a front surface and a side surface of the door in such a way that the handle groove is accessible to a user through the concave portion. The door includes a user interface housing. The accommodating space, the handle groove and the concave portion are located within the user interface housing and are successively disposed side by side along a depth direction of the handle groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170176091
    Abstract: A refrigerator door includes an inner door liner, a front wall and a user interface housing connected to the front wall. The user interface housing, the inner door liner, the front wall and a heat insulation layer are combined together. The user interface housing has an accommodating space for accommodating a user interface electrical module. The user interface electrical module can be placed into the accommodating space or removed from the accommodating space from a side of the door. The door has a handle groove and a handle piece detachably connected to the door. The handle groove and the handle piece are located within the user interface housing and the handle piece divides the handle groove from the accommodating space. The user interface housing includes a concave portion being opened forward and the handle groove is accessible though the concave portion. A refrigerator having the door is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170131016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance with an interior compartment for accommodating foodstuffs which is bounded by walls of an interior container and with a keep-fresh container for foodstuffs in which an ambient humidity different from that of the interior compartment can be set and the ambient humidity can be set independently of the rest of the interior compartment, wherein the keep-fresh container is arranged displaceably in a housing of the domestic refrigeration appliance, wherein a front wall of the keep-fresh container forms an outer wall of the domestic refrigeration appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Max EICHER, Christine HARTWEIN, Klaus FÖRSTERLING, Christoph BECKE, Boris ANGELE
  • Publication number: 20170059238
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, includes an interior chamber and an electronic control apparatus having an electronics system and being constructed to control at least one function of the domestic appliance during operation thereof. A door leaf for opening and closing the interior chamber has an inner face facing the interior chamber and an outer face facing away from the interior chamber. A recessed handle in the outer face includes a grip forming an indentation in the outer face. A lighting configuration has at least one lighting device, in particular an LED, to illuminate the recessed handle. At least a large part of the electronics system and the at least one lighting device form a common assembly disposed within the door leaf adjacent the indentation, so that the at least one lighting device can radiate light out of the indentation into the recessed handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, XINGEN YAO
  • Publication number: 20110227462
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a cabinet-shaped housing comprised of a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls has an arrangement of embossings. The arrangement of embossings includes a first embossing arranged centered in relation to a center of the at least one wall and configured in the shape of a ring when viewed from above. A second embossing is arranged outside the first embossing in substantial concentric relationship to the first embossing and configured in the shape of a ring when viewed from above. At least one third embossing is arranged outside the second embossing and has a strip-shaped configuration. The presence of embossings in the at least one wall is able to reduce vibrations and thereby significantly reduce the amount of unwanted noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Bohm, Klaus Försterling, Kemal Genc, Johannes Geyer, Stefan Schmidt
  • Patent number: D457996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Rowenta-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Figur, Klaus Försterling
  • Patent number: D459041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Calor S.A.
    Inventor: Klaus Foersterling
  • Patent number: D459045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Rowenta-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Figur, Klaus Försterling
  • Patent number: D465309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Calor S.A.
    Inventor: Klaus Foersterling
  • Patent number: D537215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Rowenta Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Foersterling
  • Patent number: D472354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Rowenta-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Figur, Klaus Försterling
  • Patent number: D473987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Calor S.A.
    Inventor: Klaus Foersterling
  • Patent number: D617960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bohm, Klaus Försterling, Kemal Genc, Johannes Geyer, Stefan Schmidt