Patents by Inventor Ludovic Ball

Ludovic Ball 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).

  • Publication number: 20250024979
    Abstract: A household steam-cooking appliance includes a drawer extendible out of a drawer housing horizontally to a front and including a front reservoir portion receiving a water reservoir, and an evaporator tank portion arranged behind the reservoir portion and receiving an evaporator tank. A pivotably arranged lid covers an open top side of the evaporator tank in a steam-tight manner when the drawer is fully retracted into the drawer housing. The drawer is extendible out of its fully retracted position into an intermediate position in which the reservoir portion projects out of the drawer housing for filling the water reservoir and the lid covers the open top side of the evaporator tank in the steam-tight manner. The drawer is extendible out of its intermediate position into a fully extended final position in which the lid is pivotably automatically against the evaporator tank such as to define a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Ludovic Ball, Stefan Diederichs
  • Patent number: 11653785
    Abstract: A steam cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, an evaporator unit configured to evaporate water to generate steam for supply into the cooking chamber, and a water supply unit including a removable water tank. The water tank includes a valve unit for coupling to the evaporator, with the valve unit including two valves formed separately from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ludovic Ball, Sebastian Frey, Manfred Hintermayer, Martin Nagel
  • Publication number: 20200352382
    Abstract: A steam cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, an evaporator unit configured to evaporate water to generate steam for supply into the cooking chamber, and a water supply unit including a removable water tank. The water tank includes a valve unit for coupling to the evaporator, with the valve unit including two valves formed separately from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ludovic Ball, Sebastian Frey, Manfred Hintermayer, Martin Nagel
  • Publication number: 20200182485
    Abstract: A steam cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, a water supply unit including a removable water tank having a filling opening, and an evaporator unit connectable to the water supply unit. The water tank includes in an installed position a front side facing a user, a rear side opposite the front side, and a closure element for closing the filling opening. The closure element is configured to form at least in part the front side or the rear side of the water tank. The evaporator unit is configured to evaporate water from the water supply unit to generate steam for supply into the cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ludovic Ball, Sebastian Frey, Manfred Hintermayer