Patents by Inventor Marco Weinkötz

Marco Weinkötz 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).

  • Household device having a door and electrical contacts in the region of a door guide
    Patent number: 10168055
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing having a receiving space for food and a storage space disposed below the receiving space. A door for closing an opening of the receiving space of the housing is insertable into the storage place when the door is opened and includes at least one electrical consumer, a first electrical contact coupled to the electrical consumer, and a housing-side second electrical contact electrically coupled to the first electrical contact for supply of electrical energy to the consumer as a function of an operating position of the door. The door is guided into the storage space by a guide apparatus which has a housing-side horizontal guide slot arranged laterally in relation to the door in a side wall of the storage space. The second electrical contact is arranged adjacent to the guide slot in the side wall of the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brunner, Thomas Dankwardt, Manfred Hintermayer, Nils Platt, Thorsten Rausch, Marco Weinkötz, Reinhard Wiedenmann
  • HOUSEHOLD DEVICE HAVING A DOOR AND ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN THE REGION OF A DOOR GUIDE
    Publication number: 20170241647
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing having a receiving space for food and a storage space disposed below the receiving space. A door for closing an opening of the receiving space of the housing is insertable into the storage place when the door is opened and includes at least one electrical consumer, a first electrical contact coupled to the electrical consumer, and a housing-side second electrical contact electrically coupled to the first electrical contact for supply of electrical energy to the consumer as a function of an operating position of the door. The door is guided into the storage space by a guide apparatus which has a housing-side horizontal guide slot arranged laterally in relation to the door in a side wall of the storage space. The second electrical contact is arranged adjacent to the guide slot in the side wall of the storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Brunner, Thomas Dankwardt, Manfred Hintermayer, Nils Platt, Thorsten Rausch, Marco Weinkötz, Reinhard Wiedenmann