Patents by Inventor Markus de Vries

Markus de Vries 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).

  • Detecting a standstill of a rotatable microwave distribution device
    Patent number: 12513790
    Abstract: In a method for detecting a standstill of a rotatable microwave distribution apparatus of a household microwave appliance, while microwaves are being supplied into a cooking compartment of the household microwave appliance, a microwave leakage radiation for angle-dependent recurring fluctuations is monitored and an action in the absence of such fluctuations being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kaiser, Markus Kuchler, Markus de Vries, Peter Guggenberger
  • FIRST-TIME START-UP OF A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20250109859
    Abstract: In a method for starting up a household appliance, the household appliance checks whether a start-up operating sequence predetermined for a start-up of the household appliance has been carried out. Operation of the household appliance remains disabled in a predetermined operating setting, when the start-up operating sequence predetermined for a start-up of the household appliance has not been carried out, whereas, when the start-up operating sequence predetermined for a start-up of the household appliance has been carried out, operation of the household appliance in the predetermined operating setting is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Markus Kuchler, Jörg Rosenbauer, Markus de Vries
  • DETECTING A STANDSTILL OF A ROTATABLE MICROWAVE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220338315
    Abstract: In a method for detecting a standstill of a rotatable microwave distribution apparatus of a household microwave appliance, while microwaves are being supplied into a cooking compartment of the household microwave appliance, a microwave leakage radiation for angle-dependent recurring fluctuations is monitored and an action in the absence of such fluctuations being detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Kaiser, Markus Kuchler, Markus de Vries, Peter Guggenberger