Patents by Inventor Markus Hopfl
Markus Hopfl 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).
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Patent number: 10687687Abstract: A domestic dishwasher includes a wash container which has a loading opening. The loading opening of the wash container can be closed by a door. A suction apparatus is provided to suction steam and/or air, in particular moisture-laden air, escaping from the loading opening. The suction apparatus has at least one inlet window located outside a wet chamber of the wash container.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Dominik Doppelbauer, Markus Höpfl
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Patent number: 10136792Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, includes at least one packing element disposed on a side face of the household appliance, and at least one load-bearing structural part. The packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in contact with the load-bearing structural part.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Michael Bak, Markus Höpfl, Jürgen Kratzer, Udo Maier
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Publication number: 20170325654Abstract: A domestic dishwasher includes a wash container which has a loading opening. The loading opening of the wash container can be closed by a door. A suction apparatus is provided to suction steam and/or air, in particular moisture-laden air, escaping from the loading opening. The suction apparatus has at least one inlet window located outside a wet chamber of the wash container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Dominik Doppelbauer, Markus Höpfl
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Publication number: 20150150432Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a door configured to pivot about a horizontal axis of rotation so as to assume a substantially vertical position when closed to thereby close a treatment chamber. The axis of rotation is arranged behind a center of gravity of the door in a depthwise direction of the domestic appliance. When closed, the door is locked by a locking arrangement. A door weight compensation system damps an opening movement and/or assists a closing movement of the door and is configured to enable the door in an unlocked state to assume a partially open position, in which the door is open to some degree, substantially as a result of a weight-induced force exerted by the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Christian Ertl, Markus Höpfl, Markus Konrad, Walter Lippert, Jochen Müller, Christoph Thiel
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Patent number: 8858726Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that has a door and a wash compartment that is closed off by the door. The wash compartment receives items to be treated and has a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported. The movable dish rack is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated. The dishwasher further includes a visual display facility for visual notification of operation information and/or program information of the dishwasher. The visual display facility is assigned to the dish rack.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Markus Höpfl, Ersin Isbilen, Karlheinz Rehm, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Publication number: 20120104913Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, includes at least one packing element disposed on a side face of the household appliance, and at least one load-bearing structural part. The packing element has at least one force transfer region, which has a force action surface in contact with the load-bearing structural part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Michael Bak, Markus Höpfl, Jürgen Kratzer, Udo Maier
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Publication number: 20110248609Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that has a door and a wash compartment that is closed off by the door. The wash compartment receives items to be treated and has a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported. The movable dish rack is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated. The dishwasher further includes a visual display facility for visual notification of operation information and/or program information of the dishwasher. The visual display facility is assigned to the dish rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Markus Höpfl, Ersin Isbilen, Karlheinz Rehm, Michael Georg Rosenbauer
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Patent number: 5988933Abstract: A device for connecting a spring to a band-like or cable-like transmission apparatus. The device being easy to assemble and in which the risk of fracture of the device is greatly reduced. The device provides a connecting part to be fitted on the transmission apparatus and a hook-in part to be connected onto the spring. The connecting part then being connected to the hook-in part to connect the transmission apparatus to the spring.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
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Patent number: 5980006Abstract: In order to provide a device (10) for balancing the weight of a front door (2), mounted on a casing (1) so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis (3), of a domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, which device is connected by a tape or cord-shaped transmission member (11) to a tension spring (5) fastened to the casing (1), said transmission member resting under tension on a deflection roller (17) arranged on a carrier (12) fastened to the casing (1), in which, in a simple manner, simple and rapid adjustment of the spring force is made possible for the user, according to the invention there is a device, for acting on the transmission means (11), which cause a change in the overall length of the assembly of tension spring (5) and transmission member (11).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
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Patent number: 5967472Abstract: A height-adjusting foot for a household appliance includes an adjuster housing solidly connected to an appliance housing. A vertical threaded shaft is form-lockingly guided in the adjuster housing. A foot plate is connected to the threaded shaft. A nut which is rotatably supported in the adjuster housing and is screwed on the threaded shaft, has an outer periphery with a worm wheel. A worm is rotatably supported in the adjuster housing for driving the worm wheel. An adjusting rod is connected to the worm. Due to reduced expenditures, the costs of the adjusting device are lowered. It can be operated from one side wall of the housing, preferably from the front panel of the household appliance. The adjusting foot does not co-rotate in the adjusting operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1997Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
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Patent number: 5908227Abstract: A household appliance has a panel that is disposed on the front of the appliance and optionally has control and display elements. The panel has a panel body that receives the control and display elements and striplike laminations mounted along a lower peripheral zone of the panel body. In order to ensure that the panel is simple in construction and the laminations can be combined simply and reliably with one another and with the panel body, the laminations are joined to one another and to the panel body solely by a detent device.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1997Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
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Patent number: 5882096Abstract: In order to equip a dishwasher (1) with a machine base (10), on which a washing container (20) is arranged so as to be capable of being put down in position, in a simple way with a fastening for the washing container (20), said fastening being less complicated and therefore more cost-effective and having better stability, according to the invention the washing container (20) rests, on the rear side, on the upper edge (11) of the machine base (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
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Patent number: 5823211Abstract: A dishwasher includes at least one adjustable-height basket to which an associated spray arm and its inlet tube are secured. The inlet tube is disposed horizontally and is connected by a coupling to a supply line secured to a side wall of a tub. An open connection fitting and two closed blind fittings protrude toward the inlet tube. The coupling has two openings into which the connecting fitting and one of the blind fittings respectively protrude. In order to provide a simple way of assuring the joining together of the coupling to the fittings, and to assure that pressure losses in the water supply to the spray arm connected to the coupling through the use of the supply and resultant worsening of the cleaning action are effectively avoided, regardless of how the basket is loaded, the coupling has an end oriented toward the supply line with a centering plate and downstream thereof a sealing plate having flexible sealing lips and being freely movable between a housing of the coupling and the centering plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt
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Patent number: 5818063Abstract: In order to provide in a simple way a household appliance, operated with water with a sensor (10) for contaminations of a circulated cleaning fluid, said sensor being composed of an element (11) transmitting optical signals and of an element (12) receiving optical signals, in which appliance erroneous measurements of the sensor (10) for contaminations of a circulated cleaning fluid are avoided, according to the invention the sensor (10) is arranged in a flow heater (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelmstatter, Helmut Jerg, Bernd Schessl, Gerhard Fetzer, Michael Hartmann, Markus Hopfl, Karl-Heinz Rehm, Rudolf Schmidt