Patents by Inventor Martin Nordieker

Martin Nordieker 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: 11851927
    Abstract: A flap fitting for furniture has a lever mechanism with multiple levers for guiding a flap of the furniture. The lever mechanism is retracted at least partly into a housing of the lever fitting in a closed position. An auxiliary element is releasably secured to one of the levers of the lever mechanism. The auxiliary element has a locking section that blocks a movement of the lever relative to the housing in a locking position. After the lock of the auxiliary element is released, the auxiliary element is pivotally secured to one of the levers of the lever mechanism in order to extend the lever mechanism out of the opening by pulling the auxiliary element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Nordieker, Jens Poischbeg, Ralf Tofall
  • Patent number: 11525295
    Abstract: A furniture board with an integrated or inserted flap fitting includes a lever mechanism having a plurality of levers guiding a flap of a furniture item. The flap fitting has a spring unit acting on at least one lever of the lever mechanism via an adjustable preload. The lever mechanism, in a closed position of the guided flap, moves into a front-side opening of the flap fitting and a front-side opening of the furniture board. The preload of the spring unit and/or the transmission ratio between the spring unit and the lever mechanism is adjustable via an adjusting element having a tool receptacle. The tool receptacle is accessible through a front-side opening in the furniture board and/or the flap fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Nordieker, Jens Poischbeg, Michael Tasche, Karsten Nolte
  • Patent number: 11319737
    Abstract: A flap fitting for a piece of furniture includes a compound lever with a door bearing lever, a slope-increasing device, and a mounting plate to which a wing of the piece of furniture is secured. A lateral position and an incline of the mounting plate is adjustable relative to the door bearing lever by the slope-increasing device. The flap fitting includes a housing having two side plates arranged in parallel and at a distance from each other. The compound lever with the door bearing lever and the slope-increasing device being positioned between the side plates in a closing position of the flap fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Nordieker, Jens Poischbeg, Michael Tasche, Karsten Nolte
  • Publication number: 20220098910
    Abstract: A flap fitting for furniture has a lever mechanism with multiple levers for guiding a flap of the furniture. The lever mechanism is retracted at least partly into a housing of the lever fitting in a closed position. An auxiliary element is releasably secured to one of the levers of the lever mechanism. The auxiliary element has a locking section that blocks a movement of the lever relative to the housing in a locking position. After the lock of the auxiliary element is released, the auxiliary element is pivotally secured to one of the levers of the lever mechanism in order to extend the lever mechanism out of the opening by pulling the auxiliary element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Martin NORDIEKER, Jens POISCHBEG, Ralf TOFALL
  • Patent number: 11248406
    Abstract: A flap fitting for a piece of furniture includes a compound lever with a number of levers for guiding a wing of the piece of furniture, and a damping unit including at least one damper for damping the wing as it approaches a closed end position. The damping unit is arranged inside a housing of the wing fitting and includes an abutment against which one of the levers of the compound lever presses in order to damp the movement of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Nordieker, Jens Poischbeg, Karsten Nolte
  • Publication number: 20210189780
    Abstract: A flap fitting for a piece of furniture includes a compound lever with a door bearing lever, a slope-increasing device, and a mounting plate to which a wing of the piece of furniture is secured. A lateral position and an incline of the mounting plate is adjustable relative to the door bearing lever by the slope-increasing device. The flap fitting includes a housing having two side plates arranged in parallel and at a distance from each other. The compound lever with the door bearing lever and the slope-increasing device being positioned between the side plates in a closing position of the flap fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Martin NORDIEKER, Jens POISCHBEG, Michael TASCHE, Karsten NOLTE
  • Patent number: 11021901
    Abstract: A multi-joint hinge includes a base part, on which a door bearing is held pivotably via a lever mechanism with a plurality of levers which are mounted in the manner of a parallelogram. A damping element for braking a closing movement and a spring element for tightening the door bearing in a closing area in the closing direction are arranged within the multi-joint hinge. The damping element and the spring element are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Thielmann, Martin Nordieker
  • Publication number: 20210010311
    Abstract: A furniture board with an integrated or inserted flap fitting includes a lever mechanism having a plurality of levers guiding a flap of a furniture item. The flap fitting has a spring unit acting on at least one lever of the lever mechanism via an adjustable preload. The lever mechanism, in a closed position of the guided flap, moves into a front-side opening of the flap fitting and a front-side opening of the furniture board. The preload of the spring unit and/or the transmission ratio between the spring unit and the lever mechanism is adjustable via an adjusting element having a tool receptacle. The tool receptacle is accessible through a front-side opening in the furniture board and/or the flap fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Martin NORDIEKER, Jens POISCHBEG, Michael TASCHE, Karsten NOLTE
  • Publication number: 20200362612
    Abstract: A flap fitting for a piece of furniture includes a compound lever with a number of levers for guiding a wing of the piece of furniture, and a damping unit including at least one damper for damping the wing as it approaches a closed end position. The damping unit is arranged inside a housing of the wing fitting and includes an abutment against which one of the levers of the compound lever presses in order to damp the movement of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Martin NORDIEKER, Jens POISCHBEG, Karsten NOLTE
  • Publication number: 20190383081
    Abstract: A multi-joint hinge includes a base part, on which a door bearing is held pivotably via a lever mechanism with a plurality of levers which are mounted in the manner of a parallelogram. A damping element for braking a closing movement and a spring element for tightening the door bearing in a closing area in the closing direction are arranged within the multi-joint hinge. The damping element and the spring element are connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eduard THIELMANN, Martin NORDIEKER
  • Patent number: 10386112
    Abstract: A method for assembling a sliding door fitting used for coupling an appliance door to a furniture door, which is coupled to a furniture body. The appliance is installed into the furniture body and an assembly aid tool is fixed to the device door. The appliance and furniture doors are closed so that markings are introduced onto an inner surface of the furniture door by pins of the assembly aid tool. The furniture door is opened and the assembly aid tool is released and removed. A base housing of the sliding door fitting is positioned using the markings. The base housing is secured to the furniture door and a slider of the sliding door fitting is fixed to the device door. The assembly aid tool has an angular shape with a first limb and a second limb. The first limb has at least one pin for introducing at least one marking onto the furniture door, and the second limb has a securing opening for fixing the assembly aid tool onto an end face of the device door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Nordieker
  • Patent number: 9903146
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a door, in particular for refrigerators or freezers, comprises a bearing pin for rotatably bearing the door, a closing device by means of which the door can be moved over a certain pivoting region in the closing direction through the force of a force accumulator, and a damper for damping a pivoting movement of the door over at least one pivoting region, and the closing device and the damper are oriented in a substantially perpendicular plane with respect to the axis of rotation of the bearing pin, wherein, to move the closing device, a first curved guide which can be moved by the bearing pin is provided and, to move the damper, a second curved guide which can be moved by the bearing pin is provided. As a result, the bearing arrangement can have a particularly compact design, the bearing arrangement being used in particular in a refrigerator or freezer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Nordieker
  • Publication number: 20170175429
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a door, in particular for refrigerators or freezers, comprises a bearing pin for rotatably bearing the door, a closing device by means of which the door can be moved over a certain pivoting region in the closing direction through the force of a force accumulator, and a damper for damping a pivoting movement of the door over at least one pivoting region, and the closing device and the damper are oriented in a substantially perpendicular plane with respect to the axis of rotation of the bearing pin, wherein, to move the closing device, a first curved guide which can be moved by the bearing pin is provided and, to move the damper, a second curved guide which can be moved by the bearing pin is provided. As a result, the bearing arrangement can have a particularly compact design, the bearing arrangement being used in particular in a refrigerator or freezer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Martin NORDIEKER
  • Publication number: 20170081891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing assembly for a door of an item of furniture or household appliance, in particular for refrigerators or freezers, comprising: a bearing element, that can rotate about a bearing axis, for rotatably mounting the door on a body of the item of furniture or household appliance; a closing system, attached to the body of the item of furniture or household appliance or to the door, by means of which the door can be moved through a certain pivot range in the closing direction using a drive part, said closing system having the drive part and a first rotary element which has an axis of rotation that is substantially parallel to the bearing axis of the door and which supports a rotary movement of the door about the bearing axis, wherein the first rotary element and the door are connected to one another via a compensation system for compensating for a misalignment between an axis of rotation of the first rotary element and the bearing axis of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Eduard THIELMANN, Andreas KLEEMANN, Martin NORDIEKER, Alexander BUSCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20170010038
    Abstract: A method for assembling a sliding door fitting used for coupling an appliance door to a furniture door, which is coupled to a furniture body. The appliance is installed into the furniture body and an assembly aid tool is fixed to the device door. The appliance and furniture doors are closed so that markings are introduced onto an inner surface of the furniture door by pins of the assembly aid tool. The furniture door is opened and the assembly aid tool is released and removed. A base housing of the sliding door fitting is positioned using the markings. The base housing is secured to the furniture door and a slider of the sliding door fitting is fixed to the device door. The assembly aid tool has an angular shape with a first limb and a second limb. The first limb has at least one pin for introducing at least one marking onto the furniture door, and the second limb has a securing opening for fixing the assembly aid tool onto an end face of the device door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin NORDIEKER
  • Patent number: 9228386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding door fitting for the coupling of a door, which is fastened to at least one hinge, of a refrigerator to a door, which is fastened to at least one further single- or multi-axis hinge, of a furniture carcass in which the refrigerator is installed, wherein the sliding door fitting has a guide element and a slider guided by the guide element, and wherein the guide element can be arranged on one of the doors and the slider can be arranged on the other of the doors. The sliding door fitting is distinguished by having at least one damping device for damping a relative movement between the slider and the guide element over at least one defined portion of the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Thielmann, Alexander Buschmann, Martin Nordieker
  • Publication number: 20150107159
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding door fitting for the coupling of a door, which is fastened to at least one hinge, of a refrigerator to a door, which is fastened to at least one further single- or multi-axis hinge, of a furniture carcass in which the refrigerator is installed, wherein the sliding door fitting has a guide element and a slider guided by the guide element, and wherein the guide element can be arranged on one of the doors and the slider can be arranged on the other of the doors. The sliding door fitting is distinguished by having at least one damping device for damping a relative movement between the slider and the guide element over at least one defined portion of the relative movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Eduard Thielmann, Alexander Buschmann, Martin Nordieker