Patents by Inventor Matthias Stein

Matthias Stein 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: 20230386726
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive component. The component comprises a coil core, in particular a ferrite core, and at least one coil winding. The coil core is formed by at least two core parts, or only two core parts, in particular one core part and one additional core part. The core parts form the coil core when assembled. The core parts have respective joining surfaces which are designed to face each other when the core parts are joined. According to the invention, in the inductive component of the aforementioned type, at least one of the core parts has a through-opening. The through-opening is arranged and designed to lead heat-conducting medium into a cavity, in particular a gap, extending between the joining surfaces and to fill said cavity with the heat-conducting medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Roland Scheuerer
  • Patent number: 11805940
    Abstract: A food processor for preparing a food includes a food preparation space with one or more devices for preparing the food in the food preparation space. The food processor also includes at least one interface for connecting the food processor to another household appliance and a user interface unit for providing user interfaces. The food processor includes a control unit for providing control programs and a communication unit for providing communication channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Marcelo Caballero, Matthias Ludwig, Felix Bruns
  • Patent number: 11747211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply unit (10) for generating electric energy for an electric function during an operation of a functional element (6) of a kitchen utensil (5) which can be arranged in a first temperature region (201), comprising a first temperature section (11) for an arrangement in the first temperature region (201), a second temperature section (12) for an arrangement in a second temperature region (202) comprising a temperature difference (200) with respect to the first temperature region (201). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen utensil (5), as well as a kitchen system (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Landsecker, Matthias Stein, Felix Thies, Wenjie Yan, Miron Sernecki
  • Publication number: 20230228628
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device for a food thermometer and a system comprising an electric food thermometer and the control device. By means of the control device, the energy consumption of the food thermometer can be kept low. The control device for a food thermometer, which can control the measurement of temperatures by the food thermometer, is configured such that intervals between temperature measurements by the food thermometer depending on the preparation of a food are controlled by the food thermometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Fabian Schulz, Mirco Serndt
  • Publication number: 20230228627
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food thermometer with a housing comprising a pointed end for a measurement of a temperature inside a product to be cooked. Inside the housing there is a battery arranged at the pointed end of the food thermometer. The battery is encased by a thermal insulation located between the housing and the battery. The disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing a food thermometer. Thermally insulating material is brought into a housing part of the housing of the food thermometer and heated. The battery is pushed into the heated thermally insulating material. The thermally insulating material is then cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Mirco Serndt, Andres Sauerwald, Gerhard Isenberg
  • Publication number: 20230194362
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food thermometer with a temperature sensor, with a rechargeable battery, with a coil through which the battery can be inductively charged. The food thermometer may comprise an elongated, liquid-tight container having an opening at an end face, wherein the opening is closed in a liquid-tight manner by a cap. The disclosure further relates to a charger for the food thermometer. The charger may be a food processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Fabian Schulz, Mirco Serndt
  • Publication number: 20230192483
    Abstract: The present invention specifies a process and a plant for simultaneous production of methanol and pure carbon monoxide which includes synthesis gas production by partial oxidation of an input stream containing hydrocarbons and subsequent methanol synthesis. According to the invention carbon dioxide is separated from the raw synthesis gas using a sorption apparatus and at least partially introduced into the input gas for the methanol synthesis reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Peter WEIGAND, Chin Han LIM, Veronika GRONEMANN, Matthias STEIN
  • Publication number: 20230148791
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for the preparation of a food. The system comprises a monitoring device for monitoring the food during its preparation, a control device for the preparation of the food by means of a kitchen appliance and by means of an electronically stored recipe, and a mobile and/or non-mobile device. The monitoring device is able to communicate with the control device and the mobile and/or non-mobile device. The mobile and/or non-mobile device is configured such that it can transmit information of the monitoring device to a user. In particular, the control device is configured such that it recognizes possible absence times for a user during the controlled preparation of a food and informs the user thereof. The invention further relates to a food thermometer and a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Ingo Dering
  • Publication number: 20230017639
    Abstract: A food thermometer includes a resistance thermometer with an electrical conductor and at least three measuring points for the electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Torsten Lang, Nils Beckmann
  • Publication number: 20230015838
    Abstract: An electrical penetration food thermometer having an elongated probe, a temperature sensor within the probe, an energy converter capable of generating an electrical power from a temperature difference, and a heat conductor thermally conductively connected to the energy converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Mirco Serndt, Fabian Schulz
  • Publication number: 20230012415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a kitchen appliance system (100), preferably for automatically processing at least one working stage (12.1) of a recipe (12) for preparing a dish (11), with the aid of a central control device (15) having at least one user input device (15.2) and an interface (15.3), the kitchen appliance system (100) comprising at least two kitchen appliances (10) which are entered in an appliance list and each kitchen appliance (10) from the appliance list having an interface (10.9), whereby this can be controlled by the central control device (15), wherein each kitchen appliance (10) has at least one appliance function (10.7), which can be selected and/or set by at least one parameter (10.8), in order to carry out at least one working stage (12.1) from the recipe (12) for the preparation of the food (11) automatically by the respective appliance function (10.7) of the kitchen appliance (10). According to the invention, it is provided that the user input device (15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Andreas Uhlenbrock, Kristina Ott, Ingo Dering, Michael Abels
  • Publication number: 20220325897
    Abstract: A method for preparing a food or a beverage includes inserting a food thermometer into a product to be cooked and transmitting temperatures measured by the food thermometer to a control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Frielinghaus, Matthias Stein
  • Publication number: 20220146325
    Abstract: A versatile system includes a food thermometer and a holder for holding the food thermometer. The holder includes two different holding means by which the food thermometer can be held in two different holding positions. The present disclosure also relates to a holder for the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Leon Seydel, Felix Thies, Matthias Stein, Christoph Buggeln, Philipp Charopoulos
  • Publication number: 20220117443
    Abstract: A system comprising a food processor for preparing a food in a food preparation vessel and/or another kitchen appliance, and to a method and a computer program product. The food processor comprises a tool for mixing or chopping the food in the food preparation vessel. A control unit can access a recipe and be caused by a recipe step of the recipe (26) to operate the tool and/or the heating element in a manner defined by the recipe step. The control unit is configured such that a desired time is defined during the food preparation process or for a completion of at least two recipe steps. In this way, it is possible to monitor a food preparation process during the performance with regard to completion times. Depending on the monitoring, measures can be taken to optimize a preparation of one or more foods in terms of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Miron Sernecki
  • Publication number: 20220095840
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a domestic food processor with a plurality of electrically operable functional components for preparing a food in a pot. A control unit of the domestic food processor can access a recipe and can be caused by a recipe step of the recipe to operate one of the functional components in a manner defined by the recipe step. The recipe is configured such that the recipe defines at least one start condition for each of a plurality of recipe steps. The control unit is configured such that, depending on the start conditions of the recipe steps, the control unit can set at least one next recipe step at the latest at the end of a preceding recipe step. The present disclosure further relates to a process and computer program products. It is thus possible to prepare a food semi-automatically in a shorter time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Miron Sernecki
  • Publication number: 20220022376
    Abstract: A method for controlling one or more operating parameters of a forage harvester includes picking up harvested crop from a field by means of a harvesting attachment, processing the harvested crop by means of a chopping device and/or a post-processing device, and ejecting the processed harvested crop onto a loading container. An image of the processed ground-borne harvested crop is recorded by a camera, and an operating parameter of the forage harvester is set or adjusted with a control unit using the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: STEFAN BOHRER, MATTHIAS STEIN
  • Publication number: 20210235922
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system having at least two kitchen appliances; an electronic resource storage device for storing a list of kitchen appliances comprised by the system and/or for storing the number of users which are available for the preparation of one or more foods; a recipe storage device for storing a recipe for the preparation of a food; an optimizing device configured such that it optimizes the preparation of one or more foods, taking into account information for the system comprised by a recipe; a control device for the preparation of one or more foods according to a sequence of process steps optimized by the optimizing device. The present disclosure also relates to a method for preparing a food using the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Marian Rogge
  • Publication number: 20210223111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply unit (10) for generating electric energy for an electric function during an operation of a functional element (6) of a kitchen utensil (5) which can be arranged in a first temperature region (201), comprising a first temperature section (11) for an arrangement in the first temperature region (201), a second temperature section (12) for an arrangement in a second temperature region (202) comprising a temperature difference (200) with respect to the first temperature region (201). Furthermore, the invention relates to a kitchen utensil (5), as well as a kitchen system (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kai Landsecker, Matthias Stein, Felix Thies, Wenjie Yan, Miron Sernecki
  • Publication number: 20210093123
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food processor for preparing a food, with a food preparation space with one or more devices for preparing the food in the food preparation space. The food processor also having at least one interface for connecting the food processor to another household appliance and a user interface unit for providing user interfaces. The food processor having a control unit for providing control programs and a communication unit for providing communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Marcelo Caballero, Matthias Ludwig, Felix Bruns
  • Publication number: 20200337501
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a domestic food processor with a plurality of electrically operable functional components for preparing a food in a pot. A control unit of the domestic food processor can access a recipe and can be caused by a recipe step of the recipe to operate one of the functional components in a manner defined by the recipe step. The recipe is configured such that the recipe defines at least one start condition for each of a plurality of recipe steps. The control unit is configured such that, depending on the start conditions of the recipe steps, the control unit can set at least one next recipe step at the latest at the end of a preceding recipe step. The present disclosure further relates to a process and computer program products. It is thus possible to prepare a food semi-automatically in a shorter time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Matthias Stein