Patents by Inventor Max Eicher

Max Eicher 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: 20170234604
    Abstract: A domestic appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, has at least one storage unit and at least one retaining unit. The retaining unit has at least one vertical rail element and at least one retaining element connected to the rail element and retaining the storage unit. In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved characteristics in respect of an advantageous mounting of storage units, the retaining element is supported on the rail element in such a manner that its height can be adjusted in an at least essentially vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: MAX EICHER, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, CHRISTOPH BECKE, BORIS ANGELE
  • Publication number: 20170191737
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user-interface electrical module, a door liner, a front wall being located in front of the door liner and having a first opening, a side wall, and a thermal insulation space being located between the door liner and the front wall and being filled with a heat insulation layer. The side wall has a second opening in communication with the first opening. The door includes a user-interface housing which closes the first opening and the second opening relative to the thermal insulation space and includes a receiving space for receiving the user-interface electrical module and a concave portion being open towards the first opening and the second opening to permit access to a handle groove within the user-interface housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170184336
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user interface electrical module, an accommodating space accommodating the user interface electrical module, a handle groove, and a concave portion being open towards a front surface and a side surface of the door in such a way that the handle groove is accessible to a user through the concave portion. The door includes a user interface housing. The accommodating space, the handle groove and the concave portion are located within the user interface housing and are successively disposed side by side along a depth direction of the handle groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170176091
    Abstract: A refrigerator door includes an inner door liner, a front wall and a user interface housing connected to the front wall. The user interface housing, the inner door liner, the front wall and a heat insulation layer are combined together. The user interface housing has an accommodating space for accommodating a user interface electrical module. The user interface electrical module can be placed into the accommodating space or removed from the accommodating space from a side of the door. The door has a handle groove and a handle piece detachably connected to the door. The handle groove and the handle piece are located within the user interface housing and the handle piece divides the handle groove from the accommodating space. The user interface housing includes a concave portion being opened forward and the handle groove is accessible though the concave portion. A refrigerator having the door is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Patent number: 9671104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigeration appliance with at least one cooling chamber, which is formed by walls and at least one door, wherein the refrigeration appliance has an illuminating device with at least one light source for illuminating the cooling chamber indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Swetlana Gorodezki, Maike Kirschbaum, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Publication number: 20170131016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance with an interior compartment for accommodating foodstuffs which is bounded by walls of an interior container and with a keep-fresh container for foodstuffs in which an ambient humidity different from that of the interior compartment can be set and the ambient humidity can be set independently of the rest of the interior compartment, wherein the keep-fresh container is arranged displaceably in a housing of the domestic refrigeration appliance, wherein a front wall of the keep-fresh container forms an outer wall of the domestic refrigeration appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Max EICHER, Christine HARTWEIN, Klaus FÖRSTERLING, Christoph BECKE, Boris ANGELE
  • Publication number: 20170108267
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a thermally insulated body having an internal container which delimits a coolable interior provided for the storage of food, a refrigeration apparatus for cooling the coolable interior space and a door leaf which is provided to close the coolable interior in a closed state and to make the coolable interior accessible in an open state. An interior lighting system includes at least one lighting device for at least partially lighting the coolable interior when the door leaf is open. A light color of light generated by the interior lighting system can be set or adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: BERND OSBAR, CHRISTIAN SCHMID, ARMIN WEBER, MAX EICHER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, ANDREAS DANLER, MANFRED GSTREIN, GEORG SEEBACHER
  • Patent number: 9625205
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes an ice or water dispenser having an actuating lever. A light source is spaced apart in a light-emitting direction of the light source by an air gap from a light-coupling surface of the actuating lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Swetlana Gorodezki, Maike Kirschbaum, Mathias Sigl, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Hans Peter Werner
  • Publication number: 20170059238
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, includes an interior chamber and an electronic control apparatus having an electronics system and being constructed to control at least one function of the domestic appliance during operation thereof. A door leaf for opening and closing the interior chamber has an inner face facing the interior chamber and an outer face facing away from the interior chamber. A recessed handle in the outer face includes a grip forming an indentation in the outer face. A lighting configuration has at least one lighting device, in particular an LED, to illuminate the recessed handle. At least a large part of the electronics system and the at least one lighting device form a common assembly disposed within the door leaf adjacent the indentation, so that the at least one lighting device can radiate light out of the indentation into the recessed handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, KLAUS FOERSTERLING, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, ANDREAS KESSLER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, XINGEN YAO
  • Patent number: 9528755
    Abstract: A refrigeration device has at least one storage chamber, a cold generator which refrigerates the storage chamber, and a regulating unit which regulates the performance of the cold generator and can be switched between an operating state of low average performance in which the performance of the cold generator is regulated in order to maintain the temperature of the storage chamber within a desired range, and an operating state of high average performance of the cold generator in which the temperature of the storage chamber falls below the desired range. A timer is designed to switch the refrigeration device periodically into the operating state of high average performance at times that can be set by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Swetlana Gorodezki, Maike Kirschbaum, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Publication number: 20160313053
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes at least one illumination device and an elongated optical waveguide. The optical waveguide has a length, two ends, a back side and a front side opposite the back side. One of the two ends is optically coupled to the at least one illumination device, or each of the two ends is optically coupled to at least one illumination device. The back side of the optical waveguide has a coupling-out structure, which is an integral component of the back side of the optical waveguide and is configured to couple the light coupled into the optical waveguide out of the optical waveguide at least over a majority of the entire length of the optical waveguide through the front side of the optical waveguide. A domestic refrigeration appliance having such an illumination apparatus as an interior illumination apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: MAX EICHER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, BERND OSBAR, CHRISTIAN SCHMID, ARMIN WEBER, ANDREAS DANLER, MANFRED GSTREIN, GEORG SEEBACHER
  • Publication number: 20160313052
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration device includes a thermally insulated body with an internal compartment delimiting an interior coolable food storage space, a refrigeration apparatus cooling the interior space, a door leaf closing the interior space in a closed state and making the interior space accessible in an open state, and an interior lighting configuration illuminating the interior space with the door leaf open. The interior space has side walls with a depth, edges facing the door leaf, a ceiling and a rear wall rearwardly closing the interior space. The lighting configuration includes a first partial interior lighting configuration illuminating the interior space only at least approximately starting from a distance or space measured from the edges of the side walls facing the door leaf to the rear wall, and a second independent partial interior lighting configuration illuminating only a front region of the interior space facing the door leaf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: MAX EICHER, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, BERND OSBAR, CHRISTIAN SCHMID, ARMIN WEBER, ANDREAS DANLER, MANFRED GSTREIN, GEORG SEEBACHER
  • Publication number: 20160313051
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a body having a cooling chamber which can be closed at a door opening by a door attached to the body. The refrigeration appliance has a light and storage shelves in the cooling chamber which are spaced apart from the door opening by a spacing leaving a clear space between the door opening and the storage shelves. A drawer disposed underneath the storage shelves projects into the clear space when pushed in and the drawer has side walls and a front edge. The light is a spotlight for emitting light within a cone of light so that the center of the front edge of the drawer is located within the cone of light and the side walls of the drawer are located outside the cone of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: RENÉ ALT, CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, MAIKE KIRSCHBAUM, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER, MATTHIAS WIEDENMANN
  • Patent number: 9453672
    Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance has a heat-insulating inner container which is designed to delimit at least one storage space for refrigerated goods, a refrigerated goods container mounted in the inner container, which goods container has an opening accessible from the top, and a container lid which is mounted in the inner container such that a movement carried out by a manual actuator is converted into a movement of the container lid for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerated goods container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Swetlana Gorodezki, Maike Kirschbaum, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Publication number: 20160187055
    Abstract: A domestic cooling appliance includes an internal container with four walls delimiting an interior space for receiving food. Receiving devices or receivers are disposed on the inner surfaces of at least the lateral vertical walls of the internal container. At least one shelf can be mounted the receiving devices. At least one light source, which is disposed on at least one receiving device, is configured to illuminate the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: RENÉ ALT, CHRISTOPH BECKE, MAX EICHER, CHRISTINE HARTWEIN, PHILIPP KLEINLEIN, TOBIAS SCHMIDT, JOCHEN SCHOLER, RALPH STAUD, THOMAS TISCHER
  • Patent number: 9297576
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigeration compartment, in which a storage container for refrigerated goods is mounted on a pull-out panel such that it can be displaced between an inserted position and a pulled-out position. The container can be arranged in a first position and a second position on the pull-out panel, the first position and the second position differing along the direction of the width of the refrigeration appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: René Alt, Christoph Becke, Herbert Cizik, Max Eicher, Christine Hartwein, Philipp Kleinlein, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Cetin Abdullah Celik, Jürgen Fink, Holger Freytag-Schönwalde
  • Publication number: 20160054051
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigeration compartment, in which a storage container for refrigerated goods is mounted on a pull-out panel such that it can be displaced between an inserted position and a pulled-out position. The container can be arranged in a first position and a second position on the pull-out panel, the first position and the second position differing along the direction of the width of the refrigeration appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: René ALT, Christoph BECKE, Herbert CIZIK, Max EICHER, Christine HARTWEIN, Philipp KLEINLEIN, Ralph STAUD, Thomas TISCHER, Cetin Abdullah CELIK, Jürgen FINK, Holger FREYTAG-SCHÖNWALDE
  • Publication number: 20150300724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance having a heat-insulating inner container which is designed to delimit at least one storage space for refrigerated goods, a refrigerated goods container mounted in the inner container, which goods container has an opening accessible from the top, and a container lid which is mounted in the inner container such that a movement carried out by a manual actuator is converted into a movement of the container lid for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerated goods container, and having a display means connected to the actuator, which display means is designed to display, in a first position of the actuator in which the container lid is moved into a cover position so as to open the opening of the refrigerated goods container, an item of information characterising the open position, and in a second position of the actuator in which the container lid is moved into a cover position so as to close the opening of the refrigerated goods container, an ite
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph BECKE, Max EICHER, Swetlana GORODEZKI, Maike KIRSCHBAUM, Ralph STAUD, Thomas TISCHER
  • Publication number: 20150247634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigeration appliance with at least one cooling chamber, which is formed by walls and at least one door, wherein the refrigeration appliance has an illuminating device with at least one light source for illuminating the cooling chamber indirectly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Swetlana Gorodezki, Maike Kirschbaum, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer
  • Publication number: 20150247667
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes an ice or water dispenser having an actuating lever. A light source is spaced apart in a light-emitting direction of the light source by an air gap from a light-coupling surface of the actuating lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Becke, Max Eicher, Swetlana Gorodezki, Maike Kirschbaum, Mathias Sigl, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Hans Peter Werner