Patents by Inventor Michael Lugert
Michael Lugert 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: 11849899Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity and a spray facility arranged within the dishwasher cavity for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the dishwasher cavity. The spray facility includes a nozzle for spraying the washing liquor and/or the fresh water and a spiral-shaped flow-conducting element for feeding the washing liquor and/or the fresh water to the nozzle. The spiral-shaped flow-conducting element is configured, during operation of the spray facility, to feed the washing liquor and/or the fresh water to the nozzle in such a way that the washing liquor and/or the fresh water exits the nozzle as a rotating conical spray jet.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20230404356Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity and a spray arm designed to supply wash liquor and/or freshwater to dishware received in the dishwasher cavity. The spray arm includes an extension arm which is actively driven by a drive element, and a spray arm satellite which is mounted on the extension arm for rotation about an axis of rotation and includes spray nozzles supplied with wash liquor and/or the freshwater and designed to exit spray jets which rotate the spray arm satellite. The spray nozzles are designed so that force vectors resulting from the exiting spray jets mutually cancel out one another on a plane oriented perpendicularly to the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
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Patent number: 11826000Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container holding a dishwasher load, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load. The spray arm is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and is actively driven by a drive entity. The drive entity includes a drive shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation which extends in parallel relation to and at a distance from the axis of rotation of the spray arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger, Werner Oblinger
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Patent number: 11696667Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container receiving a dishwasher load, a pump pot, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load in the washing container. The spray arm is actively driven by a drive system and mounted on the pump pot for rotation about an axis of rotation. The spray arm has a rib geometry that revolves around the axis of rotation and includes an encoding groove running along the axis of rotation. The pump pot includes an encoding rib running along the axis of rotation and corresponding to the encoding groove. The encoding rib is configured for passage through the encoding groove along the axis of rotation during assembly and disassembly of the spray arm so as to enable the spray arm to be assembled on and disassembled from the pump pot in precisely one angular position.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger, Igor Hoffmann
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Patent number: 11653813Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container receiving a dishwasher load, a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load, a drive system for actively driving the spray arm, and an overload protection mechanism configured to move autonomously from a coupling position, in which power is transmitted between the drive system and the spray arm, into a decoupling position, in which the power transmission between the drive system and the spray arm is interrupted, when the spray arm becomes blocked.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
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Patent number: 11576553Abstract: A dish-receiving unit for a household dishwasher includes a lattice-like base, an intensive washing zone, and a manually operable on/off valve configured to switch the intensive washing zone optionally from a deactivated state to an activated state and vice versa, said on/off valve being operable through the base.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Lukas Kuhn, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220313055Abstract: A system includes a dishwasher including a dishwasher cavity, a spray facility for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to dishes accommodated in the dishwasher cavity, a drive facility for actively driving the spray facility, and a control apparatus for activating the drive facility depending on a control signal. An input unit detects a user input for moving the spray facility, and a generation unit generates the control signal depending on the user input detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Michael Lugert, Erwin Frank
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Patent number: 11330956Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance includes a moving component, an electric motor for moving the component, a load apparatus configured to apply a resistance to counter movement of the component as a function of a position of the moving component, and a control apparatus for actuating the electric motor. The control apparatus is configured to detect a drive current drawn which is drawn by the electric motor and is a function of the resistance applied by the load apparatus and to ascertain the position of the moving component as a function of the detected drive current.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Georg Hausmann, Andreas Heidel, Anton Oblinger
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Patent number: 11311170Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment and a spray device arranged inside the washing compartment and configured to spray washing liquor and/or clean water within the washing container. The spray device includes a cage and a rotary element which is mounted in the cage for rotation about an axis of rotation. The rotary element includes a bearing surface which is radially distanced from the axis of rotation and extending around the axis of rotation for enabling the rotary element to be mounted rotatably in the cage.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220087501Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container receiving a dishwasher load, a pump pot, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load in the washing container. The spray arm is actively driven by a drive system and mounted on the pump pot for rotation about an axis of rotation. The spray arm has a rib geometry that revolves around the axis of rotation and includes an encoding groove running along the axis of rotation. The pump pot includes an encoding rib running along the axis of rotation and corresponding to the encoding groove. The encoding rib is configured for passage through the encoding groove along the axis of rotation during assembly and disassembly of the spray arm so as to enable the spray arm to be assembled on and disassembled from the pump pot in precisely one angular position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger, Igor Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20220061625Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity and a spray facility arranged within the dishwasher cavity for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the dishwasher cavity. The spray facility includes a nozzle for spraying the washing liquor and/or the fresh water and a spiral-shaped flow-conducting element for feeding the washing liquor and/or the fresh water to the nozzle. The spiral-shaped flow-conducting element is configured, during operation of the spray facility, to feed the washing liquor and/or the fresh water to the nozzle in such a way that the washing liquor and/or the fresh water exits the nozzle as a rotating conical spray jet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220047144Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container receiving a dishwasher load, a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load, a drive system for actively driving the spray arm, and an overload protection mechanism configured to move autonomously from a coupling position, in which power is transmitted between the drive system and the spray arm, into a decoupling position, in which the power transmission between the drive system and the spray arm is interrupted, when the spray arm becomes blockedType: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220047145Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container holding a dishwasher load, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load. The spray arm is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and is actively driven by a drive entity. The drive entity includes a drive shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation which extends in parallel relation to and at a distance from the axis of rotation of the spray arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20220022722Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container for holding a dishwasher load, a sump arranged at a bottom of the washing container, a filter system provided at the sump, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load. The spray arm includes an extension piece which is mounted on the sump for rotation about a first axis of rotation and includes a filter cleaning nozzle for cleaning the filter system with the aid of the washing liquor and/or fresh water, and a spray arm satellite which is mounted on the extension piece for rotation about a second axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Michael Lugert, Bernd Eisenbart, Werner Oblinger
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Patent number: 11166616Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container, and a spray facility arranged within the washing container for spraying washing liquor and/or fresh water in the washing container. The spray facility includes a cage, a gyro element rotatably supported in the cage, and a supply line having a nozzle for supplying the washing liquor and/or fresh water to the gyro element. The gyro element is arranged in its entirety above the nozzle in relation to a direction of gravity in an operating position which the gyro element assumes when washing liquor and/or fresh water is supplied to the gyro element.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger, Bernd Heisele, Anton Oblinger
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Publication number: 20210227695Abstract: A method is provided for forming a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The method may include drilling a first plurality of vias having a first diameter in a PCB and filling the first plurality of vias to form a first plurality of plated or filled vias. The method may also include drilling a second plurality of vias having a second diameter in the PCB, and filling the second plurality of vias to form a second plurality of plated or filled vias. The first plurality of plated or filled vias is mixed with the second plurality of plated or filled vias such that the spacing between the first plurality of plated or filled vias and the second plurality of plated or filled vias is less than the first diameter and the second diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Michael LEN, Chong MEI, Michael LUGERT, Raj KUMAR
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Publication number: 20210145243Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment and a spray device arranged inside the washing compartment and configured to spray washing liquor and/or clean water within the washing container. The spray device includes a cage and a rotary element which is mounted in the cage for rotation about an axis of rotation. The rotary element includes a bearing surface which is radially distanced from the axis of rotation and extending around the axis of rotation for enabling the rotary element to be mounted rotatably in the cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger
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Publication number: 20210113055Abstract: A dish-receiving unit for a household dishwasher includes a lattice-like base, an intensive washing zone, and a manually operable on/off valve configured to switch the intensive washing zone optionally from a deactivated state to an activated state and vice versa, said on/off valve being operable through the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Bernd Eisenbart, Lukas Kuhn, Michael Lugert, Werner Oblinger
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Patent number: 10980127Abstract: A method is provided for forming a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The method may include drilling a first plurality of vias having a first diameter in a PCB and filling the first plurality of vias to form a first plurality of plated or filled vias. The method may also include drilling a second plurality of vias having a second diameter in the PCB, and filling the second plurality of vias to form a second plurality of plated or filled vias. The first plurality of plated or filled vias is mixed with the second plurality of plated or filled vias such that the spacing between the first plurality of plated or filled vias and the second plurality of plated or filled vias is less than the first diameter and the second diameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: TTM Technologies Inc.Inventors: Michael Len, Chong Mei, Michael Lugert, Raj Kumar
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Publication number: 20200337516Abstract: In a method for operating a household dishwasher with a control apparatus for carrying out a washing program from a plurality of washing programs for washing washware arranged in a washing chamber, an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber is captured by an optical sensor of an external facility that is external to the household dishwasher. At least one intensive washing zone for intensively washing the washware in the washing chamber is determined in response to the captured optical sensor signal, and a drive facility is actuated to drive a spraying facility for spraying the washware with washing liquid, such that the determined at least one intensive washing zone is embodied by the spraying facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Erwin Frank, Michael Lugert, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Norbert Gerstner, Anton Oblinger