Patents by Inventor Norbert Dänzer

Norbert Dänzer 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).

  • Housing for household appliance with external panel having integrated reinforcement
    Patent number: 11692716
    Abstract: A household appliance is provided having a plurality of decorative external panels that provide reinforcement to and an exterior face of the appliance. At least one of the panels has a main body portion and an interior body portion integrally formed together from a common sheet of material. The interior body portion has a plurality of integral structural reinforcements formed from bending the sheet of material in the interior body portion adjacent the main body portion. The integral structural reinforcements can include a pair of opposed parallelly extending pillars each defining a columnar volume, and a pair of opposed rearwardly bent flanges each being bent to engage the pair of pillars to form a box frame adjacent to and integral with the main body portion. In preferred embodiments, the plurality of reinforced external panels together can define a chassis of the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Bayerlein, Stefan Dänzer, Reinhold Hofmann, Norbert Dänzer
  • HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH EXTERNAL PANEL HAVING INTEGRATED REINFORCEMENT
    Publication number: 20210356137
    Abstract: A household appliance is provided having a plurality of decorative external panels that provide reinforcement to and an exterior face of the appliance. At least one of the panels has a main body portion and an interior body portion integrally formed together from a common sheet of material. The interior body portion has a plurality of integral structural reinforcements formed from bending the sheet of material in the interior body portion adjacent the main body portion. The integral structural reinforcements can include a pair of opposed parallelly extending pillars each defining a columnar volume, and a pair of opposed rearwardly bent flanges each being bent to engage the pair of pillars to form a box frame adjacent to and integral with the main body portion. In preferred embodiments, the plurality of reinforced external panels together can define a chassis of the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Bayerlein, Stefan Dänzer, Reinhold Hofmann, Norbert Dänzer