Patents by Inventor Olaf Baumeister

Olaf Baumeister 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: 20220235942
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including a cooking cavity defined by a cooking cavity wall; a cut out provided in the cooking cavity wall; a cooking appliance light arranged in the cut out and configured to illuminate the cooking cavity; and a support plate including a receiving opening for the cooking appliance light, wherein the cooking appliance light is supported in the receiving opening, wherein the support plate fixes the cooking appliance light in the cut out, wherein the support plate including the cooking appliance light closes the cut out in the cooking cavity wall, wherein the cooking appliance light includes a LED illuminant and a light conductor rod, wherein the light conductor rod is supported in the cut out in the cooking cavity wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Publication number: 20220240355
    Abstract: A microwave oven including a cooking cavity that is enveloped by a cooking cavity wall; a cooking appliance light; an opening in the cooking cavity wail which supports the cooking appliance light; a shielding sleeve arranged in the opening and configured to prevent an exit of microwaves through the opening out of the cooking cavity, wherein the cooking appliance light includes a LED illuminant and a light conductor rod which conducts light emitted by the LED illuminant into the cooking cavity, wherein the cooking appliance light includes a mounting plate that includes a cut out in which the light conductor rod of the cooking appliance light is supported, wherein the mounting plate supports the shielding sleeve that envelops the light conductor rod, and wherein the mounting plate is arranged at the cooking cavity wall and covers the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Patent number: 11217910
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage floor, a cage ceiling and two cage side walls that are arranged opposite to each other and respectively connect the cage floor with the cage ceiling, wherein the cage floor, the cage ceiling and the two cage side walls form an inner enveloping surface in combination and envelop a conductor receiving cavity; a clamping device formed by at least one spring element and a reaction bearing, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor in the conductor receiving cavity; a frontal conductor insertion opening that is enveloped by the two cage side walls, the cage ceiling and the cage floor, wherein the electrical conductor is insertable through the conductor insertion opening into the conductor receiving cavity and feedable to the clamping device; a contact cage longitudinal axis oriented in the conductor insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Patent number: 11168890
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus light including a carrier that forms an illuminant receiver wherein an illuminant configured as a circuit board including at least one LED is received in the illuminant receiver, wherein the carrier includes a receiving spout that is connected through an opening with the illuminant receiver; and a light conductor rod that is received in the receiving spout and fed light emitted by the illuminant through the opening between the receiving spout and the illuminant receiver, wherein the light conductor rod is fixed in the carrier in an axial direction of the light conductor rod by a form locking connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Patent number: 11156758
    Abstract: An illumination device for a cooking apparatus, the illumination device including a light source; and a light conductor rod that transmits light emitted by the light source to a cooking cavity, wherein the light conductor rod is a rigid light conductor rod that is configured to penetrate an opening in a cooking cavity wall, wherein an angled end of the light conductor rod that is oriented away from the light source is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the light conductor rod at an angle so that light exiting from the angled end is introducible into the cooking cavity at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the light conductor rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Joerg Harnischmacher
  • Patent number: 11145998
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage ceiling, two cage side walls respectively adjoining the cage ceiling at a respective side and a cage floor, wherein the cage ceiling, the cage floor and the cage side walls form a portion of a cage jacket; a spring element which forms a clamping device together with a reaction bearing formed by the cage ceiling, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor; a conductor insertion opening arranged at a face of the contact cage upstream of the clamping device in a conductor insertion direction x; a cage jacket cutout in the cage jacket configured to provide access to the spring element for an opening tool configured to adjust a position of the spring element relative to the reaction bearing and to open the clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Publication number: 20210278089
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus light including a carrier that forms an illuminant receiver wherein an illuminant configured as a circuit board including at least one LED is received in the illuminant receiver, wherein the carrier includes a receiving spout that is connected through an opening with the illuminant receiver; and a light conductor rod that is received in the receiving spout and fed light emitted by the illuminant through the opening between the receiving spout and the illuminant receiver, wherein the light conductor rod is fixed in the carrier in an axial direction of the light conductor rod by a form locking connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Frank Welslau
  • Publication number: 20210257751
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact frame that forms a clamping device configured to fix and electrically contact a connection conductor, wherein the clamping device is formed by at least one reaction bearing and a clamping spring that is preloaded against the at least one reaction bearing; a conductor insertion channel that feeds the connection conductor to the clamping device; and an insulation material housing made that receives the contact frame and forms a conductor insertion opening that is arranged upstream of the conductor insertion channel in a conductor insertion direction, wherein the conductor insertion channel is formed by the insulation material housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Markus Nasse
  • Publication number: 20210234287
    Abstract: An electrical terminal clamp including a contact cage including a contact floor, a contact ceiling, a first contact side wall and a second contact side wall that connect the contact floor and the contact ceiling, wherein the contact floor, the contact ceiling, the first contact side wall and the second contact side wall jointly form a conductor insertion channel; a conductor clamping device that includes at least one clamping spring that is preloaded against a reaction bearing; an insertion bevel for a conductor configured in a portion of the contact ceiling, wherein the insertion bevel is formed by a guide arm that extends from the contact ceiling in the conductor insertion direction and that is configured sloped towards the contact floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Markus Nasse
  • Patent number: 11054107
    Abstract: A cover for a light source of a light configured to influence illumination characteristics of light of the light source that is configured in particular as one or plural LEDs, the cover comprising a light entry side that is oriented towards the light source; primary optics arranged on the light entry side of the cover and configured to orient the light for an exit from the cover; a light exit side that is oriented away from the light source; and a structured outer surface portion on the light exit side of the cover, wherein structuring elements of the outer surface portion form secondary optics that correct a light exit from the cover, wherein the secondary optics respectively have convex cambered surfaces, wherein the structured outer surface portion is formed by plural secondary optics, wherein the convex cambered surfaces of the secondary optics are arranged directly adjacent to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, André Hering
  • Publication number: 20210172580
    Abstract: A cover for a light source of a light configured to influence illumination characteristics of light of the light source that is configured in particular as one or plural LEDs, the cover comprising a light entry side that is oriented towards the light source; primary optics arranged on the light entry side of the cover and configured to orient the light for an exit from the cover; a light exit side that is oriented away from the light source; and a structured outer surface portion on the light exit side of the cover, wherein structuring elements of the outer surface portion form secondary optics that correct a light exit from the cover, wherein the secondary optics respectively have convex cambered surfaces, wherein the structured outer surface portion is formed by plural secondary optics, wherein the convex cambered surfaces of the secondary optics are arranged directly adjacent to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, André Hering
  • Publication number: 20210131671
    Abstract: An illumination device for a cooking apparatus, the illumination device including a light source and a light conductor rod that conducts light emitted by the light source to a cooking cavity of the cooking apparatus; a support that supports the light conductor rod at a support element of the cooking apparatus, wherein the support includes a pivot joint that supports a fixing device for the light conductor rod, so that the light conductor rod is movably supported in the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Joerg Harnischmacher
  • Publication number: 20210132280
    Abstract: An illumination device for a cooking apparatus, the illumination device including a light source; and a light conductor rod that transmits light emitted by the light source to a cooking cavity, wherein the light conductor rod is a rigid light conductor rod that is configured to penetrate an opening in a cooking cavity wall, wherein an angled end of the light conductor rod that is oriented away from the light source is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the light conductor rod at an angle so that light exiting from the angled end is introducible into the cooking cavity at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the light conductor rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Joerg Harnischmacher
  • Publication number: 20210131647
    Abstract: An optical light source cover configured to be fixed at a reaction bearing, the optical light source cover including an interlocking element configured to attach the optical light source cover at the reaction bearing, wherein the interlocking element includes an interlocking arm, wherein the interlocking arm extends from the optical light source cover in an insertion direction of the optical light source cover into the reaction bearing and includes a free end that is in front in the insertion direction and a connected end that is connected to the optical light source cover, wherein the interlocking element includes a first interlocking hook that is wedge shaped, wherein a first wedge tip of the first interlocking hook is oriented in a direction towards the free end of the interlocking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici, Bastian Hunecke
  • Publication number: 20210127885
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for a cooking apparatus, the seal arrangement comprising: a cooking cavity wall with an opening configured to be sealed by the seal arrangement and configured as a pass through for an illuminant configured as a translucent rod with an essentially circular cylindrical shape; a housing element that is sealed relative to an outside of the cooking cavity wall by a first seal and that includes a receiver for a second seal that seals the housing element relative to the illuminant; retaining elements which arrange the housing element at the outside of the cooking cavity wall, wherein the second seal is a graphite ring, and wherein the illuminant is arrangeable within an annular cavity of the graphite ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Joerg Harnischmacher
  • Publication number: 20210098902
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage ceiling, two cage side walls respectively adjoining the cage ceiling at a respective side and a cage floor, wherein the cage ceiling, the cage floor and the cage side walls form a portion of a cage jacket; a spring element which forms a clamping device together with a reaction bearing formed by the cage ceiling, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor; a conductor insertion opening arranged at a face of the contact cage upstream of the clamping device in a conductor insertion direction x; a cage jacket cutout in the cage jacket configured to provide access to the spring element for an opening tool configured to adjust a position of the spring element relative to the reaction bearing and to open the clamping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Publication number: 20210098901
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage floor, a cage ceiling and two cage side walls that are arranged opposite to each other and respectively connect the cage floor with the cage ceiling, wherein the cage floor, the cage ceiling and the two cage side walls form an inner enveloping surface in combination and envelop a conductor receiving cavity; a clamping device formed by at least one spring element and a reaction bearing, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor in the conductor receiving cavity; a frontal conductor insertion opening that is enveloped by the two cage side walls, the cage ceiling and the cage floor, wherein the electrical conductor is insertable through the conductor insertion opening into the conductor receiving cavity and feedable to the clamping device; a contact cage longitudinal axis oriented in the conductor insertion direction;
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Patent number: 10808920
    Abstract: A connection element for a circuit board that includes electronic components or LED illuminants on a top side and that includes contact fields on a bottom side which are used at least for supplying electrical voltage to the electronic components that are arranged on the circuit board, the connection element including a receiving element that includes a contact surface for the circuit board and pressure contacts configured to contact the contact fields of the circuit board and connection contacts configured to connect connection conductors that provide electrical voltage; and a cover element that supports the circuit board on the receiving element, wherein the cover element is arranged at the receiving element and pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the cover element is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the cover element facilitates a placement of the circuit board onto the contact surface of the receiving element in the open position of the cover element, and wherein the cover
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Publication number: 20200240623
    Abstract: A connection element for a circuit board that includes electronic components or LED illuminants on a top side and that includes contact fields on a bottom side which are used at least for supplying electrical voltage to the electronic components that are arranged on the circuit board, the connection element including a receiving element that includes a contact surface for the circuit board and pressure contacts configured to contact the contact fields of the circuit board and connection contacts configured to connect connection conductors that provide electrical voltage; and a cover element that supports the circuit board on the receiving element, wherein the cover element is arranged at the receiving element and pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the cover element is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the cover element facilitates a placement of the circuit board onto the contact surface of the receiving element in the open position of the cover element, and wherein the cover
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici
  • Patent number: 10539166
    Abstract: A fastening element for fastening two components at one another, wherein a first component includes cut out and a second component includes a recess, wherein the fastening element penetrates the cut out and is seated in the recess to fasten a LED circuit board on a lamp component and includes a retaining clamp, wherein the retaining clamp forms a shaft wherein a shaft head is arranged at one end of the shaft, wherein the retaining clamp includes a clamping element that is arranged at the shaft head wherein the retaining clamp is provided with at least one retaining element which is configured to support the shaft in the recess of the second component wherein the fastening element includes a mounting plate in which the retaining clamp is retained in a preassembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Michael Franke