Patents by Inventor Rainer Schultz

Rainer Schultz 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).

  • Patent number: 8601640
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a motor-driven suction fan disposed in the housing, a fan motor and a power supply device configured to provide power supply to the fan motor. The vacuum cleaner also includes both a rechargeable battery and cord reel permanently integrated in the housing such that the vacuum cleaner is configured to be alternately operable in a battery mode and a mains mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Andre Bertram, Volker Gerth, Olivier Liebig, Rainer Schultz, Heiko Stork, Dirk Wegener, Manfred Gerhards
  • Patent number: 7805803
    Abstract: A suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner that can be connected to a suction pipe and/or a suction tube of the vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle part that can be connected to the suction pipe or the suction tube by means of a tubular connection part. A dust sensor is arranged in the flow path of the vacuum cleaner, the signals thereof being evaluated by a battery-operated electronic control device that can be activated by a low-pressure switch. During operation, said control device controls a display device displaying the dust flow. The control device, the low-pressure switch, the display elements displaying the dust flow, and a battery compartment for receiving the batteries are arranged in a housing formed on the upper side of the tubular connection part. The dust sensor is arranged beneath the housing, inside the upper region of the connection part, in the dust air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Klemens Andrup, Diethard Becker, Seyfettin Kara, Oliver Liebig, Rainer Schultz, Heiko Stork, Stefan Tiekoetter, Cornelius Wolf
  • Publication number: 20080256742
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a motor-driven suction fan disposed in the housing, a fan motor and a power supply device configured to provide power supply to the fan motor. The vacuum cleaner also includes both a rechargeable battery and cord reel permanently integrated in the housing such that the vacuum cleaner is configured to be alternately operable in a battery mode and a mains mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Andre Bertram, Volker Gerth, Oliver Liebig, Rainer Schultz, Heiko Stork, Dirk Wegener, Manfred Gerhards
  • Publication number: 20070180648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, that can be connected to a suction pipe and/or a suction tube of the vacuum cleaner. Said suction nozzle (2) comprises a nozzle part that can be connected to the suction pipe or the suction tube of the vacuum cleaner by means of a tubular connection part (2.2). A dust sensor (11) is arranged in the flow path of the vacuum cleaner, the signals thereof being evaluated by a battery-operated electronic control device that can be activated by a low-pressure switch. During operation, said control device controls a display device (9,16) displaying the dust flow. The control device, the low-pressure switch, the display elements (9,16) displaying the dust flow, and a battery compartment (8) for receiving the batteries are arranged in a housing (7) formed on the upper side of the tubular connection part (2.2). The dust sensor is arranged beneath the housing (7), inside the upper region of the connection part (2.2), in the dust air stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Klemens Andrup, Diethard Becker, Seyfettin Kara, Oliver Liebig, Rainer Schultz, Heiko Stork, Stefan Tiekoetter, Cornelius Wolf