Patents by Inventor Ralf Grobleben

Ralf Grobleben 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: 11499721
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking chamber, and a door configured to close the cooking chamber. The door is arranged on the housing in a pivotable manner and capable of being lowered into a storage space in the housing. A drive unit automatically implements a movement of the door along a movement path. The drive unit includes a motor and a cable pull device, which is coupled to the motor and the door such that the movement of the door is implemented as a function of a motorized actuation of the cable pull device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: René Alt, Ralf Grobleben, Torsten Popp, Thomas Rembold, Tobias Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210116133
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking chamber, and a door configured to close the cooking chamber. The door is arranged on the housing in a pivotable manner and capable of being lowered into a storage space in the housing. A drive unit automatically implements a movement of the door along a movement path. The drive unit includes a motor and a cable pull device, which is coupled to the motor and the door such that the movement of the door is implemented as a function of a motorized actuation of the cable pull device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: René Alt, Ralf Grobleben, Torsten Popp, Thomas Rembold, Tobias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10948195
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a stowage compartment, a door for closing a cooking chamber, and a door opening mechanism constructed to automatically move the door at least in a section of an entire movement path between a closed position and an open position of the door, in which open position the door is retractable into the stowage compartment of the housing. The door opening mechanism includes an actuation unit which is configured to automatically tilt the door from the closed position into an intermediate position located such that any further movement of the door from the intermediate position into the open position is implemented automatically under the force of gravity of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Tobias Schmidt, Thomas Rembold
  • Publication number: 20200363071
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a door for closing a cooking chamber, a door-opening device configured to automatically move the door between a closed position and an open position of the door, and a sensing device operatively connected to the door-opening device. The sensing device is configured to sense a triggering element separate from the cooking appliance for controlling the door-opening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Günter Gerold, Ralf Grobleben, Tobias Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200300476
    Abstract: A cooking device has a short-range radio interface, a control device for operating the cooking device, which control device is designed to receive data for operating the cooking device from a transponder via the short-range radio interface, and at least one active positioning area for detachably fastening at least one transponder. The active positioning area is located in a communication region of the short-range radio interface. The control device receives authorization data from the transponder via the short-range radio interface and operates the cooking device with corresponding use authorization on the basis of the authorization data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Gernot Oberfell, Tobias Schmidt, Jan Wertel
  • Patent number: 10408465
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a stowage compartment, a door for closing a cooking chamber, and a door opening mechanism constructed to automatically move the door at least in a section of an entire movement path between a closed position and an open position of the door, in which open position the door is retractable into the stowage compartment of the housing. The door opening mechanism includes an actuation unit which is configured to automatically tilt the door from the closed position into an intermediate position located such that any further movement of the door from the intermediate position into the open position is implemented automatically under the force of gravity of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Tobias Schmidt, Thomas Rembold
  • Publication number: 20190271474
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a stowage compartment, a door for closing a cooking chamber, and a door opening mechanism constructed to automatically move the door at least in a section of an entire movement path between a closed position and an open position of the door, in which open position the door is retractable into the stowage compartment of the housing. The door opening mechanism includes an actuation unit which is configured to automatically tilt the door from the closed position into an intermediate position located such that any further movement of the door from the intermediate position into the open position is implemented automatically under the force of gravity of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Tobias Schmidt, Thomas Rembold
  • Publication number: 20190125078
    Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a domestic appliance in or on a piece of furniture is configured to selectively mount the domestic appliance in or on the piece of furniture in a first installation situation, in which the mounting device is arranged flush with a front side of the piece of furniture, a second installation situation, in which the mounting device protrudes beyond the front side of the piece of furniture, or a third installation situation, in which the mounting device is set back behind the front side of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Knoeller, Tobias Schmidt, Ralf Grobleben, Claudia Valenti-Zendel, Verena Busalt, Jacob Lechner
  • Publication number: 20180328593
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a stowage compartment, a door for closing a cooking chamber, and a door opening mechanism constructed to automatically move the door at least in a section of an entire movement path between a closed position and an open position of the door, in which open position the door is retractable into the stowage compartment of the housing. The door opening mechanism includes an actuation unit which is configured to automatically tilt the door from the closed position into an intermediate position located such that any further movement of the door from the intermediate position into the open position is implemented automatically under the force of gravity of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Tobias Schmidt, Thomas Rembold
  • Patent number: 9212824
    Abstract: A filter unit for an extractor hood includes at least one filter element, and at least one protection plate which is arranged in a flow direction upstream of the filter element. The protection plate is made of at least two layers and can have a thickness in a range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Julia Ehrensberger, Ralf Grobleben, Sándor Klunker, Thomas Kotlinski, Oliver Kraemer, Daniel Metz, Christoph Ortmann, Udo Reiff, Volkmar Uebele
  • Patent number: 8757141
    Abstract: An extractor hood including a housing, a vapor shield pivotably mounted on the housing, and at least one pivot bearing connecting the vapor shield to the housing. The at least one pivot bearing has a bearing axis in a vicinity of a center of gravity of the vapor shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Grobleben
  • Patent number: 8286626
    Abstract: A kitchen extractor device includes a first body section, designed to be mounted in a fixed manner and a second body section, which can be displaced in a displacement direction in relation to the first body section. The kitchen extractor device comprehensively covers the cooking facilities but nevertheless can be easily cleaned. To achieve this, at least part of the second body section forms an external face of the body that is in transversal alignment with the displacement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Joachim Gruetzke, Ulmar Neumann, Thomas Rembold, Thomas Wilde
  • Publication number: 20120255267
    Abstract: A filter unit for an extractor hood includes at least one filter element, and at least one protection plate which is arranged in a flow direction upstream of the filter element. The protection plate is made of at least two layers and can have a thickness in a range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Julia Ehrensberger, Ralf Grobleben, Sándor Klunker, Thomas Kotlinski, Oliver Kraemer, Daniel Metz, Christoph Ortmann, Udo Reiff, Volkmar Uebele
  • Publication number: 20100043772
    Abstract: An extractor hood including a housing, a vapor shield pivotably mounted on the housing, and at least one pivot bearing connecting the vapor shield to the housing. The at least one pivot bearing has a bearing axis in a vicinity of a center of gravity of the vapor shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Ralf Grobleben
  • Patent number: D620648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Thomas Knöller, Elena Leinmüller, Gerhard Nüssler
  • Patent number: D640429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Thomas Knöller, Elena Leinmüller, Gerhard Nüssler
  • Patent number: D653821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Thomas Knöller, Elena Leinmüller, Gerhard Nüssler
  • Patent number: D693069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Thomas Knöller, Elena Leinmüller, Gerhard Nüssler
  • Patent number: D733980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Thomas Knöller, Elena Leinmüller, Gerhard Nüssler
  • Patent number: D796751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grobleben, Thomas Knöller, Elena Leinmüller, Gerhard Nüssler