Patents by Inventor Ralf Winkler
Ralf Winkler 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: 11826004Abstract: A dish rack includes a dish basket and a storage surface which is attachable to the dish basket for holding an item to be washed and lockable on the dish basket. The storage surface is pivotable about an axis into different angles of inclination and able to slide along the axis. A support element is arranged on an underside of the storage surface and supports the storage surface at the different angles of inclination at a point spaced from the axis. The support element has a number of locking steps in which the support element engages the dish basket so as to support the storage surface at the different angles of inclination.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Andreas Reiter, Stefan Reiter, Ralf Winkler
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Publication number: 20230051374Abstract: A ceramic carrier substrate for an electrical/electronic circuit. The substrate includes ceramic layers arranged one above the other in an interconnected structure and conductor tracks arranged on and/or in individual ceramic layers and connected to one another as the conductor structure for the electrical/electronic circuit. The interconnected structure is formed by a firing operation. A first conductor substructure is formed in a first interconnected structure subassembly which comprises at least one of the ceramic layers, and a second conductor substructure is formed in a second interconnected structure subassembly which is directly adjacent to the first interconnected structure subassembly and comprises at least one of the ceramic layers. The second conductor substructure substantially consists of high-current conductor tracks and is configured to contact a power circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Peter Tauber, Josef Weber, Ralf Winkler
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Publication number: 20230000307Abstract: A dish rack includes a dish basket and a storage surface which is attachable to the dish basket for holding an item to be washed and lockable on the dish basket. The storage surface is pivotable about an axis into different angles of inclination and able to slide along the axis. A support element is arranged on an underside of the storage surface and supports the storage surface at the different angles of inclination at a point spaced from the axis. The support element has a number of locking steps in which the support element engages the dish basket so as to support the storage surface at the different angles of inclination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Andreas Reiter, Stefan Reiter, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: 11446790Abstract: A gripping or clamping device including a housing body and at least one jaw guide which is provided in the housing body and has two lateral walls, including at least one jaw which can be moved in the jaw guide along a movement direction, guide surfaces being provided on the lateral walls and the jaw having sliding surfaces which interact with the guide surfaces to form a sliding guide, wherein at least one raceway part and rolling elements are provided in the jaw guide, the jaw and the raceway part each having a raceway for abutting against the rolling elements to form a roller guide.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SCHUNK GmbH & Co KG Spann-und GreiftecInventors: Michael Franz, Klaus Bonnet, Tobias Schleusener, Julian Heinzl, Benjamin Kirsten, Bruno Fellhauer, Ralf Winkler
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Publication number: 20210370477Abstract: Gripping or clamping device comprising a housing body and at least one jaw guide which is provided in the housing body and has two lateral walls, including at least one jaw which can be moved in the jaw guide along a movement direction, guide surfaces being provided on the lateral walls and the jaw having sliding surfaces which interact with the guide surfaces to form a sliding guide, characterized in that at least one raceway part and rolling elements are provided in the jaw guide, the jaw and the raceway part each having a raceway for abutting against the rolling elements to form a roller guide, and in that pretensioning means are provided for generating a pretensioning force, the pretensioning force acting on the raceway part such that the rolling elements are pressed against the jaw-side raceways.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: SCHUNK GmbH & Co KG Spann-und GreiftecInventors: Michael Franz, Klaus Bonnet, Tobias Schleusener, Julian Heinzl, Benjamin Kirsten, Bruno Fellhauer, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: 10660501Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container, a receptacle for items to be washed, and a guide device configured to enable movement of the receptacle into and out of the washing container. The guide device includes a running rail and a locking element which is configured to fix the receptacle to the running rail when the receptacle is moved out of the washing container until the running rail is in a state in which it is moved completely out of the washing container. The locking element releases the receptacle when the running rail is in the state in which it is moved completely out of the washing container, thereby bringing the receptacle into a state in which the receptacle is moved completely out of the washing container.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Florian Racs, Simon Heilig, Ralf Winkler, Robert Gutekunst
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Patent number: 10638913Abstract: A lower rack for a domestic dishwasher is constructed for being liftable and includes a fixed lower rack element, and a removable lower rack element connectable to the fixed lower rack element and constructed for removal from the fixed lower rack element to thereby unblock access to a bottom area of a washing container of the domestic dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Norbert Gerstner, Julia Hörsch, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Ott, Thomas Steck, Ralf Winkler
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Publication number: 20190261829Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container, a receptacle for items to be washed, and a guide device configured to enable movement of the receptacle into and out of the washing container. The guide device includes a running rail and a locking element which is configured to fix the receptacle to the running rail when the receptacle is moved out of the washing container until the running rail is in a state in which it is moved completely out of the washing container. The locking element releases the receptacle when the running rail is in the state in which it is moved completely out of the washing container, thereby bringing the receptacle into a state in which the receptacle is moved completely out of the washing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Florian RACS, Simon HEILIG, Ralf WINKLER, Robert GUTEKUNST
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Publication number: 20170332879Abstract: A lower rack for a domestic dishwasher is constructed for being liftable and includes a fixed lower rack element, and a removable lower rack element connectable to the fixed lower rack element and constructed for removal from the fixed lower rack element to thereby unblock access to a bottom area of a washing container of the domestic dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Norbert GERSTNER, Julia HÖRSCH, Ersin ISBILEN, Thomas OTT, Thomas STECK, Ralf WINKLER
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Patent number: 9607489Abstract: A household appliance includes an information light device that projects light onto a surface to enable a user to determine whether or not the household device is in operation. The information light device may include a light guide. The light guide may be disposed along a side portion of the household appliance.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Publication number: 20150339897Abstract: A household appliance includes an information light device that projects light onto a surface to enable a user to determine whether or not the household device is in operation. The information light device may include a light guide. The light guide may be disposed along a side portion of the household appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: 9161675Abstract: A household appliance includes an information light device that projects light onto a surface to enable a user to determine whether or not the household device is in operation. The information light device may include a light guide. The light guide may be disposed along a side portion of the household appliance.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: 8939162Abstract: A dishwasher including a variable spray device operable to spray a liquid into a washing container of the dishwasher, the variable spray device, and a method thereof. The variable spray device may be structured to include a chamber for receiving the liquid therein, such as a dishwashing liquid or water, and a liquid deflector disposed in the chamber. The liquid deflector may have a geometrically shaped perimeter, for example, a conical shape, that allows for the generation of a centrifugal force within the chamber used in directing the spray of the liquid into the washing container. By varying a force or pressure of the liquid as it interacts with the liquid deflector in the chamber, variable spray patterns may be generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ralf Winkler, Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 8734588Abstract: A dishwasher, wherein a duct system has a function describing a pressure difference in dependence on the rotational speed of the circulating pump and having a lower rotational speed range in which the pressure difference changes at most in proportion to the rotational speed of the circulating pump and an upper rotational speed range in which the pressure difference changes more than in proportion to the rotational speed of the circulating pump; and wherein the control device has a first rinsing program in which the circulating pump is operated at a normal cleaning rotational speed for normal cleaning of the rinsing stock and a second rinsing program in which the circulating pump is operated at an intensive cleaning rotational speed higher than the normal cleaning rotational speed and lying in the upper rotational speed range for intensive cleaning of the rinsing stock.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Heinz Heissler, Anton Oblinger, Michael Rosenbauer, Ralf Winkler, Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 8671533Abstract: A gripper device (10) is provided for mounting rubber elastic rings (5) on the inner wall (62) of a workpiece opening and/or on the exterior of a workpiece. The device includes a basic housing (12), forming jaws (14) that are displaced in relation to the basic housing (12) and bearing jaws (16). To displace the plate element together with the jaws that are located on the element in an axial direction, the element is provided with a piston (20) which engages in a piston cylinder (22) in the basic housing. The displacement of the jaws that are located on the plate element (18) is mechanically coupled by a common actuator (24) and the actuator (24) is driven by an actuator piston (25) that is located in the piston (20).Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Schunk GmbH & Co. KG Spann-und GreiftechnikInventors: Matthias Haag, Ralf Winkler, Andre Hermes
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Patent number: D696477Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: D702006Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: D732756Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: D743122Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: D748875Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: BSH Home Applicances CorporationInventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler