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).

  • Patent number: 11826004
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Reiter, Stefan Reiter, Ralf Winkler
  • Publication number: 20230051374
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Tauber, Josef Weber, Ralf Winkler
  • Publication number: 20230000307
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Reiter, Stefan Reiter, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: 11446790
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SCHUNK GmbH & Co KG Spann-und Greiftec
    Inventors: Michael Franz, Klaus Bonnet, Tobias Schleusener, Julian Heinzl, Benjamin Kirsten, Bruno Fellhauer, Ralf Winkler
  • Publication number: 20210370477
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SCHUNK GmbH & Co KG Spann-und Greiftec
    Inventors: Michael Franz, Klaus Bonnet, Tobias Schleusener, Julian Heinzl, Benjamin Kirsten, Bruno Fellhauer, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: 10660501
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Racs, Simon Heilig, Ralf Winkler, Robert Gutekunst
  • Patent number: 10638913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Julia Hörsch, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Ott, Thomas Steck, Ralf Winkler
  • Publication number: 20190261829
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Florian RACS, Simon HEILIG, Ralf WINKLER, Robert GUTEKUNST
  • Publication number: 20170332879
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert GERSTNER, Julia HÖRSCH, Ersin ISBILEN, Thomas OTT, Thomas STECK, Ralf WINKLER
  • Patent number: 9607489
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Publication number: 20150339897
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: 9161675
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: 8939162
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Winkler, Christian Wolf
  • Patent number: 8734588
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Heinz Heissler, Anton Oblinger, Michael Rosenbauer, Ralf Winkler, Christian Wolf
  • Patent number: 8671533
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Schunk GmbH & Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik
    Inventors: Matthias Haag, Ralf Winkler, Andre Hermes
  • Patent number: D696477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: D702006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Eng, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: D732756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: D743122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: D748875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Applicances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Metin Tastan, Ralf Winkler