Patents by Inventor Rene ELSENER

Rene ELSENER 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).

  • Actuating device
    Patent number: 10697163
    Abstract: An actuating device for a sanitary fitting comprising a housing (2) having a front side (13) and a rear side (14) and also a detection sensor (3) having a transmitter (4) and a receiver (5) for detecting a user, wherein the detection sensor (3) emits waves via the transmitter (4) and receives them via the receiver (5). The detection sensor (3) is arranged in a cavity (6) that has a radiating region (7a), which is transparent to said waves, in the direction of said waves; and wherein the housing (2) is designed such that it is installable having a gap (7b) in relation to a predefined installation plane (ME) on the structure side, which gap (7b) is located in relation to said radiating region (7a) such that the emitted waves and also the waves to be received are guided through the gap (7b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmid, Rene Elsener, Pascal Brandli, Stephan Muller, Samuel Schüller, Tobias Pluss
  • ACTUATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190145087
    Abstract: An actuating device for a sanitary fitting comprising a housing (2) having a front side (13) and a rear side (14) and also a detection sensor (3) having a transmitter (4) and a receiver (5) for detecting a user, wherein the detection sensor (3) emits waves via the transmitter (4) and receives them via the receiver (5). The detection sensor (3) is arranged in a cavity (6) that has a radiating region (7a), which is transparent to said waves, in the direction of said waves; and wherein the housing (2) is designed such that it is installable having a gap (7b) in relation to a predefined installation plane (ME) on the structure side, which gap (7b) is located in relation to said radiating region (7a) such that the emitted waves and also the waves to be received are guided through the gap (7b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Peter SCHMID, Rene ELSENER, Pascal BRANDLI, Stephan MULLER, Samuel SCHULLER, Tobias PLUSS
  • METHOD AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTACTLESSLY CONTROLLING A SANITARY FACILITY
    Publication number: 20100180367
    Abstract: In the method for contactlessly controlling a sanitary facility, a transmitter, a receiver, an evaluation unit and a control unit are used to monitor an area (2) of the sanitary facility (1) and to control at least one actuator (5) of the sanitary facility. The area (2) is monitored using a time-of-flight distance measurement. In particular, the spatial position and/or the speed and/or the direction of movement of objects (7) in the area (2) being monitored is/are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: René ELSENER, Roman THALLER, Raffael ZINGG, Peter STEINER