Patents by Inventor Robert Buhl

Robert Buhl 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: 11817661
    Abstract: A G9 lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the G9 lamp socket including a socket body including an upper structure and a lower structure; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a G9 lamp, the base receiver including an entry opening formed in the upper structure and extending along a longitudinal axis of the socket body into the lower structure; at least two socket contacts arranged opposite to one another wherein the base receiver is arranged between the at least two socket contacts; at least two connection contacts connected with the at least two socket contacts and configured to receive voltage from connection conductors; two contact cavities arranged in the lower structure of the socket body wherein a respective connection contact of the at least two connection contacts is arranged in each of the two contact cavities and accessible through a respective insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl
  • Patent number: 11536441
    Abstract: A cooking appliance light including a light glass arranged at a top side of the cooking appliance light; a socket arranged at a bottom side of the cooking appliance light, wherein a geometric center axis of the cooking appliance light runs vertically through the socket; a neck arranged at a bottom side of the light glass, the neck including at least one groove arrangement including an axially extending vertical groove and an adjoining circumferentially extending horizontal groove wherein the axially extending vertical groove and the circumferentially extending horizontal groove are radially open and engageable by a locking bar, wherein the axially extending vertical groove includes an axially oriented locking bar entry opening, wherein the circumferentially extending horizontal groove includes an axially upward oriented locking bar support surface including a safety protrusion and a movement stop at an end that is distal from the axially extending vertical groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl
  • Publication number: 20220373164
    Abstract: A cooking appliance light including a light glass arranged at a top side of the cooking appliance light; a socket arranged at a bottom side of the cooking appliance light, wherein a geometric center axis of the cooking appliance light runs vertically through the socket; a neck arranged at a bottom side of the light glass, the neck including at least one groove arrangement including an axially extending vertical groove and an adjoining circumferentially extending horizontal groove wherein the axially extending vertical groove and the circumferentially extending horizontal groove are radially open and engageable by a locking bar, wherein the axially extending vertical groove includes an axially oriented locking bar entry opening, wherein the circumferentially extending horizontal groove includes an axially upward oriented locking bar support surface including a safety protrusion and a movement stop at an end that is distal from the axially extending vertical groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl
  • Publication number: 20220376448
    Abstract: A G9 lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the G9 lamp socket including a socket body including an upper structure and a lower structure; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a G9 lamp, the base receiver including an entry opening formed in the upper structure and extending along a longitudinal axis of the socket body into the lower structure; at least two socket contacts arranged opposite to one another wherein the base receiver is arranged between the at least two socket contacts; at least two connection contacts connected with the at least two socket contacts and configured to receive voltage from connection conductors; two contact cavities arranged in the lower structure of the socket body wherein a respective connection contact of the at least two connection contacts is arranged in each of the two contact cavities and accessible through a respective insertion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl