Patents by Inventor Rolf Kordon

Rolf Kordon 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: 7654106
    Abstract: A no-frost refrigerator having an opening in a separating wall for the through passage of air between a storage chamber and an evaporation chamber. A control element is arranged in the opening and can be displaced or shifted between positions in which the control element covers the opening to different extents. The control element can be rotated about an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis or plane of the air passage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Kordon, Renate Pradel
  • Publication number: 20070051416
    Abstract: A multiway valve contains a housing having several inlets and outlets and a chamber. Several seats are provided and each is respectively associated with one inlet or one outlet. A closure element is provided which can move between the seats and at least one actuator is provided in the form of an element made of a form memory alloy, able to displace the closure element from one of the seats when heating occurs. A spring element presses the closure element against each respective seat that it engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Patent number: 7140391
    Abstract: A multiway valve contains a housing having several inlets and outlets and a chamber. Several seats are provided and each is respectively associated with one inlet or one outlet. A closure element is provided which can move between the seats and at least one actuator is provided in the form of an element made of a form memory alloy, able to displace the closure element from one of the seats when heating occurs. A spring element presses the closure element against each respective seat that it engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Publication number: 20060207668
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for a coolant circuit including a valve body having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant. A valve member is displaceable in the interior of the valve body between two switching positions for the solenoid valve. At least one outlet is formed by a capillary tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Kordon
  • Patent number: 7093462
    Abstract: A multi-way valve, particularly for a refrigerant circuit, includes a housing having a number of inlets and outlets and a chamber with a number of seats respectively associated with an inlet or outlet. The multi-way valve also includes a closing element that can move between the seats and at least one actuator, which is provided in the form of an element made of a shape-memory alloy and capable of being displaced from one of the seats when the closing element is heated. The direction of displacement is transversal to the normal direction of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Patent number: 7093614
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for a coolant circuit including a valve body having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant. A valve member is displaceable in the interior of the valve body between two switching positions for the solenoid valve. At least one outlet is formed by a capillary tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Kordon
  • Publication number: 20060138916
    Abstract: A refrigerator with a body and a door fastened to the body to enclose a heat-insulated inner space formed in the body. At least one luminous element for lighting the inner space is fixed to the inner side of the door facing the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate, GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Kordon
  • Publication number: 20060005566
    Abstract: A no-frost refrigerator having an opening in a separating wall for the through passage of air between a storage chamber and an evaporation chamber. A control element is arranged in the opening and can be displaced or shifted between positions in which the control element covers the opening to different extents. The control element can be rotated about an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis or plane of the air passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Kordon, Renate Pradel
  • Patent number: 6899135
    Abstract: A housing of a multiway valve contains several inlets and outlets and a chamber containing several valve seats, each of which is allocated to one of the outlets. A closing device can be displaced between the valve seats. A cylinder contains a cylinder chamber having a fluid. A heating device is provided for heating the fluid and a plunger is provided that can be displaced in the cylinder by the pressure of the fluid. By its displacement, the plunger is able to dislodge the closing device from one of the valve seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Publication number: 20050005634
    Abstract: A multi-way valve, particularly for a refrigerant circuit, includes a housing having a number of inlets and outlets and a chamber with a number of seats respectively associated with an inlet or outlet. The multi-way valve also includes a closing element that can move between the seats and at least one actuator, which is provided in the form of an element made of a shape-memory alloy and capable of being displaced from one of the seats when the closing element is heated. The direction of displacement is transversal to the normal direction of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Publication number: 20050005980
    Abstract: A multiway valve contains a housing having several inlets and outlets and a chamber. Several seats are provided and each is respectively associated with one inlet or one outlet. A closure element is provided which can move between the seats and at least one actuator is provided in the form of an element made of a form memory alloy, able to displace the closure element from one of the seats when heating occurs. A spring element presses the closure element against each respective seat that it engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Publication number: 20050000578
    Abstract: A housing of a multiway valve contains several inlets and outlets and a chamber containing several valve seats, each of which is allocated to one of the outlets. A closing device can be displaced between the valve seats. A cylinder contains a cylinder chamber having a fluid. A heating device is provided for heating the fluid and a plunger is provided that can be displaced in the cylinder by the pressure of the fluid. By its displacement, the plunger is able to dislodge the closing device from one of the valve seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Frieder Eberhardt, Rolf Kordon, Michael Neumann, Udo Wenning
  • Publication number: 20040050431
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for a coolant circuit including a valve body having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant. A valve member is displaceable in the interior of the valve body between two switching positions for the solenoid valve. At least one outlet is formed by a capillary tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate Gmbh
    Inventor: Rolf Kordon
  • Patent number: 6705346
    Abstract: A solenoid valve, in particular, for a refrigerating machine, includes a valve body with an inlet and two outlets, a valve element that can be moved in the valve body between two end positions corresponding respectively to different switching positions of the solenoid valve, at least one permanent magnet for holding the valve element in the respectively assumed end position, and a magnet coil for exerting on the valve element a magnetic force effecting a shift into the respective other end position. The valve body and the magnet coil are accommodated in two compartments of a housing, and the at least one permanent magnet is held in a receptacle on a wall of the housing in a fashion facing a middle position of the valve element situated between the two end positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Kordon
  • Publication number: 20030136928
    Abstract: A solenoid valve, in particular, for a refrigerating machine, includes a valve body with an inlet and two outlets, a valve element that can be moved in the valve body between two end positions corresponding respectively to different switching positions of the solenoid valve, at least one permanent magnet for holding the valve element in the respectively assumed end position, and a magnet coil for exerting on the valve element a magnetic force effecting a shift into the respective other end position. The valve body and the magnet coil are accommodated in two compartments of a housing, and the at least one permanent magnet is held in a receptacle on a wall of the housing in a fashion facing a middle position of the valve element situated between the two end positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Rolf Kordon