Patents by Inventor Sergio Llorente Gil

Sergio Llorente Gil 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: 12241638
    Abstract: A household appliance device includes a household appliance operating unit including a communication unit designed to communicate with an external multimedia unit such that an operating command is transmittable from the household appliance operating unit to the multimedia unit via the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jorge Mir Bel, Julio Rivera Peman, Maria Victoria Rodrigo Tobajas
  • Publication number: 20250048505
    Abstract: A household appliance apparatus, in particular a cooktop apparatus, includes a temperature sensor unit which includes a photodiode designed to detect incident infrared radiation and to convert the incident infrared radiation into a measurement signal. The measurement signal is amplified by an amplifier of an amplifier unit. A compensation unit at least partially compensates for a temperature influence as the infrared radiation is converted into the measurement signal and/or the measurement signal is amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Rafael Alonso Esteban, Jose Maria Garcia del Pozo, Eduardo Imaz Martinez, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Maria Parra Borderías, Julio Rivera Peman
  • Patent number: 12150225
    Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a supply unit having a supplying induction element for supplying energy, and a receiving unit having a receiving induction element that receives energy from the supplying induction element when in an operational state a shortest connection between the supplying induction element and the receiving induction element is minimal. The supplying induction element has a sub-region which, in the operational state, is oriented at an angle relative to a plane that is at least substantially perpendicular to the shortest connection between the supplying induction element and the receiving induction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Acero Acero, Claudio Carretero Chamarro, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Sergio Llorente Gil, Ignacio Lope Moratilla, Javier Serrano Trullen
  • Publication number: 20240380248
    Abstract: An induction energy supply device includes a placeable unit, a supply unit having a supply induction element designed to inductively provide energy to the placeable unit, an inverter unit designed to drive the supply induction element, and a control unit designed to control the inverter unit and comprising a communication unit for wireless communication between the control unit and the placeable unit. The control unit is designed to interrupt an operation of the inverter unit at temporally repeating intervals during an interruption time window for the wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jesus Manuel Moya Nogues, Jorge Pascual Aza, Javier Serrano Trullen, Jorge Tesa Betes
  • Publication number: 20240215121
    Abstract: An induction energy supply device includes a supply unit having a supplying induction element designed to inductively provide energy to a positioned unit, an inverter unit designed to operate the supplying induction element, a snubber unit interacting with the inverter unit and including a plurality of snubber capacitors, and a control unit designed to control the inverter unit and including a data reception element for wireless reception of an operating parameter from the positioned unit. The control unit is designed to adjust a setting of the snubber unit on the basis of the operating parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jesus Manuel Moya Nogues, Jorge Pascual Aza, Javier Serrano Trullen, Jorge Tesa Betes
  • Publication number: 20240206022
    Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a supply unit having a supply induction element designed to inductively provide energy, a placeable unit having an absorbing induction element designed to receive the inductively provided energy, and a control unit designed to control the supply unit. The control unit is designed to receive an operating parameter set of the placeable unit and, based on the operating parameter set, to control the energy provided inductively by the supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jesus Manuel Moya Nogues, Jorge Pascual Aza, Javier Serrano Trullen, Jorge Tesa Betes
  • Publication number: 20240191880
    Abstract: A household appliance device includes a household appliance operating unit including a communication unit designed to communicate with an external multimedia unit such that an operating command is transmittable from the household appliance operating unit to the multimedia unit via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jorge Mir Bel, Julio Rivera Peman, Maria Victoria Rodrigo Tobajas
  • Publication number: 20240188199
    Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a support plate, a supply unit arranged below the support plate and including a supply induction element designed to inductively provide energy, a control unit designed to control the supply unit, and a small household appliance for placement on the support plate. The small household appliance includes a receiving induction element designed to receive the inductively provided energy. An operating unit is arranged outside the small household appliance and designed for operation of the small household appliance by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jesus Manuel Moya Nogues, Jorge Pascual Aza, Javier Serrano Trullen, Jorge Tesa Betes
  • Publication number: 20240188197
    Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a support plate, a supply unit arranged below the support plate and including a supply induction element for inductively providing energy, a household appliance designed for placement on the support plate and including a receiving induction element designed to receive the inductively provided energy, and a control unit designed to control the supply unit and to identify automatically the household appliance placed on the support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jesus Manuel Moya Nogues, Jorge Pascual Aza, Javier Serrano Trullen, Jorge Tesa Betes
  • Publication number: 20240188198
    Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a supply unit including a supply induction element designed to inductively provide energy and an inverter unit designed to operate the supply induction element, a small household appliance including a receiving induction element designed to receive inductively provided energy, and a control unit designed to control the inverter unit. The control unit is designed such that in at least one operating state for adjusting a supply power for the small household appliance a provision of supply AC current by the inverter unit for a first time window within a control period is interrupted and in a second time window within the control period at least one switching parameter of a switching parameter set of the inverter unit is adapted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Jesus Manuel Moya Nogues, Jorge Pascual Aza, Javier Serrano Trullen, Jorge Tesa Betes
  • Publication number: 20240098853
    Abstract: A household appliance system includes a household appliance having a first induction unit configured to inductively supply energy, a household unit having a second induction unit configured to inductively receive the energy that is supplied from the first induction unit, and a safety unit configured to prevent, as a function of a safety parameter, at least in an interval a transmission of energy to the second induction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Emilio Plumed Velilla, Julio Rivera Peman, Javier Serrano Trullen
  • Publication number: 20240040676
    Abstract: A cooking system includes a set-down plate for setting down cookware, and a detection unit designed to detect the cookware. The detection unit includes a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation and a radiation detector for receiving electromagnetic radiation. A first radiation guiding element transmits the electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source to a set-down region of the set-down plate, and a second radiation guiding element transmits electromagnetic radiation reflected from the cookware to the radiation detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Rafael Alonso Esteban, Pilar Blasco Herranz, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Damaso Martin Gomez, Cristina Pelayo Gil, Julio Rivera Peman
  • Patent number: 11856656
    Abstract: A cooking appliance apparatus, in particular an oven apparatus, includes a muffle which defines a cooking chamber, and a heating element to heat the cooking chamber at least partially. A switching unit connects the heating element to a first supply voltage in a first operating state and to a second supply voltage in a second operating state, with the second supply voltage being different from the first supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Carlos Obon Abadia, Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Edgar Jorge Ramirez Laboreo, Alvaro Rigual Iturria, Fernando Sanz Serrano, Rebeca Soria Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11805575
    Abstract: An induction hob device includes at least one cooktop, at least one first coil, at least one second coil, and a control unit. The first coil and the second coil are displaced relative to each other at least in a direction perpendicular to the cooktop. In order to improve an efficiency, the control unit is configured to at least temporarily operate the first coil and the second coil simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Acero Acero, Claudio Carretero Chamarro, Sergio Llorente Gil, Ignacio Lope Moratilla, Daniel Palacios Tomas
  • Patent number: 11805576
    Abstract: A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1?i?N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1?j?M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: José Miguel Burdio Pinilla, Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Sergio Llorente Gil, Oscar Lucia Gil, Ignacio Millan Serrano, Alejandro Naval Pallares, Hector Sarnago Andia
  • Publication number: 20230328850
    Abstract: A cooktop accessory device includes a detection coil configured to detect an inductive signal of an induction heating unit, and a signal analysis unit configured to determine a parameter of the inductive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Julio Rivera Peman
  • Publication number: 20230304674
    Abstract: A food preparation apparatus, in particular a cooktop apparatus, having a sensor unit which is provided in order to receive image data of a preparation region, having an additional sensor unit which is provided in order to receive additional image data of the preparation region and having a control unit for analyzing the image data. In order to increase user convenience and to achieve precise replication of a food preparation process, according to the invention the control unit is provided in order to also analyze, in at least one operating state, in addition to the image data formed as 3D image data, the additional image data in order to generate a digital twin of a situation in the preparation region, in particular of a food preparation process in the preparation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Gonzalo Lopez Nicolas, Carlos Sagües Blázquiz
  • Publication number: 20230108631
    Abstract: An underlay apparatus for use with a hob includes an underlay unit positioned between a cooking vessel and a cooking zone of the hob, and a positioning aid supporting the positioning of the underlay unit relative to the cooking zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Abadia Durango, Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Javier Lasobras Bernad, Sergio Llorente Gil, Julio Rivera Peman
  • Patent number: 11617235
    Abstract: A cooking system includes a placement unit which has a food-holding element and a heating unit for heating the food-holding element. An induction unit provides in at least one operating state an amount of heating energy for inductively heating the food-holding element. The heating unit includes a heating element which is different from an induction heating element and is provided for heating the food-holding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Munich, GERMANY
    Inventors: Jesus Acero Acero, Daniel Anton Falcon, Claudio Carretero Chamarro, Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Sergio Llorente Gil, Ignacio Lope Moratilla, Emilio Plumed Velilla
  • Patent number: 11617237
    Abstract: A cooking appliance device, in particular induction cooking appliance device, includes a muffle which has a muffle wall and is configured to define at least partially a cooking chamber. A heating element is provided to heat the muffle wall, with a first sensor unit detecting a temperature of the muffle wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Maria del Carmen Martinez Mur, Dan Neumayer, Carlos Obon Abadia, Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Enrique Javier Perez Visa, Edgar Jorge Ramirez Laboreo, Fernando Sanz Serrano