Patents by Inventor Stan Smits

Stan Smits 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: 11788731
    Abstract: A method and device for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance. The method includes determining usage behavior of the customer(s) or operating behavior of the cooking appliance(s), transferring the usage behavior or the operating behavior to the cooking appliance manufacturer, saving the usage behavior or the operating behavior, receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer or receiving information established internally at the manufacturer, evaluating the received information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior, determining which received information or information established internally at the manufacturer could be of interest for customers or for the cooking appliance, and conveying the determined information of interest to the customer or to the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
  • Patent number: 11391466
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular to a commercial cooking appliance with a housing, with a cooking chamber that is arranged in the housing and that has a cooking chamber opening that is surrounded by a circumferential door seal that is arranged at the door inner side and/or a housing area adjacent to the cooking chamber opening and that can be opened and closed by a cooking chamber door, wherein the cooking chamber door has an inner pane that is adjacent to the cooking chamber and that, in the closed state of the cooking chamber door, abuts a door seal as well as an outer pane that is arranged at a distance to the inner pane and that together with the inner pane delimits a cooking chamber door interior space, and with an optoelectronic sensor, wherein, in the closed state of the cooking chamber door, the optoelectronic sensor projects into a reception area of the cooking chamber door interior spaces arranged outside the door seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes Wild, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Publication number: 20220175170
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular a commercial cooking appliance, comprising a cooking chamber; a motor-driven fan wheel which is arranged in an area which is separated from the cooking chamber by a suction plate having a central suction opening; a heating device which has one, at least two heating coils and is arranged around the fan wheel; an appliance control, the appliance control activating the heating coils independently of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Stan Smits
  • Publication number: 20210080113
    Abstract: A method and device for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance. The method includes determining usage behavior of the customer(s) or operating behavior of the cooking appliance(s), transferring the usage behavior or the operating behavior to the cooking appliance manufacturer, saving the usage behavior or the operating behavior, receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer or receiving information established internally at the manufacturer, evaluating the received information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior, determining which received information or information established internally at the manufacturer could be of interest for customers or for the cooking appliance, and conveying the determined information of interest to the customer or to the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: CONVOTHERM-ELEKTROGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
  • Patent number: 10920991
    Abstract: A method for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance of a cooking appliance manufacturer, the method having the following method steps: determining by the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behavior of the customer(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) and/or transferring to the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behaviour of the individual(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s); saving at the cooking appliance manufacturer the determined usage behaviours of the customer or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) (GG2, GG3); receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer and/or receiving information established internally at the business; evaluating by the cooking appliance manufacturer the receiving information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior to determine which of the items of received in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CONVOTHERM-ELEKTROGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
  • Patent number: 10852003
    Abstract: A method for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance of a cooking appliance manufacturer, the method having the following method steps: determining by the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behavior of the customer(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) and/or transferring to the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behaviour of the individual(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s); saving at the cooking appliance manufacturer the determined usage behaviours of the customer or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) (GG2, GG3); receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer and/or receiving information established internally at the business; evaluating by the cooking appliance manufacturer the receiving information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior to determine which of the items of received in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CONVOTHERM-ELEKTROGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
  • Publication number: 20200018486
    Abstract: A method for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance of a cooking appliance manufacturer, the method having the following method steps: determining by the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behavior of the customer(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) and/or transferring to the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behaviour of the individual(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s); saving at the cooking appliance manufacturer the determined usage behaviours of the customer or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) (GG2, GG3); receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer and/or receiving information established internally at the business; evaluating by the cooking appliance manufacturer the receiving information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior to determine which of the items of received in
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
  • Publication number: 20190093900
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular to a commercial cooking appliance with a housing, with a cooking chamber that is arranged in the housing and that has a cooking chamber opening that is surrounded by a circumferential door seal that is arranged at the door inner side and/or a housing area adjacent to the cooking chamber opening and that can be opened and closed by a cooking chamber door, wherein the cooking chamber door has an inner pane that is adjacent to the cooking chamber and that, in the, closed state of the cooking chamber door, abuts a door seal as well as an outer pane that is arranged at a distance to the inner pane and that together with the inner pane delimits a cooking chamber door interior space, and with an optoelectronic sensor, wherein, in the closed state of the cooking chamber door, the optoelectronic sensor projects into a reception area of the cooking chamber door interior spaces arranged outside the door seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hannes Wild, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: 7017571
    Abstract: A heat exchanger device for a cooking appliance includes a burner arranged in a combustion chamber. The burner is connected by a feeding pipe to a mixing device which prepares a gas/air mixture necessary for the combustion and feeds it to the burner. The mixing device is connected to the burner in a gastight manner additional air is prevented from flowing in. The combustion chamber is formed by an enlargement of a heat exchanger pipe which, starting from the combustion chamber, spirally surrounds the fan wheel which provides forced circulation of the treatment medium. The heat exchanger pipe is also wound around the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Stan Smits, Gerd Gumienny, Lutz Riefenstein
  • Publication number: 20040255925
    Abstract: A heat exchanger device for a cooking appliance includes a burner arranged in a combustion chamber. The burner is connected by a feeding pipe to a mixing device which prepares a gas/air mixture necessary for the combustion and feeds it to the burner. The mixing device is connected to the burner in a gastight manner additional air is prevented from flowing in. The combustion chamber is formed by an enlargement of a heat exchanger pipe which, starting from the combustion chamber, spirally surrounds the fan wheel which provides forced circulation of the treatment medium. The heat exchanger pipe is also wound around the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Convotherm Elektrogerate GmbH
    Inventors: Stan Smits, Gerd Gumienny, Lutz Riefenstein
  • Patent number: D756698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D757480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D757481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D757482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D758782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D764852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D765457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
  • Patent number: D812411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber