Patents by Inventor Stefan Walder

Stefan Walder 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).

  • Publication number: 20240085092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling and/or freezing device having a body and a cooled inner space located therein and having two doors which open and close in opposite directions, wherein the doors each comprise a front-end side which, in the closed state of the doors, are facing one another and are arranged adjacent to one another, wherein a sealing element is arranged on at least one of the front-end sides, which sealing element comprises a movable door seal, wherein the sealing element comprises a movable force-deflecting element connected to the door seal, wherein the force-deflecting element has a contact area on which the body exerts a force when the door is being closed, and wherein the force-deflecting element is arranged in such a way that, when this force is exerted on the contact area, it moves the door seal towards the front-end side of the other door and/or towards the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald KUENZ, Stefan WALDER
  • Patent number: 10365031
    Abstract: A refrigerator and/or freezer is described having at least one body that encloses at least one cooled interior space, and with at least one first and one second door opening in opposite directions, which doors are articulated to the body, wherein the interior space can be closed, wherein one or both doors include one or more seals that in the closed condition of the doors are disposed in the gap between the doors, wherein the at least one seal is in its closed end position when the doors are closed, characterized in that the appliance includes at least one door opening sensor and at least one drive unit communicating with the same, which is configured to move the at least one seal of a door away from the other door into an open end position, wherein the drive unit furthermore is configured such that the same is activated when the door opening sensor detects the opening of a door or the touching of the door by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-HAUSGERÄTE LIENZ GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Stocker, Stefan Walder
  • Publication number: 20180372395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with at least one body that encloses at least one cooled interior space, and with at least one first and one second door opening in opposite directions, which doors are articulated to the body, by means of which the interior space can be closed, wherein one or both doors include one or more seals that in the closed condition of the doors are disposed in the gap between the doors, wherein the at least one seal is in its closed end position when the doors are closed, characterized in that the appliance includes at least one door opening sensor and at least one drive unit communicating with the same, which is configured to move the at least one seal of a door away from the other door into an open end position, wherein the drive unit furthermore is configured such that the same is activated when the door opening sensor detects the opening of a door or the touching of the door by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Liebherr-Hausgerate Lienz GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Stocker, Stefan Walder
  • Publication number: 20110126574
    Abstract: The within invention relates to a refrigerating and/or freezing device with at least one coolant circuit that has at least one condenser, where at least one absorber is provided that is located such that it diminishes or prevents the transfer of oscillations from the condenser to other parts of the refrigerating and/or freezing device and/or oscillations from the condenser itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Liebherr-Hausgeraete Lienz GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Koefele, Roland Schelodetz, Stefan Walder
  • Publication number: 20110113817
    Abstract: The within invention concerns a base assembly component, in particular an equipment base for a refrigerator and/or a freezer with at least two separate air control areas through each of which air can be introduced individually for purposes of cooling. Additionally, the within invention concerns a refrigerator and/or freezer with at least one base assembly component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Liebherr Hausgerate Lienz GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Köfele, Stefan Walder