Patents by Inventor Steffen KLIE

Steffen KLIE 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: 12235017
    Abstract: A flow sensor of a domestic appliance has an axle that is substantially perpendicular in the installed state to the flow direction of a fluid channel of the domestic appliance. The bearing component is designed as a single part and has at least two interconnected limbs, each limb having an axle mount for one end of the axle of the flow sensor, wherein the two axle mounts are mutually spaced apart in such a way that they correspond in a relaxed condition of the bearing component to an extension of the axle of the flow sensor. The two limbs are designed to be elastic such that the spacing between the axle mounts can be increased in order to insert the flow sensor between the axle mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: STIEBEL ELTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Grobe, Steffen Klie
  • Publication number: 20230314191
    Abstract: A bearing component of a flow sensor of a domestic appliance has a rotary axle which, in the installed state, is oriented so as to be substantially perpendicular to a flow direction of a fluid channel of the domestic appliance. The flow sensor has a first bearing at each of the opposing ends of the rotary axle, two opposing second bearings being contained in the bearing component. The two second bearings are spaced apart from one another in such a way that, in one state of the bearing component, they are engaged with the first bearings of the flow sensor, at least one arm of the bearing component being elastic, so that a distance between the second bearings can be increased in order to insert the flow sensor between the second bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: STIEBEL ELTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael GROBE, Steffen KLIE, Stefan ENGELKE
  • Publication number: 20220163233
    Abstract: A flow sensor of a domestic appliance has an axle that is substantially perpendicular in the installed state to the flow direction of a fluid channel of the domestic appliance. The bearing component is designed as a single part and has at least two interconnected limbs, each limb having an axle mount for one end of the axle of the flow sensor, wherein the two axle mounts are mutually spaced apart in such a way that they correspond in a relaxed condition of the bearing component to an extension of the axle of the flow sensor. The two limbs are designed to be elastic such that the spacing between the axle mounts can be increased in order to insert the flow sensor between the axle mounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: STIEBEL ELTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael GROBE, Steffen KLIE