Patents by Inventor Thomas Steck
Thomas Steck 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).
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Patent number: 12144482Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a holder for items to be washed for holding items to be washed, and a lifting device for raising the holder for items to be washed from a starting position to an end position and for lowering the holder for items to be washed from the end position to the starting position. The lifting device includes a spring element, which assists the raising and lowering of the holder for items to be washed with the aid of an assisting force, and a spring bias adjusting unit, which tailors the assisting force to a loading state of the holder for items to be washed by adjusting a spring bias.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Mario Maza
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Publication number: 20220338709Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a holder for items to be washed for holding items to be washed, and a lifting device for raising the holder for items to be washed from a starting position to an end position and for lowering the holder for items to be washed from the end position to the starting position. The lifting device includes a spring element, which assists the raising and lowering of the holder for items to be washed with the aid of an assisting force, and a spring bias adjusting unit, which tailors the assisting force to a loading state of the holder for items to be washed by adjusting a spring bias.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Mario Maza
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Patent number: 11432702Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a rinsing container, a washing item receptacle, a guide mechanism for moving the washing item receptacle from a starting state within the rinsing container to an end state outside the rinsing container and vice versa, and a lifting mechanism for raising the receptacle from a starting position to an end position and to lower it from the end position to the starting position. The lifting mechanism includes a lifting lever pivotably connected to the rinsing container and the guide mechanism and having a guide contour for arresting the receptacle in the end position when lifted from the starting position to the end position and in the end state when lowered from the end position to the starting position so that the receptacle is only movable from the starting state to the end state in the starting position and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Martin Heinle, Florian Racs, Martin Rittner, Thomas Steck, Norbert Gerstner
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Patent number: 11166620Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, and first and second rollers which are rotatably mounted in a roller holder that is fastened to the dishwasher cavity. A support element supporting a receptacle for items to be washed is movably mounted relative to the roller holder with the aid of the first roller and the second roller in such a way that the receptacle is movable between a position in which the receptacle is inserted into the dishwasher cavity and a position in which the receptacle is extracted from the dishwasher cavity. The support element has an upper running area and a lower running area, with the first roller being spaced apart downward from the upper running area and running along the lower running area, and with the second roller being spaced apart upward from the lower running area and running along the upper running area.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Florian Racs, Thomas Steck, Christoph Kapfer
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Publication number: 20210121042Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a rinsing container, a washing item receptacle, a guide mechanism for moving the washing item receptacle from a starting state within the rinsing container to an end state outside the rinsing container and vice versa, and a lifting mechanism for raising the washing item receptacle from a starting position to an end position and to lower it from the end position to the starting position. The lifting mechanism includes a lifting lever pivotably connected to the rinsing container and the guide mechanism and having a guide contour for arresting the washing item receptacle in the end position when lifted from the starting position to the end position and in the end state when lowered from the end position to the starting position so that the washing item receptacle is only movable from the starting state to the end state in the starting position and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Martin Heinle, Florian Racs, Martin Rittner, Thomas Steck, Norbert Gerstner
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Publication number: 20210038052Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, and first and second rollers which are rotatably mounted in a roller holder that is fastened to the dishwasher cavity. A support element supporting a receptacle for items to be washed is movably mounted relative to the roller holder with the aid of the first roller and the second roller in such a way that the receptacle is movable between a position in which the receptacle is inserted into the dishwasher cavity and a position in which the receptacle is extracted from the dishwasher cavity. The support element has an upper running area and a lower running area, with the first roller being spaced apart downward from the upper running area and running along the lower running area, and with the second roller being spaced apart upward from the lower running area and running along the upper running area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Florian Racs, Thomas Steck, Christoph Kapfer
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Patent number: 10842345Abstract: A lifting device for a dish receptacle of a dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a drive facility configured to assist a manual raising or lowering of the dish receptacle between a start position and an end position by applying a supporting force. A control facility activates the drive facility as a function of a manual actuation force when the dish receptacle is raised or lowered manually and a sensor facility is provided to detect the manual actuation force. A transmission facility transmits the manual actuation force from a handle of the dish receptacle to the sensor facility.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Martin Rittner, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Steck
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Patent number: 10716451Abstract: A lifting device for a dishwashing machine includes an electrical drive mechanism constructed to move a dishware receptacle of the dishwashing machine between a start position and an end position. A detection unit detects a current draw of the electrical drive mechanism over a travel distance of the dishware receptacle in the dishwashing machine, and an identification unit identifies a status of the lifting device on the basis of the current draw of the electrical drive mechanism detected over the travel distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Ersin Isbilen, Hans-Holger Pertermann, Martin Rittner, Thomas Steck, Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 10653292Abstract: A lifting device for a receptacle for items to be washed of a dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher is constructed to lift the receptacle from a starting position, optionally via at least one intermediate position, into an end position or to lower the washing item receptacle from the end position, optionally via at least one intermediate position, into the starting position. The lifting device includes a braking device having at least one damping element which is designed to brake a movement of the 32-receptacle in particular during the lowering process.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Thomas Steck, Norbert Gerstner, Ersin Isbilen, Martin Heinle
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Patent number: 10638913Abstract: A lower rack for a domestic dishwasher is constructed for being liftable and includes a fixed lower rack element, and a removable lower rack element connectable to the fixed lower rack element and constructed for removal from the fixed lower rack element to thereby unblock access to a bottom area of a washing container of the domestic dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Norbert Gerstner, Julia Hörsch, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Ott, Thomas Steck, Ralf Winkler
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Patent number: 10376131Abstract: A dishwasher includes a receptacle for items to be washed and a lifting device which is configured to lift the receptacle for items to be washed from a starting position into an end position or to lower it from the end position into the starting position. The lifting device has an electrical drive device which is arranged on a dishwasher cavity or on a base support of the dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Ersin Isbilen
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Publication number: 20180325353Abstract: A lifting device for a dishwashing machine includes an electrical drive mechanism constructed to move a dishware receptacle of the dishwashing machine between a start position and an end position. A detection unit detects a current draw of the electrical drive mechanism over a travel distance of the dishware receptacle in the dishwashing machine, and an identification unit identifies a status of the lifting device on the basis of the current draw of the electrical drive mechanism detected over the travel distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Ersin Isbilen, Hans-Holger Pertermann, Martin Rittner, Thomas Steck, Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 10045682Abstract: A lifting device for a holder for items to be washed in a dishwasher is configured to lift the holder for items to be washed from an initial position into an end position or lower it from the end position into the initial position. The lifting device includes a guide apparatus for guiding the holder in a horizontal direction. Arranged on the guide apparatus in a swivelable manner are a first swivel arm and a second swivel arm. A connecting element connects a first end section of the first swivel arm and a first end section of the second swivel arm, and is configured to couple a swivel movement of the first swivel arm and a swivel movement of the second swivel arm to one another in a positively driven manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Ralf Horsinka
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Publication number: 20180220869Abstract: A lifting device for a receptacle for items to be washed of a dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher is constructed to lift the receptacle from a starting position, optionally via at least one intermediate position, into an end position or to lower the washing item receptacle from the end position, optionally via at least one intermediate position, into the starting position. The lifting device includes a braking device having at least one damping element which is designed to brake a movement of the 32-receptacle in particular during the lowering process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Thomas Steck, Norbert Gerstner, Ersin Isbilen, Martin Heinle
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Patent number: 10016115Abstract: A lifting device for displacing a receiver for items to be washed in a dishwasher from an initial position into an end position, or vice versa, includes a blocking device configured to automatically block the receiver for items to be washed in at least one intermediate position between the initial position and the end position. The blocking device includes an actuating element which, when actuated, is configured to unlock the blocking device such that the receiver for items to be washed can be displaced from the initial position to the end position, or vice versa, only for so long as the actuating element remains actuated to unlock the blocking device.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Norbert Gerstner, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Steck
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Publication number: 20180168429Abstract: A lifting device for a dish receptacle of a dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a drive facility configured to assist a manual raising or lowering of the dish receptacle between a start position and an end position by applying a supporting force. A control facility activates the drive facility as a function of a manual actuation force when the dish receptacle is raised or lowered manually and a sensor facility is provided to detect the manual actuation force. A transmission facility transmits the manual actuation force from a handle of the dish receptacle to the sensor facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Martin Rittner, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Steck
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Publication number: 20170332879Abstract: A lower rack for a domestic dishwasher is constructed for being liftable and includes a fixed lower rack element, and a removable lower rack element connectable to the fixed lower rack element and constructed for removal from the fixed lower rack element to thereby unblock access to a bottom area of a washing container of the domestic dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Norbert GERSTNER, Julia HÖRSCH, Ersin ISBILEN, Thomas OTT, Thomas STECK, Ralf WINKLER
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Publication number: 20160331205Abstract: A dishwasher includes a receptacle for items to be washed and a lifting device which is configured to lift the receptacle for items to be washed from a starting position into an end position or to lower it from the end position into the starting position. The lifting device has an electrical drive device which is arranged on a dishwasher cavity or on a base support of the dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Ersin Isbilen
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Publication number: 20160331206Abstract: A lifting device for a holder for items to be washed in a dishwasher is configured to lift the holder for items to be washed from an initial position into an end position or lower it from the end position into the initial position. The lifting device includes a guide apparatus for guiding the holder in a horizontal direction. Arranged on the guide apparatus in a swivelable manner are a first swivel arm and a second swivel arm. A connecting element connects a first end section of the first swivel arm and a first end section of the second swivel arm, and is configured to couple a swivel movement of the first swivel arm and a swivel movement of the second swivel arm to one another in a positively driven manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Ralf Horsinka
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Publication number: 20160309982Abstract: A lifting device for displacing a receiver for items to be washed in a dishwasher from an initial position into an end position, or vice versa, includes a blocking device configured to automatically block the receiver for items to be washed in at least one intermediate position between the initial position and the end position. The blocking device includes an actuating element which, when actuated, is configured to unlock the blocking device such that the receiver for items to be washed can be displaced from the initial position to the end position, or vice versa, only for so long as the actuating element remains actuated to unlock the blocking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Steck