Patents by Inventor Thorsten Rausch

Thorsten Rausch 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: 20220307699
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking chamber, a door, and a guide apparatus with a locking apparatus, which can lock the coupled state between the door and the guide apparatus. The locking apparatus has a bearing support with a holder, in which in the coupled state a bearing element engages. The locking apparatus has a tubular sleeve with a carrier, which is supported rotatably on the bearing support, so that in the coupled state when the sleeve is in a first rotational position, an unlocking position can be established between the sleeve and the bearing element and in the coupled state when the sleeve is in a second rotational position, a locking position can be established between the sleeve and the bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Rausch, Kerstin Sickert, Martin Brunner, Michael Essert
  • Patent number: 11371715
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking chamber and a storage space, which is separate from the cooking chamber. A door is movably arranged on the housing for closing the cooking chamber and for lowering into the storage space in an opened state of the door. A handle is arranged in a fixed location on the door. Movably supported on the door is a guide element which is connected directly to a first end of a retaining spring on the door so as to maintain a coupling position of the guide element on the door. A guide track is mounted in the storage space for guiding the guide element on the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Dankwardt, Kerstin Sickert, Martin Brunner, Thorsten Rausch
  • Publication number: 20200378613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking appliance (1) having a housing (2) in which a cooking chamber (3) is formed, and having a door (4) for closing the cooking chamber (3), which is movably arranged on the housing (2), wherein a handle (6) is arranged in a fixed location on the door (4), and having a storage space (7) which is separate from the cooking chamber (3) and is formed in the housing (3) and into which the door (4) can be lowered when opened, wherein the storage space (7) has at least one guide track (10, 11), in which a guide element (18, 19) of the door (4) is guided, wherein the guide element (18, 19) is movably mounted on the door (4) and is connected directly to the first end (29a) of a retaining spring (29) of the door (4), by means of which spring at least one coupling position of the guide element (18, 19) is held on the door (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Dankwardt, Kerstin Sickert, Martin Brunner, Thorsten Rausch
  • Patent number: 10168055
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing having a receiving space for food and a storage space disposed below the receiving space. A door for closing an opening of the receiving space of the housing is insertable into the storage place when the door is opened and includes at least one electrical consumer, a first electrical contact coupled to the electrical consumer, and a housing-side second electrical contact electrically coupled to the first electrical contact for supply of electrical energy to the consumer as a function of an operating position of the door. The door is guided into the storage space by a guide apparatus which has a housing-side horizontal guide slot arranged laterally in relation to the door in a side wall of the storage space. The second electrical contact is arranged adjacent to the guide slot in the side wall of the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brunner, Thomas Dankwardt, Manfred Hintermayer, Nils Platt, Thorsten Rausch, Marco Weinkötz, Reinhard Wiedenmann
  • Publication number: 20170241647
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing having a receiving space for food and a storage space disposed below the receiving space. A door for closing an opening of the receiving space of the housing is insertable into the storage place when the door is opened and includes at least one electrical consumer, a first electrical contact coupled to the electrical consumer, and a housing-side second electrical contact electrically coupled to the first electrical contact for supply of electrical energy to the consumer as a function of an operating position of the door. The door is guided into the storage space by a guide apparatus which has a housing-side horizontal guide slot arranged laterally in relation to the door in a side wall of the storage space. The second electrical contact is arranged adjacent to the guide slot in the side wall of the storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Brunner, Thomas Dankwardt, Manfred Hintermayer, Nils Platt, Thorsten Rausch, Marco Weinkötz, Reinhard Wiedenmann