Patents by Inventor Trevor Specht

Trevor Specht 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: 11773619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door lock system (10) for an appliance, in particular for a domestic appliance, preferably for a cooking oven. The door lock system (10) comprises a hook element (14) pivotable around a pivot axis between an unlocked released state and a locked released state and movable along a main axis perpendicular to said pivot axis between the locked released state and locked pulled state. The door lock system (10) comprises a first sliding member (18) movable along the main axis and provided for pivoting the hook element (14) to the locked released state. The door lock system (10) comprises at least one further sliding member (20, 22) movable along the main axis and provided for pulling the hook element (14) to the locked pulled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Mario Weber, Diego Cremon, Trevor Specht
  • Publication number: 20210348768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing system for an oven cavity (10) of an oven, in particular of a cooking oven. The sealing system includes an outer steam-tight gasket (20) attachable or attached at a front frame (26), which encloses a cavity frame (12) of the oven cavity, which in turn encloses a front opening of said oven cavity (10). The sealing system includes an inner heat resistant gasket (18) attachable or attached at the cavity frame (12) and/or at the front frame (26), so that the inner heat resistant gasket (18) is aligned at least partially at the cavity frame (12) and at an inner panel (16) of an oven door (14) for closing the oven cavity (10) in a closed state of said oven door (14). The sealing system includes a gap sealing (19) arrangeable or arranged within a gap between the cavity frame (12) and the front frame (26), so that the gap sealing (19) encloses completely or partially the cavity frame (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mario WEBER, Klaus WÄLZLEIN, Aynur GEREDE, Trevor SPECHT, Branko IVANOVIC
  • Publication number: 20210315070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling system for a cooking oven (10). The cooling system is arranged or arrangeable at an outer side of an oven cavity (12) of the cooking oven (10). The cooling system comprises a cooling fan (24), a blowing air channel (18) and a suction air channel (19). An outlet of the cooling fan (24) is connected to the blowing air channel (18). An inlet (26) of the cooling fan (24) is subdivided into a first inlet portion (32) and a second inlet portion (34). The first inlet portion (32) is either open or connected to an outlet (30) of a magnetron duct (20), while the second inlet portion (34) is permanently open. A further inlet (38) of the cooling fan (24) is connected to the suction air channel (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Dmytro SOKOVETS, Cedric CATALOGNE, Trevor SPECHT
  • Publication number: 20210301554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door lock system (10) for an appliance, in particular for a domestic appliance, preferably for a cooking oven. The door lock system (10) comprises a hook element (14) pivotable around a pivot axis between an unlocked released state and a locked released state and movable along a main axis perpendicular to said pivot axis between the locked released state and locked pulled state. The door lock system (10) comprises a first sliding member (18) movable along the main axis and provided for pivoting the hook element (14) to the locked released state. The door lock system (10) comprises at least one further sliding member (20, 22) movable along the main axis and provided for pulling the hook element (14) to the locked pulled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Mario WEBER, Diego CREMON, Trevor SPECHT
  • Patent number: 10816218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust closure system (10) for a cooking oven. Said exhaust closure system (10) is inter-connectable or interconnected between a top wall (30) of an oven cavity (40) and an exhaust channel. The exhaust closure system (10) comprises a lower casing (12) attachable or attached on the top wall (30) of the oven cavity (40) and including at least one inlet opening (22) in its bottom side. The exhaust closure system (10) comprises an upper casing (14) connectable or connected to the exhaust channel and including at least one outlet opening (24) in its top side. The lower casing (12) and the upper casing (14) are permanently or detachably jointed and form a housing of the exhaust closure system (10). A stationary plate (16) and a sliding plate (18) are arranged inside the housing and between the inlet opening (22) and the outlet opening (24). The stationary plate (16) and the sliding plate (18) lie against each other and include at least one opening (26, 28) in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Klaus Langhammer, Trevor Specht, Reiner Brenz
  • Publication number: 20200069102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for preparing food by microwaves, comprising a microwave generator, in particular a magnetron, at least one food container formed of a microwave-tight material, at least one lid adapted for closing an open top side (40) of said at least one food container and for sealing it in a microwave-tight way, a stirrer rotatably arranged inside said food container and adapted to be driven by a motor, preferably by a motor arranged outside of the food container, a docking station adapted to removably receive said at least one food container in a configuration in which the food container is sealed by said at least one lid and to feed microwaves generated by said microwave generator into the food container for heating any food comprised therein, preferably wherein the docking station includes a motor for driving said stirrer inside the food container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: David Joao MACHADO MARTINS, Trevor SPECHT, Ricardo MORGADO
  • Patent number: 10582576
    Abstract: A gasket (20) adapted for a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating function, that includes at least one elastic material and includes a front portion (30) and a rear portion (32), wherein the front portion (30) of the gasket (20) is an electrically non-conductive material, whereas the rear portion (32) of the gasket (20) is an electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Trevor Specht, Tobias Schutz, Klaus Walzlein, Michael Wittmann, Benjamin Himmelein
  • Patent number: 10448464
    Abstract: A microwave oven or multifunctional oven with microwave heating function. The oven includes a cavity with an open front side and a front frame enclosing at least partially a front portion of the cavity. The cavity and the front frame include metal sheet. The front frame is connected to the cavity by fixing elements. A gap is formed between the cavity and the front frame. The gap encloses at least partially the front portion of the cavity and the front frame encloses the gap. The oven includes a door covering the open front side and the gap in a closed state of the door. The gap is at least partially filled by a gasket at least part of which includes one or more materials having low heat conductivity, so that the front frame is thermally decoupled from the cavity by the part of the gasket or the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Wittmann, Trevor Specht, Tobias Schutz, Benjamin Himmelein
  • Publication number: 20190301746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling system for an oven door (14) of a cooking oven (10). The cooling system includes at least one cooling fan (20). The cooling system includes at least one suction channel (16), wherein an outlet of said suction channel (16) is connected to an inlet of the cooling fan (20). An inlet of the suction channel (16) is aligned with a suction hole (30) of the oven door (14) in a closed state of said oven door (14). The cooling system includes at least one exhaust channel (18), wherein an inlet of said exhaust channel (18) is connected to an outlet of the cooling fan (20). An outlet of the exhaust channel (18) is aligned with a Venturi opening (32) of the oven door (14) in the closed state of said oven door (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Cedric CATALOGNE, Trevor SPECHT, Dmytro SOKOVETS
  • Patent number: 10009964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven door for a microwave oven or for an oven with microwave heating function. The oven door includes a wave choke system formed as a door frame or within a door frame of the oven door. The wave choke system (20) encloses a see-through area of the oven door. The wave choke system includes a frame part and several wave choke elements. The frame part includes a base plate. The wave choke elements are fastened on the base plate (24). The base plate is arranged parallel to a main plane of the oven door. The wave choke elements are serially arranged along the frame part and at least partially enclose the see-through area of the oven door. The wave choke element is formed as a U-shaped metal stripe. The series of wave choke elements on the base plate form a wavelike ribbon. A notch is formed in the central portion of the wave choke element, so that the central portion of the wave choke element is smaller than the open end portion of the wave choke element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Klaus Schlötterer-Fratoianni, Arnd Hofmann, Trevor Specht, Mario Weber
  • Publication number: 20180163974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust closure system (10) for a cooking oven. Said exhaust closure system (10) is inter-connectable or interconnected between a top wall (30) of an oven cavity (40) and an exhaust channel. The exhaust closure system (10) comprises a lower casing (12) attachable or attached on the top wall (30) of the oven cavity (40) and including at least one inlet opening (22) in its bottom side. The exhaust closure system (10) comprises an upper casing (14) connectable or connected to the exhaust channel and including at least one outlet opening (24) in its top side. The lower casing (12) and the upper casing (14) are permanently or detachably jointed and form a housing of the exhaust closure system (10). A stationary plate (16) and a sliding plate (18) are arranged inside the housing and between the inlet opening (22) and the outlet opening (24). The stationary plate (16) and the sliding plate (18) lie against each other and include at least one opening (26, 28) in each case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus LANGHAMMER, Trevor SPECHT, Reiner BRENZ
  • Patent number: 9907122
    Abstract: An oven door for a microwave oven or a multifunctional oven with microwave heating function is provided. The oven door includes an outer glass panel and at least two door columns directly attached or attachable at an inner side of the outer glass panel. The oven door further includes a door cover arranged or arrangeable at an inner side of the outer glass panel and attached or attachable at the door columns. The oven door also includes a door choke system arranged or arrangeable between the door cover and the outer glass panel. The oven door further includes an inner glass panel arranged or arrangeable between the door cover and the door choke system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Himmelein, Marian Militzer-Keil, Trevor Specht
  • Publication number: 20180020511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven door (12) for a microwave oven (10) or for an oven with microwave heating function. The oven door (12) comprises a wave choke system (20) formed as or within a door frame of said oven door (12). The wave choke system (20) encloses a see-through area of the oven door (12). The wave choke system (20) includes a frame part (22) and a plurality of wave choke elements (26). The frame part (22) includes a base plate (24), on which the wave choke elements (26) are fastened. The base plate (24) is arranged parallel to a main plane of the oven door (12). The wave choke elements (26) are serially arranged along the frame part (22) and enclose at least partially the see-through area of the oven door (12). The wave choke element (26) is formed as a U-shaped metal stripe. The series of wave choke elements (26) on the base plate (24) form a wavelike ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus SCHLÖTTERER-FRATOIANNI, Arnd HOFMANN, Trevor SPECHT, Mario WEBER
  • Publication number: 20150359048
    Abstract: A gasket (20) adapted for a microwave oven or a cooking oven with microwave heating function, that includes at least one elastic material and includes a front portion (30) and a rear portion (32), wherein the front portion (30) of the gasket (20) is an electrically non-conductive material, whereas the rear portion (32) of the gasket (20) is an electrically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Trevor SPECHT, Tobias SCHUTZ, Klaus WALZLEIN, Michael WITTMANN, Benjamin Himmelein
  • Publication number: 20150327336
    Abstract: A microwave oven or multifunctional oven with microwave heating function. The oven includes a cavity with an open front side and a front frame enclosing at least partially a front portion of the cavity. The cavity and the front frame include metal sheet. The front frame is connected to the cavity by fixing elements. A gap is formed between the cavity and the front frame. The gap encloses at least partially the front portion of the cavity and the front frame encloses the gap. The oven includes a door covering the open front side and the gap in a closed state of the door. The gap is at least partially filled by a gasket at least part of which includes one or more materials having low heat conductivity, so that the front frame is thermally decoupled from the cavity by the part of the gasket or the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Michael WITTMANN, Trevor SPECHT, Tobias SCHUTZ, Benjamin HIMMELEIN
  • Publication number: 20150245422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven door (10) for a microwave oven or a multifunctional oven with microwave heating function. The oven door (10) comprises an outer glass panel (12). The oven door (10) comprises at least two door columns (26) directly attached or attachable at an inner side of the outer glass panel (12). The oven door (10) comprises a door cover (16) arranged or arrangeable at an inner side of the outer glass panel (12) and attached or attachable at the door columns (26). The oven door (10) comprises a door choke system (20) arranged or arrangeable between the door cover (16) and the outer glass panel (12). The oven door (10) comprises an inner glass panel (18) arranged or arrangeable between the door cover (16) and the door choke system (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin Himmelein, Marian Militzer-Keil, Trevor Specht
  • Patent number: 9048043
    Abstract: Push button switch assembly for insertion in a control panel of a domestic appliance, the push button switch assembly comprising at least one push button having a push button cap and a separately formed actuating element, in particular an actuating pin, which extends between the push button cap and an electric switching element of the domestic appliance and upon actuating of the push button cap cooperates therewith and acts on the electric switching element to effect a switching operation, and a frame receiving and guiding the at least one push button cap, wherein at least one spring leg is arranged at the actuating element, which counteracts the actuating of the push button cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Trevor Specht, Heiko Meissner
  • Patent number: 8822860
    Abstract: Push button switch assembly, in particular for insertion in a control panel of a domestic appliance, the push button switch assembly comprising at least one push button and a frame for receiving the at least one push button, wherein the push button has a push button cap, whose top wall or rather upper side is to be manipulated by a user, and an actuating element, in particular an actuating pin, for actuating a switch, especially a micro switch, of a circuit board arranged underneath the push button switch assembly upon actuation of the push button cap, wherein the push button cap is provided with spring legs resting on a frame bottom and counteracting the actuation of the push button cap, characterized in that at least two spring legs are provided, which are formed in a rotationally symmetric or in an axially symmetric arrangement at the push button cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Trevor Specht, Heiko Meissner
  • Patent number: 8695584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic oven (1), having a cavity (2) and a carrier structure (3, 4) connected with the cavity (2), wherein the carrier structure (3, 4) comprises at least two side panels (3) arranged in the side regions (5) of the oven (1) and a component plate (4), wherein the component plate (4) is connected with the side panels (3), wherein the side panels (3) extend in vertical direction (V) and in a first horizontal direction (H) and wherein the component plate (4) extends in a horizontal transverse direction (T) perpendicular to the first horizontal direction (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Marco Boeckler, Tobias Weber, Willi Kranz, Trevor Specht, Bernd Heisswolf
  • Publication number: 20130125345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door handle for a domestic appliance. The door handle includes a handle bar (10) and a fastening part (12). The fastening part (12) is a single-piece part and comprises at least two contact elements (14) and a bracket portion (16). The bracket portion (16) connects the contact elements (14). The contact elements (14) comprise one free side opposite to the bracket portion (16) in each case. The free sides of the contact elements (14) are attached or attachable at a door of the domestic appliance. The bracket portion (16) comprises at least one outer side opposite to the contact elements (14). The handle bar (10) is formed as a profile part with one open longitudinal side. At least one inner side of the profile part of the handle bar (10) is at least partially complementary to the at least one outer side of the bracket portion (16). Further, present invention relates to a domestic appliance with such a door handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Trevor Specht, Branko Ivanovic, Dietmar Hilder, Bernd Heisswolf