Patents by Inventor Volkart Kuerner

Volkart Kuerner 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).

  • Household appliance control method for converting program-specific commands selected at input-output control into functional commands for machine unit via interface between input output control and machine unit
    Patent number: 6973515
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a household appliance, particularly a washer or dishwasher, having an I/O control for programs and a machine unit comprising a central control that controls assigned functional units according to the selected program. The I/O control and the machine control achieve independence from one another in reference to their design and control, and an interface for the transmission of program-specific commands is provided between the I/O control and the machine unit, wherein the program selection criteria entered by the operator into the I/O control or the information received by the remote transmission is converted into assigned program-specific commands, and the incoming program commands are received by the machine unit and converted into functional commands for the functional units of the machine unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Volkart Kuerner, Manfred Mayr-Willius
  • Method for controlling a household appliance, particularly a washer or dishwasher
    Publication number: 20020147878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a household appliance, particularly a washer or dishwasher, having an I/O control for programs and a machine unit comprising a central control that controls assigned functional units according to the selected program. The I/O control and the machine control achieve independence from one another in reference to their design and control, and an interface for the transmission of program-specific commands is provided between the I/O control and the machine unit, wherein the program selection criteria entered by the operator into the I/O control or the information received by the remote transmission is converted into assigned program-specific commands, and the incoming program commands are received by the machine unit and converted into functional commands for the functional units of the machine unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Volkart Kuerner, Manfred Mayr-Willius