Charles F Weimer

US Patent:

20130134853, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Nov 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/307092

Inventors:

Suad Elkasevic - Winterville NC, US
Joseph Geiger - Trent Woods NC, US
Charles Weimer - New Bern NC, US
Philipp Wieser - Piding Bayern, DE

Assignee:

BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION - Huntington Beach CA

International Classification:

A47B 81/00
E05D 11/10

US Classification:

312326, 16319, 16348, 16349

Abstract:

A hinge system for mounting a door to an appliance has an upper hinge bracket having an upper hinge swing element configured to engage a door upper swing element fixed to the door, the engagement of the upper hinge swing element and the door upper swing element allowing the door to swing about a vertical axis between an open position and a closed position, and an upper hinge pivot limiting element configured to engage a frame pivot limiting element fixed to the appliance; a lower hinge bracket having a lower hinge swing element configured to engage a door lower swing element, and a system pivot element configured to engage a frame pivot element such that the upper hinge bracket, the lower hinge bracket, and the door are pivotable about a horizontal axis as a unit relative to the appliance while still being attached to the appliance.

US Patent:

20130276909, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Apr 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/449339

Inventors:

Gayle Collins - New Bern NC, US
James Gayle - New Bern NC, US
George Savitz - New Bern NC, US
Charles Weimer - New Bern NC, US

Assignee:

BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION - Irvine CA

International Classification:

G05D 11/00

US Classification:

13711513

Abstract:

A home appliance with maintop gas control includes a gas control apparatus including a pressure regulator for receiving gas from a gas facility and distributing gas within the home appliance, the pressure regulator defining a gas conduit having a gas inlet, at least one gas outlet, and a valve disposed intermediate the gas inlet and at least one gas outlet, the valve including a valve stem configured for movement along an axis to open and close the valve; and a valve actuator including a drive element disposed remotely from the valve, the drive element being a rotary drive element operatively engaged with the valve stem for moving the valve between an open position and a closed position; and a mechanical link assembly disposed intermediate the valve stem and the drive element for converting rotary movement of the drive element into linear movement of the valve stem.