IP Library Granted Patent US 8,486,202
Granted Patent B2
US 8,486,202 · App. 12/381,884 · Granted Jul 16, 2013

Dishwasher

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Patent No.
US 8,486,202
App. No.
12/381,884
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dishwasher includes a washing compartment having a base wall with a retaining element, and a mains current connection element mounted on the retaining element with which a mains cable can be electrically contacted to the dishwasher.

Claims (26)

1. A dishwasher comprising:

a front door;

an access panel;

a washing compartment having a base wall with a retaining element, the retaining element configured to accept a mains cable for electrical connection of the dishwasher; and

a mains current connection element mounted directly on the retaining element for the electrical connection,

wherein the access panel is mounted to the dishwasher at a position adjacent to and below the front door of the dishwasher, and wherein the retaining element for the electrical connection is disposed at a position adjacent to and behind the access panel.

2. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element forms a unitary structural element with the base wall as a single injection molded unit.

3. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element extends from the base wall into an installation space between the washing compartment and a dishwasher base.

4. The dishwasher of claim 3 , wherein open space separates the retaining element from a floor surface that the dishwasher rests upon.

5. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element has a mounting wall on the front of the washing compartment base wall, upon which the mains current connection element is mounted.

6. The dishwasher as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the mounting wall delimits the installation space below the washing compartment by forming a tool access opening.

7. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element defines a mounting depression which is open on a device side, into which the mains current connection element can be inserted.

8. The dishwasher of claim 7 , further comprising at least one mounting depression side wall, wherein a base of the mounting depression extends beyond the at least one mounting depression sidewall in order to form a water drainage rib and/or a water drainage channel above the mains current connection element.

9. The dishwasher of claim 7 , wherein the retaining element defines a centering opening in a base of the mounting depression, into which a centering section of the mains current connection element protrudes.

10. The dishwasher as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the centering opening of the retaining element has a first opening section with a first opening cross section and a second opening section with a second opening cross section, in which the mains current connection element is centered, with the second opening cross-section being larger than the first opening cross-section.

11. The dishwasher of claim 9 , wherein the retaining element has a supporting flange adjusted to a contour of the centering section of the mains current connection element on which the centering section is supported.

12. The dishwasher of claim 11 , wherein the supporting flange is configured to accept a housing shell of the mains current connection.

13. The dishwasher of claim 11 , wherein the mains current connection element is connected to a front face of the supporting flange and/or an additional supporting rib.

14. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element has bolts for a screw connection with the mains current connection element.

15. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element defines a water drainage contour on a side facing a dishwasher installation space which guides draining drops of water away from the mains connection element.

16. The dishwasher of claim 15 , wherein the water drainage contour defines a water drainage channel which covers the mains current connection element in a vertical axis direction of the device.

17. The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the retaining element is outside a dishwasher interior.

18. A dishwasher with a unitarily structured washing compartment base wall, the dishwasher including a front door and an access panel, comprising:

at least one retaining element configured to accept an electrical main current connection for making an electrical connection to the dishwasher from an electrical supply external to the dishwasher; and at least one lateral support frame, including a guiding shaft and configured to support a total weight of the dishwasher; wherein

the at least one retaining element comprises a mounting wall molded on the guide shaft, the mounting wall being configured for direct mounting of a housing for the electrical main current connection; and wherein

the access panel is located below the front door of the dishwasher, and the retaining element for the electrical main current connection is located behind the access panel.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2009
From: HALTMAYER, WERNER; HERRMANN, MATHIAS; KASBAUER, STEFAN; KOTHER, CLAUS; WEISSENBURGER, MARTIN
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 022477/0959 →