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Granted Patent B2
US 12,575,711 · App. 18/579,523 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Domestic dishwasher

Inventors: Aaron Friedke (Gundelfingen, DE); Daniel Miller (Dillingen, DE); Michael Rupp (Holzheim, DE); Manuel Jörg (Lauingen, DE)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
A47L15/507A47L15/4257A47L2501/22
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Patent No.
US 12,575,711
App. No.
18/579,523
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, a door designed to close off or open the dishwasher cavity, a receptacle for an item to be washed, and a drive designed to move the receptacle in a deployment direction to at least partially open the door and/or a retraction direction to at least partially close the door.

Claims (19)

1 . A household dishwasher, comprising:

a dishwasher cavity;

a door designed to close off or open the dishwasher cavity;

a receptacle for an item to be washed; and

a drive designed to move the receptacle in a deployment direction to at least partially open the door and/or a retraction direction to at least partially close the door, wherein the drive is designed to move the door in an opening movement to an open position with a predetermined opening angle at an end of the opening movement and/or at a start of a closing movement.

2 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit designed to activate the drive for moving the receptacle in the deployment direction until the door has the predetermined opening angle.

3 . The household dishwasher of claim 2 , further comprising an input facility designed to receive a user input, said control unit designed to set the predetermined opening angle via the drive as a function of the user input.

4 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined opening angle is adjustable between a first value and a second value.

5 . The household dishwasher of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first and second values is adjustable by a user mechanically, pneumatically, hydraulically and/or electronically.

6 . The household dishwasher of claim 4 , further comprising a data memory designed to store the predetermined opening angle or at least one of the first and second values.

7 . The household dishwasher of claim 4 , further comprising a calculation unit designed to calculate the predetermined opening angle or at least one of the first and second values.

8 . The household dishwasher of claim 7 , wherein the calculation unit comprises an artificial intelligence designed to compute the predetermined opening angle or at least one of the first and second values as a function of simulated data and/or real data.

9 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the receptacle comprises an upper receptacle and a lower receptacle, said drive er drives assigned to the upper and lower receptacles being designed to open the door initially via the upper receptacle up to a first opening angle, and then to open the door via the lower receptacle up to a second opening angle which is greater than the first opening angle.

10 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the drive is designed to enable a movement of the receptacle in the deployment direction from a fully retracted position only when a facility of the household dishwasher initially establishes a closed state and/or an unlocked state of the door.

11 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , further comprising a coupling facility which, for closing the door, is designed to couple the door releasably to the receptacle.

12 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the door or the receptacle comprises a damping element and/or a slider, with the damping element and/or the slider being arranged between the receptacle and the door in a closed position of the door and/or a partially open position thereof.

13 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit designed to activate the drive such that the drive drives the receptacle with variable acceleration.

14 . The household dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the receptacle is designed for movement in a linear manner exclusively in the deployment direction and/or the retraction direction and/or the drive comprises an electric motor, a mechanism, a pneumatic system and/or a hydraulic system and/or the drive is designed to move the receptacle via a gear mechanism.

15 . The household dishwasher of claim 14 , wherein the gear mechanism comprises a toothed rack and a gear wheel, which engages in the toothed rack.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: FRIEDKE, AARON; MILLER, DANIEL; RUPP, MICHAEL; JÖRG, MANUEL
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 066129/0890 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102021207587.8 · Jul 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240315527A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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