Handle for a door of a domestic appliance with specific light guidance, and door and domestic appliance

US12117177B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Jell · Breitbrunn, DE
• Maximilian Huber · Wasserburg am Inn, DE
• Jakob Mayer · Kreßbronn, DE
• Alexander Kaltenhauser · Peterskirchen, DE
• Veronika Barth · Munich, DE
• Charlotte Bick · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2024
• Expiry date: May 22, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2327/001
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A handle for a door of a household appliance includes an elongated front strip configured as a plate having at least one region which is transparent. A handle bracket is connected to the front strip for positioning the handle on the door. Arranged in the handle is a light source which includes a light-guiding element with which light from the light source can radiate from the front strip. The front strip covers a front side of the light-guiding element, with light radiated from the light-guiding element radiating at least through a light-permeable material region of the front strip.