Patent · US Expired

Method for driving appliances and household appliance with energy management

US6870141B2 · kind B2 · utility

28Cited by

7References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Damrath · Gaggenau, DE
Klaus Grunert · Berlin, DE
Christian Hafer · Erding, DE
Walter Sams · Lappersdorf, DE
Markus Spielmannleitner · Ellwangen, DE
Gerhard Wetzl · Sontheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 27, 2003
Grant date	Mar 22, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 27, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S20/242
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for driving appliances and a household appliance for operating two household appliances includes connecting a first household appliance to an electrical wall outlet and disposing an appliance plug receptacle inside the first household appliance, for example, an ironing dummy. The second household appliance, for example, a pressing iron is plugged into the plug receptacle. To prevent an overloading of the electrical mains, a regulating unit disposed inside the first household appliance regulates the current consumption of at least one of these household appliances.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.