ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,524, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Domestic appliance having a door monitoring device" was invented by Uwe Has (Unterneukirchen, Germany), Barbara Heikel (Traunstein, Germany), Arnulf Himmel (Traunreut, Germany), Bernhard Koch (Inzell, Germany), Manfred Steinbacher (Inzell, Germany) and Edith Wrehde (NuBdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household appliance includes a compartment, a door for closing the compartment, a non-movable part, and a door monitoring apparatus including a contact pair which has two contact parts. One of the two contact parts is arranged on the door and the other ...