US Patent Issued to BSH Hausgerate on March 25 for "Hinge element for a large domestic appliance and large domestic appliance" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,803, issued on March 25, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Hinge element for a large domestic appliance and large domestic appliance" was invented by Florian Gerstmayr (Gundelfingen, Germany), Johannes Kopf (Amstetten, Germany), Christian Schmid (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and Helmut Steichele (Lauingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge element for a large domestic appliance contains a main body as well as a functional body which includes a plastic material. Accordingly, the main body and the functional body are connected to one another non-releasably. Ideally, a large domestic appliance, in particular a large dome...