US Patent Issued to BSH Hausgerate on June 2 for "Method for operating a mobile self-propelled appliance at a service station" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,401, issued on June 2, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate (Munich).

"Method for operating a mobile self-propelled appliance at a service station" was invented by Frank Schnitzer (Bad Neustadt, Germany), Dominik Schreiner (Kalbach, Germany), Julius Geis (Burkardroth, Germany) and Stefan Hassfurter (Maroldsweisach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a mobile self-propelled appliance at a servicing station which, in addition to charging a rechargeable battery of the appliance, offers at least one service function. The docking of the appliance at the servicing station is detected by flowing a charging current throug...