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US 11,369,248 B2Granted
Water-using household appliance and method
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsHans Gebauer, Werner Haltmayer, Sami Bisgin
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Abstract
A water-using household appliance, in particular a household dishwashing machine, includes a wall which is made from a metal material, and a device which is made from a plastic material and fixedly connected to the wall by a laser weld.
Claims13
A water-using household appliance, comprising:
- a wall made from a metal material, the wall having a surface structuring formed on at least a portion thereof;
- and
- a device made from a plastic material and fixedly connected to the portion of the wall having the surface structuring by a laser weld,
- wherein the surface structuring comprises a plurality of recesses arranged in a linear manner on the wall,
- wherein each of the plurality of recesses extends continuously over a substantial portion of the wall having the surface structuring, and
- wherein the plurality of recesses is characterized by a sawtooth appearance when viewed together in cross-section.
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A method of producing a water-using household appliance, said method comprising:
- producing a surface structuring on at least a portion of a wall made from a metal material of the water-using household appliance;
- arranging a device made from a plastic material on the wall, the device being disposed opposite to the portion of the wall having the surface structuring;
- and
- laser-welding the device to the wall,
- wherein the surface structuring comprises a plurality of recesses arranged in a linear manner on the wall,
- wherein each of the plurality of recesses extends continuously over a substantial portion of the wall having the surface structuring, and
- wherein the plurality of recesses is characterized by a sawtooth appearance when viewed together in cross-section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.