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- Patent Title: Optoelectronic module for a light barrier for use in a household ice maker, household ice maker and method of operating a household ice maker
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Application No.: US17009986Application Date: 2020-09-02
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Publication No.: US11415452B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Johannes Baumer , Johann Schenkl , Georg Wilhelm
- Applicant: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
- Current Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agent Laurence A. Greenberg; Werner H. Stemer; Ralph E. Locher
- Priority: DE102019213227 20190902
- Main IPC: G01F23/292
- IPC: G01F23/292 ; F25C5/187

Abstract:
An optoelectronic module for a light barrier for fill height monitoring of an ice collection container in a household ice maker includes a module housing, which bears a light passage surface located at the boundary between the optoelectronic module and the space outside the module for the passage of a beam of light of the light barrier. The module further has a printed circuit board accommodated in the module housing, an optoelectronic component mounted on the printed circuit board, serving as a light transmitter or receiver, with a main lobe axis, and a cylindrical light-guiding element for guidance of the light beam located in the beam path between the light passage surface and the optoelectronic component, and at a distance from the component.
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