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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2020
Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh, Munich, DE;
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
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.