Patents Examined by Kimberley S Wright
  • Patent number: 11732956
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a wiring mechanism. The refrigerator comprises a cabinet and a drawer-type door body, wherein the cabinet forms a compartment provided with an opening facing forward, and the drawer-type door body is provided with an electrical component. The wiring mechanism comprises a cable for supplying power to the electrical component, and a drag chain for accommodating part of the cable, wherein one end of the drag chain is fixed inside the compartment, and the other end of the drag chain is connected to the drawer-type door body and moves forward and backward along with the drawer-type door body, thereby preventing the cable from being deformed and damaged, and ensuring a reliable electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Wei, Jian Zhang, Ning Wang, Guangrui Wu
  • Patent number: 11725873
    Abstract: A refrigerator with a drawer provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. A frame which is movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link. The side plate includes a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer. The vertical part may be connected with the drawer so as to enable the drawer to move integrally with the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Hongsik Kwon, Junyi Heo
  • Patent number: 11712794
    Abstract: A tool-hanging apparatus includes a hanger and a rotor. The hanger includes a ring, an inward flange formed on a rear internal section of the ring, and teeth formed on a front internal section of the ring. An internal diameter of the inward flange is smaller than a diameter of a circular defined by the teeth. The rotor includes elastic strips extending from a tube. Each of the elastic strips includes a groove between a ridge and a barb. One of the elastic strips includes a tooth extending from the ridge of the same. When the rotor is inserted in the ring, the grooves of the elastic strips receive the inward flange to keep the rotor in the ring and allow the rotor to rotate relative to the ring. The tooth is engageable with the teeth to keep the rotor at an angle relative to the ring elastically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Yi-Hsuan Lai
  • Patent number: 11709013
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet having an inner liner spaced apart from an outer wrapper and a trim breaker extending between the inner liner and the outer wrapper to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The trim breaker includes first and second opposing vertical portions, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a central portion. The top portion is integrally formed with each vertical portion at a respective upper corner, and the bottom portion is integrally formed with each vertical portion at a respective lower corner. A first plurality of ribs extends from an outer rim of the trim breaker and at least partially along the central portion, and a second plurality of ribs extends from the outer rim of at least one of the first and second vertical portions and across at least one of the upper and lower corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy, Sai B. Krishna, Abhay Naik, Sanket V. Phalak
  • Patent number: 11703273
    Abstract: A refrigerator drawer includes a front wall, a rear wall, first and second opposing sides walls, an adjustable partition wall, and first and second rollers. The front and rear walls define first and second slots, respectively. The first and second opposing sides walls each extend between the front and rear walls such that the front, rear wall, and side walls define an internal storage space. The partition wall is disposed within the storage space. The partition wall has first and second ends extending outward and through the first and second slots, respectively. The first and second rollers are attached to the first and second ends on opposing sides of the front and rear walls, respectively. The first and second rollers are configured to roll along exterior surfaces of the front wall and rear wall, respectively, to adjust distances between the partition wall and the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jackson Felipe Karl, Anup R. Khandekar, Kailash More, Nilesh Zanwar
  • Patent number: 11700939
    Abstract: A system and method for a cabinet. The cabinet has at least two mounts. The cabinet further has at least two covers. The covers are releasably couple to the mounts. When the covers are coupled there is an opening between adjacent covers which houses an item which can be retrieved through the opening. The covers can have tabs which couple with slots in the mounts. The result is an interchangeable cabinet which allows the user to change the contents being housed by moving the covers and adjusting the size of the opening to account for larger or smaller contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: John Taylor Bailey, Kersten John Braden Hill, Teddy Charles Stevens, Michael Shane Whitehurst
  • Patent number: 11703272
    Abstract: A drawer-shelf system for a refrigerator includes a drawer, a support rail, and a shelf plate. The drawer has a ridge protruding therefrom. The support rail defines a first channel along a side of the support rail. The first channel is configured to receive the ridge such that the drawer is slidable relative to and supported by the support rail. The support rail has a protrusion extending upward from a first end of the support rail. The protrusion defines a second channel. The shelf plate has an outer edge extending about an outer periphery of the shelf. A first portion of the outer edge is configured to be disposed within the second channel such that the shelf plate is supported by the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Garcia, Diego De Jesus Garza Valdes
  • Patent number: 11690446
    Abstract: A storage rack assembly includes a base steel structure which is interchangeably connected to the storage rack above. The base steel structure assembly is compromised of structural material with bolted connections which allow for the replacement or changing of damaged material due to accidental forklift contact all while the above storage system stays in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Ronald K. Harrison
  • Patent number: 11692761
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage space; a main door to open and close the cabinet and defining an opening; and a sub door defining a front surface of the refrigerator and to open and close the opening of the main door. The main door includes a door frame defining the opening and contacting the sub door; a door liner coupled to the door frame to form an insulating space and defining a rear surface of the main door; and an inner frame defined along the opening of the main door inside of the insulating space and to support between the door frame and the door liner, where the inner frame includes a curved portion defined at a rear side of the inner frame, which connects to the door liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11684158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shelf system for service vehicles having at least one container which has a front side, a rear side, a bottom, a top and two side walls, and at least one guide element along which the container can be moved in the pull-out direction from a rear, retracted position into a front, extended position, with at least one rear stop and at least one front stop being provided on the container and interacting with a dead stop provided on at least one guide element in such a way that the container remains in a defined rear position and, when moved in the pull-out direction, in a defined front position, and a recess being provided in at least one side wall of the container for engaging a guide strip provided on the guide element, wherein the at least one front stop and the at least one rear stop are arranged below the relevant recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TANOS GmbH Verpacken *Ordnen* Präsentieren
    Inventors: Lutz Wolle, Markus Barabeisch
  • Patent number: 11654947
    Abstract: A versatile transport rack uses a center frame and one or two outer frames that are pivotally attached to the center frame on opposing sides thereof. Hinge pin receiver pairs, having vertically aligned openings, are attached to each of one or two vertical rails extending upwardly from the center frame and receive door pin pairs of a vehicle door. Landing implements, such as castors or landing gear, are removably attached to the center frame, the outer frames or both. A deck plate can be attached to one or both of the outer frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Alan S Poudrier
  • Patent number: 11653761
    Abstract: A domestic appliance has a width in a horizontal direction and a height in a vertical direction. The appliance includes a main housing; and a first door attached to the main housing. The first door has a rear portion, the rear portion being positionally fixed in the horizontal direction relative to the housing, a door retainer attachable to the rear portion such that the door retainer is locatable at a plurality of different positions relative to the rear portion, and a door skin, the door skin being removably attached to the door retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Davison, Charles Hanna, Rose Marie Parker, James Russell, Tanner Justice
  • Patent number: 11659679
    Abstract: A telescoping rail is provided that may be fitted to a rack from the interior of the rack, and that may be adjusted from the interior to adapt to racks of different depths. The rail includes an outer rail with pins configured to engage a rear rack post. A track in the outer rail is provided with anti-rotational nuts. An inner rail is fastened to the outer rail with screws passing through the inner rail to the anti-rotational nuts. The combined length of the inner and outer rails may be adjusted for the particular cabinet depth by sliding the anti-rotational nuts along the track and the screws tightened. The inner rail may be fastened to a front rack post. A third, moving rail attaches to a device to be housed in the rack, with the moving rail sliding within groves in the inner rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ZI Group Int'l, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Marcade, Vladimir Lipnevici, Ellie Elsu
  • Patent number: 11653470
    Abstract: A tool-free support mounting structure is provided, including a base, a handle, and a support. The handle and the support are slidably connected along a first direction; the support and the base are clamped through a limiting slot and a limiting bulge; a slot width direction of the limiting slot is consistent with the first direction, and a slot depth direction is a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; when the limiting bulge is embedded in the limiting slot, the handle and the base are clamped through a fixing slot taking a slot depth direction as the first direction, and a fixing bulge; and an opening used for guiding the fixing bulge to enter, along the second direction, is formed in a notch of the fixing slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Zhanlin Niu
  • Patent number: 11635251
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a rack gear assembly provided on a lower surface of a drawer. The rack gear assembly may have a first rack member and a second rack member that are pushed out by being moved forward sequentially so that a pushing-out distance of the drawer is maximized and the drawer is fully closed even when opposite sides thereof are pushed in a storage chamber without being in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seonwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11629907
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having a supporting frame whose installation structure is enhanced. The refrigerator includes an inner case defining a storeroom and having a projection formed to protrude to the inside of the storeroom, a drawer arranged to be inserted or pulled out from the storeroom, and a supporting frame arranged in the storeroom to guide movements of the drawer, and installed at the projection, wherein the supporting frame includes a fixer arranged on a side of the supporting frame to prevent the supporting frame from deviating from the projection, the fixer being deformed when pressurized by the projection and restored to an original state when the pressure from the projection is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeongjun Lee, Kyoungsun Park, Hyunnam Park, Hosang Park, Jinhong Yu, Jisick Hwang
  • Patent number: 11624553
    Abstract: A storage plate arrangement for installation in a household refrigeration appliance has a first storage plate and a second storage plate, which is separate from the first storage plate, and a carrier frame. The first storage plate and the second storage plate are arranged on the carrier frame. The carrier frame has a guiding arrangement and a storage plate can be displaced by the guiding arrangement relative to the carrier frame and to the other storage plate. The carrier frame is embodied as open when viewed in the peripheral direction. The carrier frame has a first side limb and an opposite-lying second side limb that is separate from the first side limb and the side limbs are connected to a connecting limb that is in turn separate from the side limbs. The connecting limb is a profile rail that is embodied from metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bassler, Felix Haenssler, Thomas Wykydal
  • Patent number: 11617454
    Abstract: A fixture for storage and presentation of goods includes a support structure and a multitude of rod shelves disposed on the support structure. Each of the multitude of rod shelves includes support brackets and rods disposed between the support brackets. The fixture further includes a multitude of configurable trays disposed on the multitude of rod shelves and configured to hold the goods. Each of the multitude of configurable trays is removably clipped to the rods of one of the multitude of rod shelves to occupy substantially all available space between the support brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Shopco U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Stuart Aston, Tommy Joseph Morris, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11612997
    Abstract: A bicycle workstation that is removably suspended in a doorway when in use includes several elongate members that collectively provide at least three contact surfaces, and an additional elongate member that, in the illustrative embodiment, couples to a clamp suitable for clamping to a part of a bicycle. The contact surfaces are arranged such that the weight of the bicycle forces them against a wall, door frame, and moulding on both sides of the doorway, thereby securely suspending the bicycle workstation, and the bicycle clamped to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Bike Hangar LLC
    Inventor: John Squires Smith
  • Patent number: 11612300
    Abstract: A washware rack assembly including: a basket formed by a plurality of wire-shaped elements, the plurality of wire-shaped elements including a bottom portion and a side wall portion; and a plurality of removable, preformed rows of tines configured to mount to the basket. The plurality of removable, preformed rows of tines include tines having a first, fixed spacing and tines having a second, fixed spacing which is different than the first, fixed spacing. A pair of the removable, preformed rows of tines having the first, fixed spacing is disposed in parallel in one section of the basket, and a pair of the removable, preformed rows of tines having the second, fixed spacing is disposed in parallel in another section of the basket, such that the washware rack assembly is configured to accommodate washware of different sizes in different sections of the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Deborah Harr, Art Parrish, Matthew Richards, Napat Wanweerakul