Patents Examined by Kimberley S Wright
  • Patent number: 11592233
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a cabinet, a drawer, a driving part, a cable tray, and a rack gear assembly. Connecting members of the cable tray may be maintained in an anti-sagging state by a tray guide part, so that friction noise generated during moving of the cable tray is prevented and interference with the cable tray during moving of the drawer is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seonwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11590644
    Abstract: A custom tool accessory to hold a tool, the custom tool accessory including a body, at least one tongue disposed at a first side of the body, at least one tongue receiving groove disposed at a second side of the body opposite from the first side of the body, and a tool holding portion disposed on the body to hold the tool. At least one magnet is attached to the underside of a metallic base plate that is in turn secured to the underside of the body. A retainer surrounds the at least one magnet and also underlies the area of the bottom of the base plate that is not covered by the at least one magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Jonathan Hurley
  • Patent number: 11589728
    Abstract: A dish rack for dishwashers, with side walls and a grid-shaped rack base together surrounding a rack interior space of the dish rack, and the rack base and/or the side walls having standing surfaces that end in a standing plane of the dish rack. In at least one of the side walls at least one washing liquid deflecting surface is formed for deflecting a washing liquid jet, which penetrates the standing plane, into the rack interior space. The washing liquid deflecting surface extends between inner and outer wall portions of the side wall. The washing liquid deflecting surface has at least one deflecting surface region which, as seen in a sectional plane parallel to the standing plane, is arranged at an obtuse angle relative to an inner surface of the inner wall portion, this inner surface facing the rack interior space, and the deflecting surface region has a height extent of at least 5 mm in a vertical direction normal to the standing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FRIES Planungs—und Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Tobias Watzenegger, Markus Grabher
  • Patent number: 11583073
    Abstract: A shelf support beam (80, 130, 200) for use in a shelving unit (10) to support a shelf (22). A structural member (82, 132, 202) has a C-shaped cross-section. A web (94, 144, 216) separates a top flange (96, 146, 220) from a bottom flange (112, 162, 234). The top flange (96, 146, 220) is configured to support the shelf (22). The web (94, 144, 216), the top flange (96, 146, 220), and the bottom flange (112, 162, 234) define a channel (92, 142, 214) of the member (82, 132, 202). The channel (92, 142, 214) defines a cavity height (C1, D1, E1). The top flange (96, 146, 220) and the bottom flange (112, 162, 234) define a top flange width (C2, D2, E2) and a bottom flange width (C3, D3, E3), respectively. A ratio of the cavity height (C1, D1, E1) to a sum of the top flange width (C2, D2, E2) and the bottom flange width (C3, D3, E3) is greater than 1, is at least 1.20, or is about 1.40. The C-shaped cross-section has a moment of inertia (98, 148, 238) of greater than 0.40, greater than 0.45, or at least 0.46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohan Parab, Jeff Lamber, Anthony J. Troyner, Mitchell Liss, Mitchell E. Bianchin
  • Patent number: 11583072
    Abstract: A storage device is provided including a support frame having a plurality of elongated support members and a stiffening bracket carried by the support members. An enclosure may be carried by the support frame. The enclosure may be foldable and have a fabric construction and may be detachably attached to the support frame. A plurality of closeable storage compartments may be provided in the enclosure. The storage compartments may contain items such as towels, clothes, shoes, lotion and other items used by a beachgoer or other user, at the beach or other location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Brincat, Patricia Demartini
  • Patent number: 11585594
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a door including a door unit to open or close the storage space and a drawer unit to provide a receiving space; a driving device disposed at the door unit and configured to provide power; and an elevation device disposed at the drawer unit, connected with the driving device, and configured to move up or down, in which the driving device includes: a motor assembly including a driving motor, a screw rotated by power from the driving motor and extending in an up-down direction, and a movable unit to move up and down along the screw; and a pair of lever units connected to the movable unit at both sides of the motor assembly, and each of the pair of lever units includes: a first lever connected to the movable unit; and a second lever connected with the first lever and connected with the elevation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghun Lee, Jinho Chang, Seungyoon Cho
  • Patent number: 11578909
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for an appliance includes a shelf support operably coupled with a cabinet liner. First and second supports are positioned below the shelf support. The first and second supports are positioned on opposing sidewalls of the cabinet liner. A rear shelf portion is slidably supported on the shelf support between rearward and forward positions. A front shelf portion is positioned adjacent to the rear shelf portion and is movable between a raised position and a lowered position. A plurality of rotatable arms are configured to support the front shelf portion. Each rotatable arm of the plurality of rotatable arms is operably coupled with one of the first and second supports at a first end and is further operably coupled with the front shelf portion at a second end. A connecting arm interconnects the rear shelf portion and the front shelf portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Prasanth A. Lam, Vijaya Hanamant Bichakar, Ratul Maity, Mukesh Muthamilan, Hrushikesh C. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 11576489
    Abstract: A shelf structure has a frame member, a layer member and at least one reinforcement board. An outer surface of the frame member has a plurality of parallel ribs and an inner surface of frame member has a contacting face between each two ribs. An upper end and a lower end of the frame member respectively has an upper portion and a lower portion parallel with each other. A lower surface of the upper portion has at least one protruding rib. The lower portion is smaller than the upper portion. The layer member is assembled in the frame member and overlaps the upper portion of the frame member. The reinforcement board has a length equal and parallel to two opposite sides of the frame member and secured to the other two opposite side of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventor: Chia-Nan Ke
  • Patent number: 11571066
    Abstract: An embedded plate frame structure, having a polygonal or arc-shaped frame body; the polygonal frame body includes at least a first frame, a second frame and a third frame; a panel is installed on the frame body; the first frame, the second frame and the third frame are formed by metal profiles; the metal profiles are provided with accommodating grooves; peripheral sides of the panel are respectively inserted into the corresponding accommodating grooves of the first frame, the second frame and the third frame and extruded, such that the panel is connected with the first frame, the second frame and the third frame into a whole; the metal profile is provided with a reinforcing portion, and the reinforcing portion is integrally formed with an outer side of the metal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Guohua Cao
  • Patent number: 11555648
    Abstract: A cover is provided for a storage bin of a refrigerator. The cover includes a panel and a communication portion. The panel has an upper surface for storing food items thereon that is substantially planar and substantially horizontal. Moreover, the panel separates an upper space located above the panel from a lower space located below the panel. The communication portion is configured to provide fluid communication between the upper and lower spaces. In particular, the communication portion includes an upward-facing recessed surface, one or more side wall portions that extend above and at least partially bound the recessed surface, and a plurality of apertures that extend through the recessed surface and provide fluid communication between the upper space and lower space. The recessed surface and the one or more side wall portions collectively define a recess. Optionally, a wine rack is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux do Brasil S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Voltarelli, Israel Mercer, Rafael Leidens, Alcione Colecha, Guilherme Picanço
  • Patent number: 11548138
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tool storage device for a machine tool having a tool storage unit which can be mounted and displaced on a guide rail of the machine tool and is further designed to receive non-mounted tools for the machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Bystronic Laser AG
    Inventor: Lars Woidasky
  • Patent number: 11543174
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a rack gear assembly provided on a lower surface of a drawer, wherein the rack gear assembly has a first rack member and a second rack member sequentially moved forward such that an opening distance of the drawer is maximized, and a wing end of the second rack member and a blocking part of a bottom of a storage chamber are provided such that exact engagement of a rack gear with a pinion is maintained during opening of the drawer. In addition, while the drawer is opened, an unwanted movement of the drawer in a closing direction thereof is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seonwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11547013
    Abstract: A server chassis includes a housing and two support portions. A bottom plate of the housing includes a loading surface and a three-dimensional reinforcing pattern integrally formed on the loading surface for reinforcing the structural strength of the bottom plate. The support portions are respectively located on an outer surface of the sidewall of the housing. A coverage area of the three-dimensional reinforcing pattern is greater than 10% of the total area of the loading surface. The three-dimensional reinforcing pattern includes a plurality of texture patterns regularly reproduced on the loading surface toward a linear axial direction. The three-dimensional reinforcing pattern also includes a plurality of first arc portions and a plurality of second arc portions arranged in a staggered alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CHENBRO MICOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuang-Yun Shen, Cheng-Feng Yang, Chih-Wei Hou
  • Patent number: 11530871
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes first storage for defining a first storage space therein, second storage disposed below the first storage and defining a second storage space therein, a drawer disposed in the second storage space in an extendable and retractable manner and defining a loading portion therein, and an actuator for extending or retracting the drawer from or into the second storage space, and ascending or descending the loading portion, simultaneously. The actuator includes an ascending and descending actuator disposed in the drawer to ascend and descend the loading space, an extension and retraction actuator for guiding extension and retraction directions of the drawer, wherein the extension and retraction actuator is connected to the ascending and descending actuator to link the ascending and descending actuator with extension and retraction of the drawer, and a driver connected to the drawer to extend and retract the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Daesung Lee
  • Patent number: 11523686
    Abstract: An foldable shelf includes: a foldable support body, where the support body can be switched between a folded state and an unfolded state; several layer plates, where the several layer plates fit with the support body to form a storage space in the unfolded state and reduce a volume of the foldable shelf in the folded state; and a fixing mechanism for securing the layer plates to the support body, where the fixing mechanism includes: a first fastener, where an outer surface of the first fastener is provided with at least one protrusion; and a second fastener, where the second fastener is provided with a groove for accommodating the first fastener; where a side wall of the groove is provided with a through hole matching the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG WIREKING HOUSEWARES & HARDWARE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nengwen Liu, Feifei Li, Yongkang Huo
  • Patent number: 11519665
    Abstract: A refrigerator drawer assembly, comprising: a drawer body, the drawer body comprising a front wall and a rear wall arranged opposite to each other along the pulling direction thereof, and defining an accommodating cavity used for placing articles, wherein the front wall is provided with two first sliding grooves extending along the horizontal direction and running along the thickness direction thereof, and the rear wall is provided with two second sliding grooves aligned with the two first sliding grooves; and two sliding partition assemblies, wherein two ends of each sliding partition assembly are inserted into a set of a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove that are aligned, and the two sliding partition assemblies are configured to be able to slide along the first sliding grooves and the second sliding grooves and are capable of sliding to a fitted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Wei, Jian Zhang, Jun Nie, Ning Wang, Xiao Ding
  • Patent number: 11519664
    Abstract: Retractable soft-close shelf system and assemblies for use with appliance are provided. Shelf assembly includes a fixed shelf with a guide defining a support surface and a movable shelf slidably mounted to the fixed shelf. Movable shelf can be moved between an extended and a retracted position Support surface can include a front portion and a rear portion. Front portion is positioned at a first guide angle and rear portion is positioned at a second guide angle. Movable shelf includes a front boss and a rear boss on opposite sides of the movable shelf. Front and rear bosses are received within the guide and are slidably supported by the support surface. Shelf assembly includes a striker extending from the bottom of the movable shelf and a soft close mechanism. Soft close mechanism is configured to engage the striker when rear boss contacts the rear portion of the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Haler US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis A. Wantland, Alisa Marie Stoops
  • Patent number: 11510335
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a blanking panel. One embodiment includes a blanking panel for an information technology (IT) rack. The IT rack may have a width for receiving hardware into a rack space unit. The IT rack may have a plurality of vertical mounting beams that define the width. The blanking panel may include a cover that is sized and shaped to cover a front portion of the rack space unit on the IT rack and a plurality of rack connectors that connect the blanking panel to the plurality of vertical mounting beams. In some embodiments, the blanking panel includes a rotating pin, where at least one of the plurality of rack connectors is rotatably connected to permit rotation of the rotating pin around a second axis and where the rotating pin includes a pivot joint, to permit the rotating pin to rotate around a first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Abdullah Saleh Alharbi
  • Patent number: 11499772
    Abstract: A drawer assembly contains a drawer, a cap, and a sealing member. The drawer has an upward opening. The cap being capable of sliding forward and backward relative to the drawer to open or close the opening. The sealing member is disposed between the cap and the drawer and has a sealing surface between the sealing member and the drawer or the cap, and the sealing surface has a rough feature. More specifically, the sealing surface has the rough feature. Therefore, when the cap closes the opening, a contact area between the sealing member and the drawer or the cap is relatively reduced, binding is relatively weakened, and suction is relatively reduced. The cap can be easily pushed away by merely applying relatively little thrust to open the opening when the opening of the drawer needs to be opened, greatly facilitating use by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Chunli Liu, Liang Wang, Tao Zhu
  • Patent number: 11493266
    Abstract: A pull down refrigerator shelf for a storage compartment of a refrigerator, the pull down refrigerator shelf may include a rear shelf plate; a front shelf plate disposed in front of the rear shelf plate and configured to be selectively positioned on a same plane as the rear shelf plate or below the rear shelf plate; and a shelf sliding and lowering mechanism disposed under the rear shelf plate and the front shelf plate and configured to allow the rear shelf plate and the front shelf plate to slide integrally, the shelf sliding and lowering mechanism configured to allow the front shelf plate to lower relative to the rear shelf plate while maintaining a horizontal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungsun Park, Joongkyung Park, Myoungjin Jang, Seongwoo Kim