Patents by Inventor Douglas J. Shuntich

Douglas J. Shuntich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190264977
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment configured to preserve food, the compartment including a plurality of walls forming a cavity, a door coupled to the compartment configured to cover the refrigeration space when in a closed position, and a passageway positioned on at least one of the walls and the door such that air within the cavity is in fluid communication with air outside the cavity when the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas J. Shuntich
  • Patent number: 10302354
    Abstract: A refrigerator capable of supercooling a target liquid, housing a slush activation, and a control method thereof are provided. The refrigerator includes a temperature sensor which senses a temperature of the refrigerator's interior volume or of the target liquid therein and the temperature sensor is programmed to send warnings, alerts and messages to a user or as a default, activate a controller that cycles the compressor off and on to increase the temperature within the area where the ice nucleation and freezing is detected. In addition to a user-interactive warning system, a location system for a closed liquid container that is beginning to freeze is based on the detection of heat energy resulting from the exothermic crystallization reaction of a liquid that is beginning to freeze. A method, system and device is provided to prevent the unwanted occurrence of frozen, ruptured containers of supercooled liquid in closed containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Supercooler Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas J. Shuntich
  • Publication number: 20180180353
    Abstract: A refrigerator capable of supercooling a target liquid, housing a slush activation, and a control method thereof are provided. The refrigerator includes a temperature sensor which senses a temperature of the refrigerator's interior volume or of the target liquid therein and the temperature sensor is programmed to send warnings, alerts and messages to a user or as a default, activate a controller that cycles the compressor off and on to increase the temperature within the area where the ice nucleation and freezing is detected. In addition to a user-interactive warning system, a location system for a closed liquid container that is beginning to freeze is based on the detection of heat energy resulting from the exothermic crystalization reaction of a liquid that is beginning to freeze. A method, system and device is provided to prevent the unwanted occurrence of frozen, ruptured containers of supercooled liquid in closed containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Douglas J. Shuntich