Patents by Inventor Eric Scalf

Eric Scalf 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).

  • Patent number: 11493256
    Abstract: A refrigerator and method utilize a pair of tandem evaporators to provide cooling for both a compartment and an ice making system of a refrigerator. An upstream evaporator in the pair of tandem evaporators provides cooling for a compartment such as a freezer, fresh food, flexible cooling, or quick cooling compartment, while a downstream evaporator is in fluid communication with the upstream evaporator to receive a portion of the air cooled by the upstream evaporator and further cool the received portion for use in cooling one or more components of the ice making system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Mark W. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220307756
    Abstract: A dynamic multi-zone anti-sweat heating system may be used in a refrigerator to reduce moisture on various surfaces of the refrigerator. Moreover, in some instances, the determination of when moisture is present and/or absent from a surface may be made based at least in part on detection of the presence or absence of an elevated thermal load on the surface while a heater is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20220304119
    Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance having power management. The appliance may include at least one cord positionable between at least one stowed position to at least one deployed position. The appliance may include one or more strain relief members stopping the deployment of the cord. The microwave cooking appliance may include a cord housing. The microwave cooking appliance may include a pulley engaging the cord. The microwave cooking appliance may include a biasing member engaging the pulley and/or cord. The microwave cooking appliance may include a pin and slot engagement engaging the pulley and/or cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Eric Scalf
  • Patent number: 11448457
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more adjustable bins. The refrigerator door may include the one or more adjustable bins. The adjustable bin may move along one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more actuators engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more bushings slidably engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include a storage bin removable from a carriage. The adjustable bin may include a locking mechanism between the storage bin and the carriage. The carriage may include one or more actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Publication number: 20220257086
    Abstract: A single cavity dishwashing appliance with one or more drawers is disclosed. The drawer may be moveable between a closed position and an open position. A drip shield may be provided to prevent washing fluid from dripping onto the floor or onto the inner components of the dishwashing appliance when the drawer is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Robert M. Digman, Eric Scalf, Bassam Fawaz, Joel Boyer, Russell Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11365925
    Abstract: A refrigerator and method utilize a door-mounted icemaking system including an icemaking mold, an ice storage bin and a cold wall evaporator disposed proximate the ice storage bin along an interior wall of the door to provide cooling proximate the ice storage bin. In some instances, the cold wall evaporator may be in addition to an icemaking evaporator that provides direct cooling of the icemaking mold, and furthermore, in some instances, the cold wall and icemaking evaporators may be separately controllable to optimize cooling within the door-mounted icemaking system. In addition, in some instances, a hot wall condenser may be used in a door-mounted icemaking system to dissipate heat generated by a refrigeration circuit through an exterior wall of a door. Further, in some instances a reversible refrigeration circuit may be used in connection with an icemaking evaporator to assist in ejecting ice from an icemaking mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eric Scalf
  • Patent number: 11324380
    Abstract: A single cavity dishwashing appliance with one or more drawers is disclosed. The drawer may be moveable between a closed position and an open position. A drip shield may be provided to prevent washing fluid from dripping onto the floor or onto the inner components of the dishwashing appliance when the drawer is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert M. Digman, Eric Scalf, Bassam Fawaz, Joel Boyer, Russell Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11326833
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more sliding shelves. The sliding shelf may slide along one or more tracks. The sliding shelf may include one or more shelf plates. The one or more tracks may be adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Publication number: 20220141927
    Abstract: An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet. The cabinet bracket includes a first and second cooperating latch member, where the first cooperating latch member is mounted on the underside of the cabinet and the second cooperating latch member is mounted on the top-facing side of the enclosure. The cooperating latch members are respectively configured to latch to one another when the enclosure is supported on the wall bracket proximate the bottom of the rear-facing side thereof and tilted upwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
  • Patent number: 11317783
    Abstract: A retracting rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The rack may be positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A spring may drive the rack towards the stowed position. A locking mechanism may be used to secure the rack in one or more positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Robert Digman
  • Patent number: 11313614
    Abstract: An appliance having at least a freezer compartment. The appliance may include a pair of freezer doors accessing the freezer compartment. The freezer compartment may include one or more freezer shelves. A mullion may include a movable portion and a fixed portion for sealing the pair of freezer doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eric Scalf
  • Patent number: 11313616
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more adjustable bins. The refrigerator door may include the one or more adjustable bins. The adjustable bin may move along one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more actuators engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more bushings slidably engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include a storage bin removable from a carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Patent number: 11293680
    Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes an ice dispensing system incorporating first and second ice movers and a controller that operates the first ice mover to move ice toward the first end of a storage bin and out of a dispenser outlet during an ice dispensing operation, and operates the second ice mover concurrently with operating the first ice mover to circulate ice in the storage bin during an ice circulation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eric Scalf
  • Publication number: 20220099349
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet with one or more food compartments and one or more doors closing the food compartments and an ice maker located in the cabinet to produce ice. The ice maker includes a mold body for forming ice, the mold body having multiple cups, where each cup has an opening for receiving water to be frozen within the cup. The mold body is divided into at least a first zone and a second zone and the ice maker including at least a first heater and a second heater configured to provide heat to the first and second zones of the mold body, respectively, and a controller configured to harvest ice from the first zone independently of the second zone by actuating the first heater to provide heat to the first zone of the mold body to facilitate a release of ice from the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Vinayak Naik, Mark W. Wilson, Eric Scalf
  • Publication number: 20220095881
    Abstract: A single cavity dishwashing appliance with one or more drawers is disclosed. The drawer may be moveable between a closed position and an open position. A drip shield may be provided to prevent washing fluid from dripping onto the floor or onto the inner components of the dishwashing appliance when the drawer is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Robert M. Digman, Eric Scalf, Bassam Fawaz, Joel Boyer, Russell Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20220081949
    Abstract: A rotating support handle assembly for supporting a bottom-hinged door is disclosed. The rotating support handle assembly may comprise a handle member and a support member. The handle member may rotate from a first position to a second position, and the support member may be configured to contact a floor to provide support to the bottom-hinged door in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Patent number: 11255549
    Abstract: A venting appliance for use with a cooking appliance including a cooktop with at least one cooking element disposed thereon, where the venting appliance may include: a housing configured to be positioned above the cooktop; a repositionable vent arm coupled to and extending below the housing; and a controller coupled to the repositionable vent arm and configured to determine that a first cooking element among at least one cooking elements is active, and in response thereto, automatically reposition the vent arm to be closer to the first cooking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Robert M. Digman, Mark W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11229288
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more sliding shelves. The sliding shelf may slide along one or more tracks. The sliding shelf may include one or more shelf plates. The one or more tracks may be adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik, Kirk Lemmen
  • Publication number: 20220018593
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more adjustable bins. The refrigerator door may include the one or more adjustable bins. The adjustable bin may move along one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more actuators engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more bushings slidably engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include a storage bin removable from a carriage. The adjustable bin may include a locking mechanism between the storage bin and the carriage. The carriage may include one or more actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Publication number: 20210354510
    Abstract: A wheel support assembly for a bottom drawer is disclosed. When the bottom drawer is open, the wheel support assembly may provide support in a deployed position. When the bottom drawer is closed, the wheel support assembly may be retracted in a cavity to be invisible to consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik