Patents by Inventor FABIO E. ROSA

FABIO E. ROSA 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).

  • Clear ice making system and method
    Patent number: 8844314
    Abstract: A clear ice making system and method utilizes an ice tray including a plurality of ice forming cavities extending into a fluid supply cavity. Fluid supplied to the fluid supply cavity flows into each of the plurality of ice forming cavities and out through respective fluid outlets located in a bottom portion of the ice forming cavities to a fluid outlet chamber below. Cooled ice forming members extend into respective ice forming cavities. Fluid is continuously cycled through the ice forming cavities and around the ice forming members during an ice making event such that clear ice pieces gradually form on each of the ice forming members. During an ice harvest event, ice forming members are heated to release formed ice pieces, and the ice pieces are transferred from a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator to an ice storage bucket located in a freezer compartment of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Anderson Bortoletto, Rogerio Soares Brisola, Douglas D. Leclear, James Peterson, Fabio E. Rosa, Vanessa Christina Riberio, Simone M. Vidal, Ronald L. Voglewede
  • Apparatus and method of braking applied in a laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 8823298
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance to control a rotational speed of a drum to move the laundry within the drum according to a predetermined category of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Biao He, Qiang Mei, Fabio E. Rosa
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BRAKING APPLIED IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20130241449
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance to control a rotational speed of a drum to move the laundry within the drum according to a predetermined category of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: BIAO HE, QIANG MEI, FABIO E. ROSA
  • CLEAR ICE MAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120324916
    Abstract: A clear ice making system and method utilizes an ice tray including a plurality of ice forming cavities extending into a fluid supply cavity. Fluid supplied to the fluid supply cavity flows into each of the plurality of ice forming cavities and out through respective fluid outlets located in a bottom portion of the ice forming cavities to a fluid outlet chamber below. Cooled ice forming members extend into respective ice forming cavities. Fluid is continuously cycled through the ice forming cavities and around the ice forming members during an ice making event such that clear ice pieces gradually form on each of the ice forming members. During an ice harvest event, ice forming members are heated to release formed ice pieces, and the ice pieces are transferred from a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator to an ice storage bucket located in a freezer compartment of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANDERSON BORTOLETTO, ROGERIO SOARES BRISOLA, DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR, JAMES PETERSON, FABIO E. ROSA, VANESSA CHRISTINA RIBERIO, SIMONE M. VIDAL, RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE