Patents by Inventor Ferdinando VIVACQUA

Ferdinando VIVACQUA 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: 20230087485
    Abstract: A gas cavity burner, wherein the present invention discloses a burner applied to ovens, more specifically, the present invention discloses a tubular burner composed by two half-shells disposed superposed conforming an inner mixture and diffusion chamber the receives a comburent and a combustible in order to generate a pilot and primary flames, said two half-shells comprising substantially symmetrical perimetral surfaces wherein one said shell comprises a corrugated perimeter surface while the other comprises a flat perimeter surface, the burner of the present invention also presenting a spacer between both half-shells, in that said spacer reduces deformation issues caused by the heating, while it also brings more control to the pilot flame and aggregates a reduction of material thickness in the manufacturing of the burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nicola Guardigli, Ferdinando Vivacqua, Areli Uribe Portugal, Pierpaolo Fabiani
  • Patent number: 11512854
    Abstract: A gas cooking assembly comprises: (a) a base part (10) comprising: (a1) a burner body (14) for installation in a cooktop surface (16); (a2) a gas outlet (20) in the burner body (14); and (a3) an ignition source (22) in the burner body (14); and (b) an upper part (12) comprising: (b1) at least one foot (36) for supporting the upper part (12) on the cooktop surface (16); (b2) a grate (26) for supporting a cooking vessel; (b3) an annular flame spreader (28); and (b4) a gas inlet (46) at the bottom side of the flame spreader (28); wherein the upper part (12) is an integral unit that is removable from the base part (10), wherein when the upper part (12) is connected to the base part (10), the gas inlet (46) of the upper part (12) connects to the gas outlet (20) of the base part (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Alex Bassetti, Areli Uribe Portugal, Riccardo Eusepi, Fabio Rasi, Ferdinando Vivacqua
  • Publication number: 20220065456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a burner body (10) for a domestic appliance, in particular for a gas cooking hob. The burner body (10) comprises two lateral wings arranged in a lower portion of said burner body (10). Said lateral wings are arranged at opposite sides of the lower portion of the burner body (10). The lateral wings are arranged parallel to each other. The burner body (10) is fixable on the domestic appliance by a horizontal movement, so that the lateral wings are engageable with complementary elements (16) of the domestic appliance. Further, the present invention relates to a metal sheet plate (12) of a domestic appliance, in particular a gas cooking hob. The metal sheet plate (12) comprises at least one punched hole. Two slide rails (16) are formed at opposite sides of the punched hole. The slide rails (16) are formed as L-shaped profile parts. The slide rails (16) are provided for receiving at least one complementary element of a burner body (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Riccardo EUSEPI, Ferdinando VIVACQUA
  • Publication number: 20210003287
    Abstract: A gas cooking assembly comprises: (a) a base part (10) comprising: (a1) a burner body (14) for installation in a cooktop surface (16); (a2) a gas outlet (20) in the burner body (14); and (a3) an ignition source (22) in the burner body (14); and (b) an upper part (12) comprising: (b1) at least one foot (36) for supporting the upper part (12) on the cooktop surface (16); (b2) a grate (26) for supporting a cooking vessel; (b3) an annular flame spreader (28); and (b4) a gas inlet (46) at the bottom side of the flame spreader (28); wherein the upper part (12) is an integral unit that is removable from the base part (10), wherein when the upper part (12) is connected to the base part (10), the gas inlet (46) of the upper part (12) connects to the gas outlet (20) of the base part (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Alex BASSETTI, Areli URIBE PORTUGAL, Riccardo EUSEPI, Fabio RASI, Ferdinando VIVACQUA