Patents by Inventor Marcos Heinzle

Marcos Heinzle 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: 11333422
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment and a mullion adjacent the fresh food compartment. The refrigerator further includes an evaporator compartment defining an exterior and an interior and containing an evaporator. The refrigerator also includes a duct in fluid communication with the evaporator compartment at a first end thereof and in communication with a second end adjacent an opening of the fresh food compartment. The duct has a first portion thereof that extends downwardly from the first end and a second portion extending through the mullion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Murilo P. Almeida, Bruno Boehringer, Darci Cavali, Taylor Clark, Marcos Heinzle, Benjamin Jimenez, Dakota Kosek, Mahalingappa Mulimani, Omid Madani, Navya Mastanaiah
  • Publication number: 20190032988
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment and a mullion adjacent the fresh food compartment. The refrigerator further includes an evaporator compartment defining an exterior and an interior and containing an evaporator. The refrigerator also includes a duct in fluid communication with the evaporator compartment at a first end thereof and in communication with a second end adjacent an opening of the fresh food compartment. The duct has a first portion thereof that extends downwardly from the first end and a second portion extending through the mullion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Murilo P. Almeida, Bruno Boehringer, Darci Cavali, Taylor Clark, Marcos Heinzle, Benjamin Jimenez, Dakota Kosek, Mahalingappa Mulimani, Omid Madani, Navya Mastanaiah
  • Patent number: 9987602
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Kuehl, Alexandre Azevedo, Nihat O. Cur, Alisson Costa DaSilva, Gustvo Lazzaris De Bona, Marcos Heinzle, Leandro Berno Lidio, Verne H. Myers
  • Patent number: 9938127
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus including a storage tank. At least one ice body is formed proximate the top portion of the storage tank. The ice body is formed in an icemaker configured to produce an ice body through direct contact with an evaporator coil and does not use cold air, or formed directly on a portion of the top portion of the storage tank using evaporator coils extending around a perimeter of the storage tank. The water is then configured to be carbonated and then dispensed to a user upon a user command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Kuehl, Marcos Heinzle, Gustavo Lazzaris de Bona, Nihat Cur
  • Publication number: 20160136593
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: STEVEN JOHN KUEHL, ALEXANDRE AZEVEDO, NIHAT O. CUR, ALISSON COSTA DASILVA, GUSTVO LAZZARIS DE BONA, MARCOS HEINZLE, LEANDRO BERNO LIDIO, VERNE H. MYERS
  • Publication number: 20160091242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technological field of electrical household appliance, and refers to a system comprising basically an compartment cooperating with a refrigerator appliance, but having external access and in which is possible defrost, keep cooled or freeze food products, totally unpublished before and versatile when compared to similar known on the prior art. Said system comprises also means for providing information about the total estimate time of defrosting, remaining processing time for finishing the process or about the process end, said means comprising at least one user interface cooperating with at least one controller board and at least one electronic device cooperating with the at least one user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ederson Adriano dos SANTOS, Marcos HEINZLE, Marco Aurélio Dellabruna MACCARINI
  • Patent number: 9272892
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Whirpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Kuehl, Alexandre Azevedo, Nihat O. Cur, Alisson Costa Dasilva, Gustvo Lazzaris Debona, Marcos Heinzle, Leandro Berno Lidio, Verne H. Myers
  • Publication number: 20160023882
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus including a storage tank. At least one ice body is formed proximate the top portion of the storage tank. The ice body is formed in an icemaker configured to produce an ice body through direct contact with an evaporator coil and does not use cold air, or formed directly on a portion of the top portion of the storage tank using evaporator coils extending around a perimeter of the storage tank. The water is then configured to be carbonated and then dispensed to a user upon a user command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Kuehl, Marcos Heinzle, Gustavo Lazzaris de Bona, Nihat Cur
  • Publication number: 20150338155
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a refrigerator provided with air distribution system comprising at least one refrigerated chamber constituted by at least one structural wall and at least one air diffuser secured to said structural wall; at least one intermediate chamber defined between said structural wall and said air diffuser; said structural wall comprising a plurality of air deflectors and at least one hole for forced reception of refrigerated air; said air diffuser comprising a plurality of side openings aligned in at least two vertical sequences; part of the refrigerated air coming from said hole being firstly directed to said air deflectors of the structural wall so as to be spread in the interior of the intermediate chamber; and part of the refrigerated air spread in the interior of the intermediate chamber being sequentially directed to the interior of the refrigerated chamber through said side openings of said air diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Marcos HEINZLE, Cristiano FELIPE, Jacquelline Marques da SILVA
  • Patent number: 9150400
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus including a storage tank. At least one ice body is formed proximate the top portion of the storage tank. The ice body is formed in an icemaker configured to produce an ice body through direct contact with an evaporator coil and does not use cold air, or formed directly on a portion of the top portion of the storage tank using evaporator coils extending around a perimeter of the storage tank. The water is then configured to be carbonated and then dispensed to a user upon a user command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Kuehl, Marcos Heinzle, Gustavo Lazzaris de Bona, Nihat Cur
  • Publication number: 20150027159
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: STEVEN JOHN KUEHL, ALEXANDRE AZEVEDO, NIHAT O. CUR, ALISSON COSTA DASILVA, GUSTVO LAZZARIS DEBONA, MARCOS HEINZLE, LEANDRO BERNO LIDIO, VERNE H. MYERS
  • Patent number: 8940164
    Abstract: The assembly arrangement comprises a reservoir (10) on which a filling container (20) having a bottom wall (21) is mounted; and a filter(30) mounted to said bottom wall (21) which presents a seat portion (24) provided of one or more windows (25a) and bearing a stopper element (40) provided of at least one opening (41 a) and moveable between a closed position and an open position of the seat portion (24). The filter (30) is upwardly seated against the bottom wall (21) and coupled to the stopper element (40), allowing the filter (30) to be moved between a release and assembly position, with the stopper element in the closed position, and an assembled position, moving the stopper element (40) to its open position and to which remains axially hold against said bottom wall (21), communicating inlet orifices (31a) of the filter (30) to the interior of the filling container (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Jean M. Ferreira, Jean Carlos Dalchau, Atul Dhiman, Marcos Heinzle
  • Publication number: 20140263400
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus including a storage tank. At least one ice body is formed proximate the top portion of the storage tank. The ice body is formed in an icemaker configured to produce an ice body through direct contact with an evaporator coil and does not use cold air, or formed directly on a portion of the top portion of the storage tank using evaporator coils extending around a perimeter of the storage tank. The water is then configured to be carbonated and then dispensed to a user upon a user command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Kuehl, Marcos Heinzle, Gustavo Lazzaris de Bona, Nihat Cur
  • Patent number: 8496823
    Abstract: A water dispenser in a refrigerator door can include a filter casing in the door opening into the bottom of the dispenser housing. The filter casing can include a top wall positioned in the bottom of the dispenser housing, a head assembly at the bottom of the filter casing connected to the water supply and to a water outlet in the dispenser, and can include a filter casing drain. A filter cartridge in the filter casing can connect to the head assembly. The filter casing can include a filter retainer mounted adjacent the opening into the filter casing and can hold the filter cartridge connected to the head assembly in a first position and can release the filter cartridge in a second position. The filter casing can include a drain line leading from the filter casing drain to a pan outside the refrigerated space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Nihat O. Cur, Timothy T. Murphy, Michael A. Kahwaji, Paul B. Allard, Guolian Wu, Claiton E. Amaral, Marcos Heinzle
  • Publication number: 20120324936
    Abstract: A water dispenser in a refrigerator door can include a filter casing in the door opening into the bottom of the dispenser housing. The filter casing can include a top wall positioned in the bottom of the dispenser housing, a head assembly at the bottom of the filter casing connected to the water supply and to a water outlet in the dispenser, and can include a filter casing drain. A filter cartridge in the filter casing can connect to the head assembly. The filter casing can include a filter retainer mounted adjacent the opening into the filter casing and can hold the filter cartridge connected to the head assembly in a first position and can release the filter cartridge in a second position. The filter casing can include a drain line leading from the filter casing drain to a pan outside the refrigerated space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: NIHAT O. CUR, TIMOTHY T. MURPHY, MICHAEL A. KAHWAJI, PAUL B. ALLARD, GUOLIAN WU, CLAITON E. AMARAL, MARCOS HEINZLE
  • Patent number: 8282820
    Abstract: A water dispenser in a refrigerator door can include a filter casing in the door opening into the bottom of the dispenser housing. The filter casing can include a top wall positioned in the bottom of the dispenser housing, a head assembly at the bottom of the filter casing connected to the water supply and to a water outlet in the dispenser, and can include a filter casing drain. A filter cartridge in the filter casing can connect to the head assembly. The filter casing can include a filter retainer mounted adjacent the opening into the filter casing and can hold the filter cartridge connected to the head assembly in a first position and can release the filter cartridge in a second position. The filter casing can include a drain line leading from the filter casing drain to a pan outside the refrigerated space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Nihat O. Cur, Timothy T. Murphy, Michael A. Kahwaji, Paul B. Allard, Guolian Wu, Claiton E. Amaral, Marcos Heinzle
  • Publication number: 20120067803
    Abstract: The assembly arrangement comprises a reservoir (10) on which a filling container (20) having a bottom wall (21) is mounted; and a filter(30) mounted to said bottom wall (21) which presents a seat portion (24) provided of one or more windows (25a) and bearing a stopper element (40) provided of at least one opening (41 a) and moveable between a closed position and an open position of the seat portion (24). The filter (30) is upwardly seated against the bottom wall (21) and coupled to the stopper element (40), allowing the filter (30) to be moved between a release and assembly position, with the stopper element in the closed position, and an assembled position, moving the stopper element (40) to its open position and to which remains axially hold against said bottom wall (21), communicating inlet orifices (31a) of the filter (30) to the interior of the filling container (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jean M. Ferreira, Jean Carlos Dalchau, Atul Dhiman, Marcos Heinzle
  • Publication number: 20110012493
    Abstract: A mobile shelf is horizontal and displaceably mounted in rails fixed to the cabinet of refrigerator or freezer, inwardly to a refrigerator chamber. The shelf comprises an actuator device operatively associated to the shelf and cabinet. The actuator device is driven to an inoperative armed position, achieved when the shelf is displaced backwards, to a retracted position, and an operative distended position, in which the shelf is displaced forward, to a forward position. The actuator device is actuated, from the inoperative armed position to an operative distended position, when applying a manual instantaneous axial force backwards, against the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Luiz Afranio Alves Ferreira, Gean Ricardo Hay, Marcos Heinzle
  • Patent number: 7832227
    Abstract: A refrigerator having an insulated cabinet and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet having an exterior face including a dispenser cavity. An ice maker in the refrigerated storage space is arranged to make and harvest ice pieces. An ice delivery system on the inside of the door dispenses ice pieces into a dispenser cavity in the exterior face of the door. The ice delivery system can include an ice bin including a generally open top and having a bottom opening pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis below the ice maker. The ice can receive ice pieces harvested by the ice maker and discharge ice pieces through the bottom opening and the ice delivery system in a first position. The ice bin can tilt out to permit access to ice pieces, and can be removed from the ice delivery system, in a second position when the door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Guolian Wu, Claiton Emilio Do Amaral, Marcus R. Fischer, Marcos Heinzle, Jean Marcelo Ferreira, Luis Fernando Welin
  • Patent number: D767651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Marcos Heinzle, Cristiano Felipe, Jacquelline Marques da Silva