Patents by Inventor Rafael Bolzan

Rafael Bolzan 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).

  • Beverage refrigerator with system and methods for weight detection, inventory monitoring, and overload condition notification
    Patent number: 11965771
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining an exterior configured for resting on a surface and an interior and a plurality of feet coupled with the cabinet along a bottom surface thereof. The refrigerator also includes a plurality of load transducers disposed between and in opposing contact with the cabinet and respective ones of the feet. The refrigerator further includes electronic circuitry including a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to receive a signal corresponding with a gross weight of the cabinet from the plurality of load transducers and to determine the quantity of articles retained within the interior of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eduardo Maldaun Barreto, Vinicius Bianchezzi, Rafael Bolzan, Neomar Giacomini, Veronica Marin, Jucemar Medeiros, Wendel O. Rossi, Rafael Kiemo Pfau Santos, Marcos Aurelio de Souza, Gustavo Racy
  • BEVERAGE REFRIGERATOR WITH SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT DETECTION, INVENTORY MONITORING, AND OVERLOAD CONDITION NOTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20190301923
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining an exterior configured for resting on a surface and an interior and a plurality of feet coupled with the cabinet along a bottom surface thereof. The refrigerator also includes a plurality of load transducers disposed between and in opposing contact with the cabinet and respective ones of the feet. The refrigerator further includes electronic circuitry including a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to receive a signal corresponding with a gross weight of the cabinet from the plurality of load transducers and to determine the quantity of articles retained within the interior of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eduardo Maldaun Barreto, Vinicius Bianchezzi, Rafael Bolzan, Neomar Giacomini, Veronica Marin, Jucemar Medeiros, Wendel O. Rossi, Rafael Kiemo Pfau Santos, Marcos Aurelio de Souza, Gustavo Racy