Patents by Inventor Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV

Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV 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: 11137202
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, the compartment being illuminated by at least one modular LED illumination device. The portion of the illumination device disposed within the compartment is generally flush with a mounting section and includes an LED lighting module arranged in a housing. The module has a board member, two or more LED light sources electrically connected to one another and to the board member, and two or more electrical edge connections for allowing electrically parallel connection between two or more modules being interchangeable with one another. A concave reflecting surface is positioned adjacent the module with a majority of light emitted from the LED light sources being incident thereon for reflection into the compartment. A liner defining the compartment has the mounting section to which the housing is mounted, where the mounting section has an inward draft angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Matthew Ortner, Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV, James T. Mchan, Cleo Rudolph Fulgham, Jr., John Thomas Campbell, III, Raony Barrios, William Thomas Anniss, III, Matthew Bobinski, Cory Dale Simpson
  • Publication number: 20210088271
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, the compartment being illuminated by at least one modular LED illumination device. The portion of the illumination device disposed within the compartment is generally flush with a mounting section and includes an LED lighting module arranged in a housing. The module has a board member, two or more LED light sources electrically connected to one another and to the board member, and two or more electrical edge connections for allowing electrically parallel connection between two or more modules being interchangeable with one another. A concave reflecting surface is positioned adjacent the module with a majority of light emitted from the LED light sources being incident thereon for reflection into the compartment. A liner defining the compartment has the mounting section to which the housing is mounted, where the mounting section has an inward draft angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Matthew Ortner, Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV, James T. Mchan, Cleo Rudolph Fulgham, JR., John Thomas Campbell, III, Raony Barrios, William Thomas Anniss, III, Matthew Bobinski, Cory Dale Simpson
  • Publication number: 20160296870
    Abstract: A vent filter for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The vent filter is user-replaceable once it has been spent or its filtration capacity consumed. In disclosed embodiments, the filter is provided in or as part of a cartridge that can be reversibly installed and removed from the appliance without tools. Retention structure is disclosed for holding the filter media in place in a filter receptacle communicating with or formed as part of the exhaust duct of the appliance for air to be filtered. In embodiments, the filter is configured as a recirculating filter to remove odor-causing contaminants, among other contaminants, from cooking fumes before the air from those fumes is recirculated into the kitchen or other ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV, Christopher A. Smith, Manuel A. Chakarji, Gregory E. Gault