Patents Assigned to Electrolux Home Products
  • Refrigerator with dual sensor control with adaptive algorithm
    Patent number: 11092378
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet defining a refrigeration compartment with an opening and a door pivotally connected with the cabinet; a see-through door with an interior light for illuminating the refrigeration compartment and/or a dispenser mounted in the door or in the cabinet for dispensing water and/or ice; and a sensor unit operatively associated with the interior light and/or the dispenser, the sensor unit including at least two spaced apart sensors in operational communication with a controller, each sensor producing an output signal, the controller senses a timing difference between the output signals from the at least two sensors caused by the movement of the operator to control dispensing, and the controller establishes a calibration setting based on the output signals of the sensor where ambient changes to the output signals are differentiated from the timing difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William L. Small
  • Dishwasher spray fill
    Patent number: 11071436
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and apparatus for spraying water in a dishwasher. A dishwasher may include a wash chamber and at least one dish rack. The dishwasher may include a water inlet selectively connected to a dish spray device, which may connect a dish spray conduit with the wash chamber. The dish spray device may be oriented towards the at least one dish rack, such that the spray device may be configured to direct water onto the dishes for washing. The water inlet may be selectively connected to a fill device, which may connect the fill conduit with the wash chamber. The fill device may be configured to provide water to the circulation assembly without impinging the at least one dish rack. The one or more valves may selectively direct water from the water inlet to one or both of the dish spray device and the fill device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis A. Poyner, Mark D. Montgomery
  • Cantilever shelf and shelf support assembly
    Patent number: 11067331
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration appliance having a cabinet defining a storage compartment therein with one or more shelves supported in the compartment. A false wall is provided adjacent an internal wall of the compartment to conceal aspects of a support system that supports both the false wall and the one or more shelves within the compartment, via inter-engagement of the support system with the internal wall and with another internal wall disposed adjacent the internal wall. A wall of the support system including a plurality of mounting holes is retained outward of a major inward face of the false wall to provide a recessed and fluid appearance of the side of the interior of the compartment having the internal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Orin Miller
  • Corner wall mountable hanging structure
    Patent number: 11058245
    Abstract: A mountable hanging structure may be mounted between two intersecting walls forming a corner. The hanging structure may comprise a rod comprising a body with a curved section extending between first and second ends and a mounting assembly comprising two retainers. Each of the retainers may comprises (1) a base configured for mounting to one of the intersecting walls, (2) a flange extending from the base for receiving a respective end of the rod, wherein the flange comprises one or more holding elements configured to receive the ends of the rod and prevent the rod from rotating relative to the base, and (3) a shroud configured for connecting to the base and comprising a bore for receiving an end of the rod. The base and the shroud may comprise interlocking members for interlocking the shroud to the base to mount the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Erin Smith Wright, Brian Roderman, David Singer, Justin Pendleton, Sara Roueche Dulski, Kevin Shin
  • Fan mounting assembly, evaporator coil cover and air tower of refrigerator
    Patent number: 11035606
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance comprises a fan mounting assembly mountable to a liner of a cabinet. The fan mounting assembly comprises a bracket, a first member of a first snap coupling on the bracket for receiving a corresponding second member of the first snap coupling on an evaporator coil cover, and a mounting flange having a first member of a snap lock extending from the bracket for mounting the fan mounting assembly to the liner of the cabinet. An evaporator coil cover for mounting to the fan mounting assembly comprises a second member of the first snap coupling allowing the evaporator coil cover to be coupled to the fan mounting assembly, and a first slot. An air tower assembly mountable to the fan mounting assembly through the first slot comprises a second member of a second snap coupling and a second member of a third snap coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Dale Simpson, Benjamin Mobley
  • Electrical connector and wire harness assembly with compression contacts
    Patent number: 11031710
    Abstract: A wire harness assembly including a first connector, a second connector, and conductors extending between the first connector and the second connector. Contacts are provided on the second connector. The contacts have termination sections which are mounted on the second connector, compliant sections which extend from the termination sections, and substrate engagement sections which extend from the compliant sections. The substrate engagement sections have curved contact sections which are configured to be positioned in mechanical and electrical engagement with circuit pads of a mating printed circuit board. Embossments are provided on the curved contact sections to provide additional strength and stability to the curved contact sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Chong Hun Yi, Brian Keith Weaver, William James Moyer, II, Ronald Skovira, Gary Altemose, Richard Benjamin Emenheiser, William Thomas Anniss, III, Willard Grant, Raony Barrios, William L. Small, Marcello Correa Machado, Thomas W. McCollough, Christopher Stephan Rousey, Robert Astle, George Nicholas Lauri, III, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Method for controlling the intake of washing liquid in a laundry washing machine, and laundry washing machine actuating that method
    Patent number: 11028522
    Abstract: A method for managing the load of washing liquid in a laundry washing machine (100) is provided. The laundry washing machine has a washing tub (110), in which washing liquid may be loaded, and a rotatable drum (115), rotatably accommodated in the washing tub (110), for containing the laundry to be washed. The method includes performing a sequence of partial loads of washing liquid into the washing tub (110). Each partial load provides for loading a corresponding liquid amount in the washing tub (110). For at least one of the partial loads in the sequence, the method provides for loading into the washing tub (110) a predetermined amount of washing liquid which depends on at least one indicative parameter related to one or more of the previous partial loads in the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Mirko Gasparini, Marco Carboni, Andrea Buosi
  • Direct cooling ice maker
    Patent number: 11022358
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above 0° C., a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below 0° C., a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment, and an ice maker disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice maker includes an ice mold with an upper surface comprising a plurality of cavities formed therein for the ice pieces, a heater disposed on the ice mold and an ice maker refrigerant tube abutting at least one lateral side surface of the ice mold and cooling the ice mold to a temperature below 0° C. via thermal conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Thomas McCollough
  • Collapsible hanger
    Patent number: 11019951
    Abstract: A collapsible hanger may comprise: a suspendable support base further comprising: a neck having first and second ends; and a support extending from the second end, the support having first and second pegs positioned at first and second ends of the support, respectively; a frame positionable along a length of the neck; first and second extensions operatively coupled to the frame, the first and second extensions defining, respectively, a first channel positioned along at least a portion of a length of the first extension for receiving and guiding the first peg, and a second channel positioned along at least a portion of a length of the second extension for receiving and guiding the second peg, wherein sliding the frame along the length of the neck adjusts a separation distance between the first extension and the second extension and causes movement of each peg along an associated channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Erin Smith Wright, Brian Roderman, David Singer, Justin Pendleton, Sara Roueche Dulski
  • Handle
    Patent number: D924663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Paul Spurrier, Christopher Shaw Burch
  • Sprayer for dishwasher
    Patent number: D925144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Daniel Michal, Qian Jiang
  • Handle
    Patent number: D925329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Paul Spurrier, Christopher Shaw Burch
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D927673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Ramesh Subramanian, Eric Hitchcock, Brent Aaron Curtis, Belinda Zhang
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D927674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Ramesh Subramanian, Eric Hitchcock, Brent Aaron Curtis, Belinda Zhang
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D927675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Ramesh Subramanian, Eric Hitchcock, Brent Aaron Curtis, Belinda Zhang
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D927676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Brent Aaron Curtis, Eric Hitchcock, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D927677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Brent Aaron Curtis, Eric Hitchcock, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D928300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Ramesh Subramanian, Eric Hitchcock, Brent Aaron Curtis, Belinda Zhang
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D928301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Brent Aaron Curtis, Eric Hitchcock, Ramesh Subramanian
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D928303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Hanson, Brent Aaron Curtis, Eric Hitchcock, Ramesh Subramanian