Patents Examined by James O. Hansen
  • Panel assembly and home appliance having the same
    Patent number: 11464336
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a frame panel including a front surface, an upper surface, a side surface, and a rear surface and is formed as a single sheet of a metal plate, and a corner member disposed in a gap formed between the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel, wherein the corner member includes: an insertion member inserted into the gap to fill the gap, and a fixing member integrally formed with the insertion member and coupled to the rear surface of the frame panel to fix the corner member to the frame panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heesoo Jeong, Hyeongjin Jang, Sihwan Kim, Hongman Chang, Cheoleun Choi
  • Door assembly for an enclosure of a refrigerator appliance
    Patent number: 11460237
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, an enclosure housing positioned within the chilled chamber, the enclosure housing defining an enclosure and a docking port configured for receiving a water filter, and a door assembly for providing selective access to the enclosure. The door assembly includes an access door pivotally mounted to the enclosure housing, a guide pin mounted to the enclosure housing, a guide bar having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being pivotally mounted to the access door and the second end defining a slot having the guide pin slidably received therein, a friction washer mounted on the guide pin adjacent the guide bar; and a spring member mounted on the guide pin and being configured for urging the friction washer against the guide bar to resist motion of the access door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati, Herbert Sabelhaus, Mark Allen Stout, Michael William Basley
  • Movement assembly
    Patent number: 11459811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a movement assemblage, in particular for a drawer, a sliding door, a hinged door, a hatch, or a similar movable furniture part, having a push-out assemblage; the push-out assemblage comprising a guide element (90) on which an energy reservoir (80) acts; the guide element (90) being displaceable from a parked position into an ejection position; and a switching piece (99), which is displaceable with respect to the guide element (90), being attached to the guide element (90). For improved movement guidance, provision is made according to the present invention that the switching piece (99) comprises a guide element (99.4) that is guided in a guide track (74) of the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Ulrich Bantle
  • Cooking appliance
    Patent number: 11460194
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cooking appliance capable of reducing noise generated when a door is closed using a buffer member that is easily fixed to a hinge unit. The cooking appliance includes a main body, a cooking chamber provided to have a front surface opened inside the main body, a door to open and close the cooking chamber, a hinge unit coupled to the main body to rotatably support the door, and a buffer member fixed to the door to buffer an impact generated when the door is closed by contacting the hinge unit when the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Yea Hong, Gong Soo Kim, Hee Jin Yoon
  • Drawer glide for oven bottom drawer
    Patent number: 11457737
    Abstract: A drawer glide includes a main body, the main body including a base which defines an X-axis and a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis, and a front face extending from the base along a Z-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis; and a slide extension extending from the base along the Z-axis, the slide extension located at a rear of the base distal the front face. The slide extension extends in an opposite direction along the Z-axis from the front face, and the slide extension defines a hook including a first tab extending along the X-axis and a second tab extending along the Z-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Haler US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Lydia Stempky, John Adam Yantis
  • Sliding element guide system
    Patent number: 11452374
    Abstract: A sliding element guide system for furniture is provided, including a cabinet unit rail, central rail, sliding element rail, and at least one carriage. The cabinet unit rail, central rail, and sliding element rail are mounted to be movable in relation to one another. The system also includes two identical synchronization wheels that synchronize movements of elements of the system. The two identical synchronization wheels are rotatably mounted on a vertically oriented central rail side wall and extend horizontally therefrom via a pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Filip Rihtarec, Franz Reischl
  • Slide rail assembly and slide rail kit thereof
    Patent number: 11445824
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly has a slide rail kit that includes a slide rail, a component, and an operation member. The slide rail includes a longitudinal wall. The component is movably disposed on the slide rail. The operation member can be used to operate the component and includes a driving portion with a first section and a second section connected to the first section. The first section and the second section have a first transverse height and a second transverse height with respect to the longitudinal wall of the slide rail respectively. The second transverse height is greater than the first transverse height. The first section and the longitudinal wall support each other to keep the second section at the second transverse height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Kai-Wen Yu, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Lazy susan fitting for a corner cabinet
    Patent number: 11445821
    Abstract: A lazy susan fitting for a cabinet having a top wall and a bottom wall has a supporting column of constant length, a top mount, a bottom mount, and a shelf supported at the supporting column. The top mount and a top end of the supporting column are configured to allow for mounting the supporting column to the top mount fixed to the top wall by moving the supporting column tilted out of the vertical in the top mount from below beyond a final installation position, and for aligning the supporting column in the top mount to the vertical. The bottom mount and the bottom end of the supporting column are configured for mounting the supporting column to the bottom mount fixed to the bottom wall by inserting the supporting column aligned to the vertical into the bottom mount from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: VAUTH-SAGEL HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Peter Sagel
  • Sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a household appliance, and piece of furniture or a household appliance
    Patent number: 11445823
    Abstract: A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a household appliance for extracting and raising the shelf out of a body of the piece of furniture or of the household appliance is provided. The mechanism includes at least two pivot arms of a pivoting mechanism, which are rotatably fixed by a first end to at least one of the side walls of the body, parallel to the plane of the side walls, and which are arranged parallel to and at a distance from each other. At respective second ends of the pivot arms, a guide rail of a sliding mechanism is pivotably fixed parallel to the plane of the side walls such that the guide rail is pivotable from a lower position within the body into a raised, upper position at least partially outside the body, at least one running rail that is linearly displaceable in the guide rail and to which the shelf is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Bextermöller, David Krüger, Arnold Gurr
  • Vacuum insulated door structure for an appliance incorporating a dispenser structure
    Patent number: 11435130
    Abstract: A door panel for a refrigerating appliance includes an inner liner. An outer wrapper is attached to the inner liner and defines an insulating structure with an insulating cavity disposed therein. An insulating material is defined within the insulating cavity. A dispenser structure is defined within a central portion of the inner liner and the outer wrapper. The dispenser structure defines an insulated dispenser portion therein. A dispenser conduit extends from an interior area disposed above the dispenser structure to an external dispensing cavity and passing through the insulated dispenser portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Sarah Galea, Dustin M. Miller, Vikas C. Mruthyunjaya, Abhay Naik, Sanjesh Kumar Pathak
  • Appliance mounting system
    Patent number: 11421933
    Abstract: An appliance mounting device is provided herein. The appliance includes a vacuum insulated structure having a liner positioned within a wrapper, wherein the liner and wrapper cooperate to define an interior cavity. The appliance further includes an insulating material positioned within the interior cavity and a hanger coupled to an adapter plate and a support member. The support member is configured to couple to an interior surface of the vacuum insulated structure while maintaining a vacuum in the interior cavity and a holding member is coupled to a first side of the adapter plate and configured to receive a positioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lynne F. Hunter, Raffaella Gropallo, Giulia Marinello
  • Traveling harness system
    Patent number: 11415362
    Abstract: A traveling harness system is provided for an appliance to maintain electrical connections between the appliance and a drawer, while allowing the drawer to move. Wiring harness guides formed in the drawer force the wiring harness to maintain a predictable and desirable loop radius to reduce stress on the wiring harness, which prevents the wiring harness from prematurely wearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Haltmeyer, Dean A. Martin, Guadalupe Antonio Sanchez, Jose Paulo Remor
  • Rebound device for slide rails
    Patent number: 11406186
    Abstract: A rebound device includes a motion guide mechanism, a force-creating mechanism and an accessing mechanism. The motion guide mechanism includes a latch groove unit, and a latch member removably engaging a positioning portion of the latch groove unit. The accessing mechanism includes an accessing member having an urging portion. When an external force is applied to disengage the latch pin portion from the positioning portion, the accessing member moves in response to the external force such that the urging portion pushes the latch member to move the latch pin portion away from a transition groove of the latch groove unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Slide Mei Yao International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Yao Chen
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 11402147
    Abstract: A refrigerator including: a main body forming a storage compartment and a door provided to open and close the storage compartment, wherein the door includes a door frame, a cover arranged in front of the door frame and including a cover fixer, and a door panel arranged in front of the cover, the door panel including a first fixer and a second fixer on a rear surface of the door panel. When the door panel is coupled to a front side of the cover, the first fixer is coupled to the door frame and the second fixer is coupled to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chomin Lee, Byoungmok Kim, Oungu Lee, Jeonghyun Lee, Dongyeong Kim, Minseok Choi, Yang-yeol Gu, Ae-ryun Kim, Yountae Shin, Donghyun Lee, Seonju Lee, Jaemin Lee
  • Rail for guiding a carriage of a furniture door
    Patent number: 11391076
    Abstract: A rail for guiding a carriage of a furniture door, in which the rail has at least one mounting part. The at least one mounting part can be fastened to a furniture part, which is formed by a side wall of a piece of furniture, and can be releasably connected to a guide part. The guide part has at least one guide for the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 11391508
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator laving a shelf that ay be moved along at least two paths to improve accessibility to the shelf. The refrigerator includes a main body; and a storage chamber provided inside the main body to accommodate a shelf unit, wherein the shelf unit includes a first shelf arranged in a front portion of the storage chamber and moveable along a first direction relative to the storage chamber; a second shelf arranged behind the first shelf and moveable along the first direction relative to the storage chamber; and a guide unit arranged to guide the first shelf to be moved along a second direction relative to the storage chamber different from the first direction while the first shelf and the second shelf have been moved along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-In Eom, Hyun Uk Park, Wan-Ku Kang, Chan Young Park, Young Kyun Jeong
  • Locker with reclining seat and roll-up door
    Patent number: 11382423
    Abstract: A locker has a reclining seat and a roll-up door. The reclining seat has a bench, a seatback, a footrest, and a headrest. The roll-up door retracts into the interior of the locker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AIM Design, LLC
    Inventor: Sam Allen
  • Household appliance
    Patent number: 11384978
    Abstract: A household appliance has a main body, a chamber with an opening, and a drawer door closing the chamber. A support mechanism is connected between the drawer door and the main body. A cable extends between the main body and the drawer door and a guidance mechanism guides the cable and moves with the drawer door. The guidance mechanism includes a bendable member that moves along a moving path including a bent portion. A limiting mechanism limits the bendable member to move within the moving path and a preset error range. A structure of a component surrounding the guidance mechanism in the household appliance is improved, so that a moving track of the guidance mechanism can be guided and limited when the guidance mechanism moves as the drawer door moves. This helps the guidance mechanism and the cable move through an expected track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jiafeng Bai, Liang Li, Junxin Liu, Tianming Yu
  • Air blower and dish washer having the same
    Patent number: 11375873
    Abstract: A dish washer capable of effectively decreasing a dry time is provided. The dish washer includes a body; a wash tank provided in the body in order to wash dishes therein; a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the wash tank; an air blower spraying out air jet from a front surface of the body to the front of the body so as to allow wet steam in the wash tank to forcedly flow to the front when the door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-chan Ryu, Jae-woo Lee
  • Household appliance comprising shelf arrangement
    Patent number: 11371771
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a household refrigeration appliance and, more specifically, to a household refrigeration appliance with a multifunctional shelf. A multifunctional shelf arrangement is provided, including: a shelf comprising a frame that is physically associated to the walls of an internal box by shelf rails; the frame comprising lateral, front and rear portions, as well as at least one accessory physically associated to the shelf by accessory rails defining at least one track for displacement of the accessory. Specifically, in accordance with this disclosure, the frame comprises a plurality of receiving structures and the accessory rails comprise fitting projections which engage directly with the receiving structures of the frame, so that the attachment rails are removably fitted with the receiving structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz Afranio Alves Ferreira, Edson Isaltino Bento, Guilherme Nehring, Ademar Testoni