Patents by Inventor Alessandro Boer

Alessandro Boer 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).

  • Method for Controlling a Refrigeration Appliance
    Publication number: 20070209376
    Abstract: A method for controlling the defrost of an evaporator in a refrigeration appliance provided with a compressor and in which a temperature sensor is used for detecting the temperature inside a cell of the appliance, comprises the steps of estimating the temperature of the evaporator on the basis of the cell temperature and of a mathematical model of the refrigeration appliance, and controlling the compressor on the basis of the estimated temperature of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alessandro Boer, Raffaele Paganini, Rocco Petrigliano
  • Method for controlling a multiple cooling compartment refrigerator, and refrigerator using such method
    Patent number: 7100387
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator having a variable speed compressor and at least two compartments (FR, FZ) cooled to respective temperatures and comprising sensor devices (TR, TZ) for generating control signal responsive to cooling demands of the respective compartments comprises the step of providing the control system with a signal indicative of the total cooling demand on the basis of the sum of each compartment cooling demand, such signal being used to drive the variable speed compressor according to said total cooling demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Boer, Raffaele Paganini, Rocco Petrigliano
  • Method for controlling a multiple cooling compartment refrigerator, and refrigerator using such method
    Publication number: 20040103674
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator having a variable speed compressor and at least two compartments (FR, FZ) cooled to respective temperatures and comprising sensor devices (TR, TZ) for generating control signal responsive to cooling demands of the respective compartments comprises the step of providing the control system with a signal indicative of the total cooling demand on the basis of the sum of each compartment cooling demand, such signal being used to drive the variable speed compressor according to said total cooling demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Alessandro Boer, Raffaele Paganini, Rocco Petrigliano