Patents by Inventor Alexandre Fleig

Alexandre Fleig 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: 10400491
    Abstract: A hinge cover for a cabinet having a door stopper integrated therewith. The hinge cover includes a main body with a hook-shaped portion along a hinge axis, and a stopper portion that is offset from the hinge axis. When one or more doors are opened about the hinge axis, the stopper portion engages a surface of the door in a stop position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre Fleig, Prafull Gandhi, Niyaz Ul Haque, Manjur Tamboli
  • Publication number: 20180266155
    Abstract: A hinge cover for a cabinet having a door stopper integrated therewith. The hinge cover includes a main body with a hook-shaped portion along a hinge axis, and a stopper portion that is offset from the hinge axis. When one or more doors are opened about the hinge axis, the stopper portion engages a surface of the door in a stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexandre Fleig, Prafull Gandhi, Niyaz Ul Haque, Manjur Tamboli
  • Publication number: 20170191736
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door that is vertically adjustable via a height adjustable door hinge assembly. The door hinge assembly includes a bracket member having a mounting aperture with a hinge shaft extending upwardly from the bracket member as received in the mounting aperture. A hinge bushing is comprised of an inner portion that is received in an outer portion and fixedly coupled thereto to define a receiving channel disposed therebetween. The hinge shaft is received in the receiving channel of the hinge bushing in assembly. A set screw is threadingly coupled to a threaded aperture disposed in an inner cavity of the hinge shaft. In assembly, the set screw abuts a lower surface of the inner portion of the hinge bushing to vertically adjust a position of the hinge bushing as a vertical position of the set screw is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexandre Fleig, Rohan Gore, Robert J. Haeberle, Dakota E. Kosek, Tao Liu, Axel Julio Ramm, Joshua J. Wittes