Patents by Inventor ALISSON COSTA DASILVA

ALISSON COSTA DASILVA 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).

  • Enhanced heat transfer to water
    Patent number: 9987602
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Kuehl, Alexandre Azevedo, Nihat O. Cur, Alisson Costa DaSilva, Gustvo Lazzaris De Bona, Marcos Heinzle, Leandro Berno Lidio, Verne H. Myers
  • ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER TO WATER
    Publication number: 20160136593
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: STEVEN JOHN KUEHL, ALEXANDRE AZEVEDO, NIHAT O. CUR, ALISSON COSTA DASILVA, GUSTVO LAZZARIS DE BONA, MARCOS HEINZLE, LEANDRO BERNO LIDIO, VERNE H. MYERS
  • Enhanced heat transfer to water
    Patent number: 9272892
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Whirpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Kuehl, Alexandre Azevedo, Nihat O. Cur, Alisson Costa Dasilva, Gustvo Lazzaris Debona, Marcos Heinzle, Leandro Berno Lidio, Verne H. Myers
  • ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER TO WATER
    Publication number: 20150027159
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: STEVEN JOHN KUEHL, ALEXANDRE AZEVEDO, NIHAT O. CUR, ALISSON COSTA DASILVA, GUSTVO LAZZARIS DEBONA, MARCOS HEINZLE, LEANDRO BERNO LIDIO, VERNE H. MYERS