Patents by Inventor Andrea Corda

Andrea Corda 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).

  • Publication number: 20230054982
    Abstract: A system for identifying likely defects with an asset within a fleet of assets comprises sensors to detect asset sensor data, user input devices/ user output terminals associated with the plurality of assets, and a server device. The server device collects historical data comprising historical asset sensor data generated by the sensors and historical inspection report data from the user input devices. The server device further uses an algorithm to identify correlations in the historical data, obtains current asset sensor data generated by sensors on a given asset and/or obtains current inspection report data from a user input device associated with the given asset, calculates one or more likely defects with the asset based on the identified correlations, and based on the current asset sensor data and/or the current inspection report data, and sends the calculated likely defects to user output terminal associated with the given asset for display thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea Corda, Gianfranco Santoro
  • Publication number: 20070278319
    Abstract: A gas oven, is provided with a proportionally adjustable gas to regulate the temperature of the oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony Jenkins, Andrea Corda, Daniele Franchi, John Lockwood
  • Patent number: 6700101
    Abstract: A power management system in electrical cooking appliances having at least two electrical heating elements wherein the power level of the elements can be set by a user but not exceed a predetermined power level. The power management system being able to compare the total level set by the user with the predetermined power level. The power management system also being able to downgrade the total level set by the user to a lower level which does not to exceed the predetermined level, independently of the set levels. The power management system being further able to selectively downgrade the heating element operating at the higher power level by a predefined step until the total power does not exceed the predetermined power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto Decesari, Andrea Corda, Franco Brindani
  • Publication number: 20020189466
    Abstract: A power management system in electrical cooking appliances comprising at least one electrical heating element the power level of which can be set by the user but must never exceed a predetermined power level, the system comprising means for comparing said set power level with the predetermined power level and for downgrading said level to a lower level such as not to exceed the predetermined level, independently of the set level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Roberto Decesari, Andrea Corda, Franco Brindani
  • Patent number: 6437294
    Abstract: A pyrolytic self-cleaning oven having a catalytic composition positioned in the oven cavity or exhaust gas passage in order to complete the combustion and/or the oxidation of gases produced by a process carried out inside the oven. The catalytic composition is supported by a ceramic coating on a metal wire. The metal wire is electrically connected to a control system of the oven for controlling the cooking and/or pyrolytic cleaning process. The catalytic composition carried on the metal wire may be part of a net-shaped catalytic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Maurizio Beghi, Adriano Scaburri, Andrea Corda
  • Patent number: 6392204
    Abstract: An oven capable of being operated in a self-cleaning cycle wherein the time period of the self clean cycle is responsive to the amount of soil accumulation in the oven. The oven includes a cooking chamber, a heating device for supplying heat into the cooking chamber and an exhaust flue extending from the cooking chamber leading to atmosphere. A heat control device is provided for controlling the operation of the heating device and an input device is used for signaling the heat control device to initiate the self-cleaning cycle. A gas sensor communicates with the exhaust flue for measuring a concentration of a gas component produced from combustion of food soils within the cooking chamber. The gas sensor has a signal output indicative of the measured concentration of the gas component during the self-cleaning cycle. The heat control device receives successive gas concentration signals from the gas sensor and calculates a gas concentration versus time curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Corda, Steven T. Baas, Anthony T. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20020014480
    Abstract: An oven capable of being operated in a self-cleaning cycle wherein the time period of the self clean cycle is responsive to the amount of soil accumulation in the oven. The oven includes a cooking chamber, a heating device for supplying heat into the cooking chamber and an exhaust flue extending from the cooking chamber leading to atmosphere. A heat control device is provided for controlling the operation of the heating device and an input device is used for signaling the heat control device to initiate the self-cleaning cycle. A gas sensor communicates with the exhaust flue for measuring a concentration of a gas component produced from combustion of food soils within the cooking chamber. The gas sensor has a signal output indicative of the measured concentration of the gas component during the self-cleaning cycle. The heat control device receives successive gas concentration signals from the gas sensor and calculates a gas concentration versus time curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Andrea Corda, Steven T. Baas, Anthony E. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20010052515
    Abstract: A pyrolytic self-cleaning oven having a catalytic composition positioned in the oven cavity or exhaust gas passage in order to complete the combustion and/or the oxidation of gases produced by a process carried out inside the oven. The catalytic composition is supported by a ceramic coating on a metal wire. The metal wire is electrically connected to a control system of the oven for controlling the cooking and/or pyrolytic cleaning process. The catalytic composition carried on the metal wire may be part of a net-shaped catalytic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Maurizio Beghi, Adriano Scaburri, Andrea Corda
  • Patent number: 6163017
    Abstract: A device for controlling a physical quantity set by a user, such as temperature or humidity, in a household electrical appliance such as an oven, a refrigerator or a washing-drying machine comprises, for measuring this physical quantity, at least one member operationally connected to control means for this quantity which operate on means for regulating this quantity, such as at least one electrical heating resistance element, a compressor of a refrigeration circuit or the like. The measuring member is connected to means for generating a square wave electrical signal the period of which is proportional to the value of the measured physical quantity, said electrical signal being evaluated by the control means which, on the basis of its frequency, determine a final value for said signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Corda, Adriano Scaburri, Luigi Saporiti