Patents by Inventor David Leistner

David Leistner 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: 20080060366
    Abstract: The present teachings provide control systems and methods for monitoring the performance of an absorption refrigerator. The system includes a temperature sensor that senses the temperature of a generator of a cooling arrangement. The circuit may communicate with the sensor and turn off a heat source of the cooling unit if a sensed temperature condition of the generator exceeds a predetermined temperature condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: David Leistner, Wayne A. Schneider, Carl Onken, Santosh Nerur
  • Publication number: 20050136822
    Abstract: The vent assembly (10) includes a vent frame (14), a vent (16) and a retainer (40). The ven frame attaches to a sidewall (20) of the vehicle. The vent frame defines an opening and includes a projection. The vent is received within the opening and is removably attached to the vent frame. The retainer selectively secures the vent to the vent frame. The retainer is slidably mounted on the vent and is translatable between an engaged position and a non-engaged position. In the engaged position, the vent is secured to the vent frame through engagement of the retainer with the projection of the vent frame. In the non-engaged position, the vent may be removed from the vent frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: John Antos, Alfard Jansen, David Leistner
  • Publication number: 20050082956
    Abstract: A refrigerator shelving system includes an item retainer for securing items carried on a shelf, a mounting member for releasably securing a shelf to a cabinet of the refrigerator, and a spill tray carried by the shelf. The item retainer is movable between a first position and a second position such that when in the first position, a first side upwardly extends from the shelf and defines a fence and when in the second position the first side is parallel and adjacent to an upper surface of the shelf The shelf mounting member includes a first portion rotatably interconnected to a lateral side of the shelf and a second portion for selectively engaging a horizontal slot of a cabinet of the refrigerator. The mounting member is rotatable from a first position to a second position to engage the second portion with the horizontal slot. The spill tray includes a main body portion and a plurality of mounting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: David Leistner, John Antos, James Butler, John Wissinger
  • Publication number: 20050040747
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet includes an interior liner, an exterior cabinet and a breaker assembly. The breaker assembly connects the interior liner and the exterior cabinet and maintains a space therebetween. The breaker assembly includes a first breaker strip. The first breaker strip has a forward leg, a side leg, and a clip portion. The side leg extends from the forward leg and is oriented substantially perpendicular to the forward leg. The clip portion is carried by the forward leg. An adjacent side surface of the exterior cabinet is defined by a sheet of cardboard. The cardboard is captured between the side leg and the clip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: David Leistner, Richard Roberts