Patents by Inventor FABIO BIANCHI

FABIO BIANCHI 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: 11885506
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may include an oven cavity having a cavity top, a cavity back, and cavity side walls, an interior side wall extending parallel to each of the cavity side walls defining a passage therebetween, and a plurality of side rails extending along the interior side walls, the rails being rotatable between a rest position in which no oven rack is installed and airflow is blocked, and an active position in which the oven rack is installed and airflow is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Mauro Baldazzi, Laura Fossati
  • Patent number: 11796184
    Abstract: An oven rack assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, and a first frame member rotatably coupled with the first arm and the second arm at spaced apart positions along an axis of the first frame member and supported by the first and second arms between a first vertical position and a second vertical position higher than the first vertical position. The first and second arms move the first frame member between the first and second vertical positions with movement of the first frame member in a direction of the axis by rotation of the first and second arms. The assembly further includes a first rack supported on a least a first side thereof by the first frame member and coupled with the first frame member to be slideable with respect thereto along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Emilio R. Fagundes, Valerio S. Hammes, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230266016
    Abstract: An oven includes an interior liner defining an interior cavity between two generally parallel, spaced-apart side walls, a top wall extending between the two side walls, and a back wall extending downwardly from the top wall. The oven further includes a broiler element mounted within the interior liner and moveable between a cooking position, wherein the broiler element extends laterally along the top wall in a direction between the two side walls and longitudinally away from the back wall, and a cleaning position, wherein the broiler element extends laterally along the back wall in the direction between the two side walls and vertically away from the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Christian Simonetta
  • Publication number: 20230243519
    Abstract: An oven air circulation apparatus includes a first fan coupled to at least one motor that rotates about a first rotational axis in a first direction and a second fan that rotates about a second rotational axis in a second direction, opposite the first direction. A baffle wall is disposed proximate to the first fan and the second fan forming a planar surface arranged substantially perpendicular to the rotational axes of the fans. A plurality of first openings formed in the baffle wall are aligned with the first fan. A plurality of second openings are formed in the baffle wall aligned with the second fan. The first and second openings successively increase in proportion radially outward from the first and second axes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Ankur Garg, Dhiraj Jambuvant Gotekar, Satyabrata Dalai
  • Publication number: 20230194102
    Abstract: An oven assembly includes a cooking chamber having a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an access opening defined by an outer perimeter of the cooking chamber. A movable door operably is coupled with the oven assembly for selectively enclosing the cooking chamber about the outer edge of the cooking chamber. A removable bottom trim panel is disposed proximate a bottom edge of the outer perimeter and includes a tray body. A removable fastening mechanism is disposed on the tray body or the bottom edge and operably couples the tray body to the bottom edge, such that the removable fastening mechanism is adapted to removably attach the removable bottom trim panel to the bottom edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FABIO BIANCHI, Elisabetta Bressan
  • Publication number: 20220170646
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may include an oven cavity having a cavity top, a cavity back, and cavity side walls, an interior side wall extending parallel to each of the cavity side walls defining a passage therebetween, and a plurality of side rails extending along the interior side walls, the rails being rotatable between a rest position in which no oven rack is installed and airflow is blocked, and an active position in which the oven rack is installed and airflow is provided
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Fabio BIANCHI, Mauro Baldazzi, Laura Fossati
  • Publication number: 20200400318
    Abstract: An oven rack assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, and a first frame member rotatably coupled with the first arm and the second arm at spaced apart positions along an axis of the first frame member and supported by the first and second arms between a first vertical position and a second vertical position higher than the first vertical position. The first and second arms move the first frame member between the first and second vertical positions with movement of the first frame member in a direction of the axis by rotation of the first and second arms. The assembly further includes a first rack supported on a least a first side thereof by the first frame member and coupled with the first frame member to be slideable with respect thereto along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Emilio R. Fagundes, Valerio S. Hammes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10808944
    Abstract: An oven rack assembly includes first and second mounting members and a first frame member being movably coupled with the first mounting member and the second mounting member at spaced apart positions along an axis of the first frame member and supported by the first and second mounting members between a first vertical position and a second vertical position higher than the first vertical position. The first and second mounting members move the first frame member between the first and second vertical positions with movement of the first frame member in a direction of the axis. The assembly further includes a first rack supported on a least a first side thereof by the first frame member and coupled with the first frame member to be slideable with respect thereto along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Emilio R. Fagundes, Valerio S. Hammes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10767872
    Abstract: A domestic appliance including a built-in oven configured to be positioned in a cut-out defined in a kitchen. The built-in oven includes a housing having a cooking chamber defined therein, a lower frame positioned below the cooking chamber, and a height adjuster coupled the lower frame. The built-in oven has a first vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a first predetermined position and a second vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a second predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Leonel Avila, Fabio Bianchi, Rodrigo Wojcik Nunes Pereira, Ramiro Ruthes Junior, Cleberson Jean Sousa
  • Patent number: 10551071
    Abstract: A rack system for a cooking appliance cavity includes a first support unit including a plurality of rack support bars and a first connecting member defining a body portion having the support bars coupled therewith, a first end with a first post and a first stepped segment between the first post and the body portion, and a second end with a second post and a second stepped segment between the second post and the body portion. The system further includes first and second mounting blocks, each defining a channel and a notch extending intersecting with the channel such that a first portion of the channel is open and a second portion of the channel is enclosed. The first and second posts are respectively received in the second portions of the channels of the first and second mounting blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Michele H. Johnson, Budda Govindarajulu Karthikeyan, Alberto Castiglioni
  • Publication number: 20190346148
    Abstract: A rack system for a cooking appliance cavity includes a first support unit including a plurality of rack support bars and a first connecting member defining a body portion having the support bars coupled therewith, a first end with a first post and a first stepped segment between the first post and the body portion, and a second end with a second post and a second stepped segment between the second post and the body portion. The system further includes first and second mounting blocks, each defining a channel and a notch extending intersecting with the channel such that a first portion of the channel is open and a second portion of the channel is enclosed. The first and second posts are respectively received in the second portions of the channels of the first and second mounting blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Michele H. Johnson, Budda Govindarajulu Karthikeyan, Alberto Castiglioni
  • Publication number: 20190219271
    Abstract: An oven rack assembly includes first and second mounting members and a first frame member being movably coupled with the first mounting member and the second mounting member at spaced apart positions along an axis of the first frame member and supported by the first and second mounting members between a first vertical position and a second vertical position higher than the first vertical position. The first and second mounting members move the first frame member between the first and second vertical positions with movement of the first frame member in a direction of the axis. The assembly further includes a first rack supported on a least a first side thereof by the first frame member and coupled with the first frame member to be slideable with respect thereto along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabio Bianchi, Emilio R. Fagundes, Valerio S. Hammes, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180031249
    Abstract: A domestic appliance including a built-in oven configured to be positioned in a cut-out defined in a kitchen. The built-in oven includes a housing having a cooking chamber defined therein, a lower frame positioned below the cooking chamber, and a height adjuster coupled the lower frame. The built-in oven has a first vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a first predetermined position and a second vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a second predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leonel Avila, Fabio Bianchi, Rodrigo Wojcik Nunes Pereira, Ramiro Ruthes Junior, Cleberson Jean Sousa
  • Patent number: 9857083
    Abstract: A domestic appliance including a built-in oven configured to be positioned in a cut-out defined in a kitchen. The built-in oven includes a housing having a cooking chamber defined therein, a lower frame positioned below the cooking chamber, and a height adjuster coupled the lower frame. The built-in oven has a first vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a first predetermined position and a second vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a second predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Leonel Avila, Fabio Bianchi, Rodrigo Wojcik Nunes Pereira, Ramiro Ruthes Junior, Cleberson Jean Sousa
  • Patent number: 8813328
    Abstract: A method of installing a replacement built-in oven into a cut-out defined in a kitchen includes identifying a used built-in oven positioned in the cut-out of the kitchen, positioning a height adjuster of the replacement built-in oven into one of a number of predetermined positions based on the identity of the used built-in oven, and installing the replacement built-in oven in the cut-out of the kitchen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Leonel Avila, Fabio Bianchi, Rodrigo Wojcik Nunes Pereira, Ramiro Ruthes Junior, Cleberson Jean Sousa
  • Publication number: 20120266435
    Abstract: A method of installing a replacement built-in oven into a cut-out defined in a kitchen includes identifying a used built-in oven positioned in the cut-out of the kitchen, positioning a height adjuster of the replacement built-in oven into one of a number of predetermined positions based on the identity of the used built-in oven, and installing the replacement built-in oven in the cut-out of the kitchen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: LEONEL AVILA, FABIO BIANCHI, RODRIGO WOJCIK NUNES PEREIRA, RAMIRO RUTHES JUNIOR, CLEBERSON JEAN SOUSA
  • Publication number: 20120266858
    Abstract: A domestic appliance including a built-in oven configured to be positioned in a cut-out defined in a kitchen. The built-in oven includes a housing having a cooking chamber defined therein, a lower frame positioned below the cooking chamber, and a height adjuster coupled the lower frame. The built-in oven has a first vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a first predetermined position and a second vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a second predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: LEONEL AVILA, FABIO BIANCHI, RODRIGO WOJCIK NUNES PEREIRA, RAMIRO RUTHES JUNIOR, CLEBERSON JEAN SOUSA