Patents by Inventor Fernanda M. de Morais

Fernanda M. de Morais 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).

  • Cooking hob with edge lighting indicating burner unit use
    Patent number: 11246190
    Abstract: A cooking hob includes a cooktop defining a major surface extending between a plurality of sides and a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the major surface at respective sides thereof and a plurality of burner units disposed at the major surface within respective sections of the major surface. The cooktop further includes a lighting assembly affixed with the cooktop opposite the major surface and extending adjacent at least two of the sections of the major surface and including a plurality of lighting elements respectively exposed at respective portions of the edge surfaces corresponding with the sections of the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fernanda M. de Morais, Monica C. Monteiro, Thayna Oening, Nilvania Stefanello, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • COOKING HOB WITH EDGE LIGHTING INDICATING BURNER UNIT USE
    Publication number: 20200359470
    Abstract: A cooking hob includes a cooktop defining a major surface extending between a plurality of sides and a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the major surface at respective sides thereof and a plurality of burner units disposed at the major surface within respective sections of the major surface. The cooktop further includes a lighting assembly affixed with the cooktop opposite the major surface and extending adjacent at least two of the sections of the major surface and including a plurality of lighting elements respectively exposed at respective portions of the edge surfaces corresponding with the sections of the major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fernanda M. de Morais, Monica C. Monteiro, Thayna Oening, Nilvania Stefanello, Joel Graham Van Faasen