Patents by Inventor Francesco Farachi

Francesco Farachi 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: 10995963
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
  • Publication number: 20190219272
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali GUTIERREZ, Gianpiero SANTACATTERINA, Francesco FARACHI
  • Patent number: 10288297
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
  • Publication number: 20180347825
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali GUTIERREZ, Gianpiero SANTACATTERINA, Francesco FARACHI
  • Patent number: 10054316
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
  • Publication number: 20180142902
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali GUTIERREZ, Gianpiero SANTACATTERINA, Francesco FARACHI
  • Patent number: 9879864
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
  • Patent number: 8610040
    Abstract: An electric oven includes a box casing presenting side walls, a rear wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, an opening and a closure door for this latter, the walls bounding an oven cavity heated by heating structure functionally associated with at least one of the walls. The heating structure is arranged to heat the cavity by induction and includes a generator arranged to generate an electromagnetic field, an electrically insulating material disposed between the generator and the oven wall at which the heating structure is positioned, and magnetically insulating structure is disposed on the outside of the oven with reference to the wall, the generator, the electrically insulating structure and the magnetically insulating structure defining a single, layered structure fitted to the oven wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Francesco Farachi, Rocco Galli, Davide Gerola, Fabrizio Dughiero
  • Publication number: 20110248021
    Abstract: A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DIEGO NEFTALI GUTIERREZ, GIANPIERO SANTACATTERINA, FRANCESCO FARACHI
  • Publication number: 20100059513
    Abstract: An electric oven is disclosed. The oven includes a box casing presenting side walls, a rear wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, an opening and a closure door for this latter, the walls bounding an oven cavity heated by heating means functionally associated with at least one of the walls. These heating means are arranged to heat the cavity by induction, the heating means comprising generator means arranged to generate an electromagnetic field, electrically insulating means disposed between the generator means and that oven wall at which the heating means are positioned, and magnetically insulating means disposed on the outside of the oven with reference to the wall, the generator means, the electrically insulating means and the magnetically insulating means defining a single layered structure applicable to the oven wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANCESCO FARACHI, ROCCO GALLI, DAVIDE GEROLA, FABRIZIO DUGHIERO
  • Patent number: 6918478
    Abstract: A method and unit for controlling a clutch powered by a hydraulic actuator having a work chamber connected to a solenoid valve; a target value of the pressure of the fluid inside the work chamber is generated, an actual value of the pressure of the fluid inside the work chamber is measured, and a control signal for controlling the solenoid valve is calculated using feedback control of the pressure of the fluid inside the work chamber; and the target value of the pressure of the fluid is generated on the basis of an actual value of the position of the hydraulic actuator, and of a target value of the position of the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Farachi, Amedeo Visconti, Alberto Tonielli
  • Publication number: 20040216977
    Abstract: A method and unit for controlling a clutch powered by a hydraulic actuator having a work chamber connected to a solenoid valve; a target value of the pressure of the fluid inside the work chamber is generated, an actual value of the pressure of the fluid inside the work chamber is measured, and a control signal for controlling the solenoid valve is calculated using feedback control of the pressure of the fluid inside the work chamber; and the target value of the pressure of the fluid is generated on the basis of an actual value of the position of the hydraulic actuator, and of a target value of the position of the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Francesco Farachi, Amedeo Visconti, Alberto Tonielli