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).
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Patent number: 10995963Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
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Publication number: 20190219272Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali GUTIERREZ, Gianpiero SANTACATTERINA, Francesco FARACHI
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Patent number: 10288297Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
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Publication number: 20180347825Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali GUTIERREZ, Gianpiero SANTACATTERINA, Francesco FARACHI
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Patent number: 10054316Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
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Publication number: 20180142902Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali GUTIERREZ, Gianpiero SANTACATTERINA, Francesco FARACHI
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Patent number: 9879864Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Diego Neftali Gutierrez, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Francesco Farachi
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Patent number: 8610040Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Francesco Farachi, Rocco Galli, Davide Gerola, Fabrizio Dughiero
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Publication number: 20110248021Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: DIEGO NEFTALI GUTIERREZ, GIANPIERO SANTACATTERINA, FRANCESCO FARACHI
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Publication number: 20100059513Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: FRANCESCO FARACHI, ROCCO GALLI, DAVIDE GEROLA, FABRIZIO DUGHIERO
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Patent number: 6918478Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Farachi, Amedeo Visconti, Alberto Tonielli
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Publication number: 20040216977Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Inventors: Francesco Farachi, Amedeo Visconti, Alberto Tonielli