Patents by Inventor Frank Weston Maglinger
Frank Weston Maglinger 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: 9022494Abstract: A bottom mount refrigerator is provided with refrigerator components housed in a space adjacent the top of the fresh food compartment between a false ceiling and the top wall of the compartment. The top wall includes a stepped portion formed in the liner forming the compartment. The stepped portion is positioned near the top and front of the compartment, and it includes a section that is lower than the remainder of the top wall. The stepped portion includes a rear facing face in the interior of the compartment, and the false ceiling is positioned between the rear facing face and the back wall. The ceiling extends horizontal from the rear wall before angling upward to abut the face of the stepped portion. The false ceiling may also contain apertures to provide access to the components housed between the ceiling and the top wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Derek Thomas Lehman, Frank Weston Maglinger
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Publication number: 20140077680Abstract: A bottom mount refrigerator is provided with refrigerator components housed in a space adjacent the top of the fresh food compartment between a false ceiling and the top wall of the compartment. The top wall includes a stepped portion formed in the liner forming the compartment. The stepped portion is positioned near the top and front of the compartment, and it includes a section that is lower than the remainder of the top wall. The stepped portion includes a rear facing face in the interior of the compartment, and the false ceiling is positioned between the rear facing face and the back wall. The ceiling extends horizontal from the rear wall before angling upward to abut the face of the stepped portion. The false ceiling may also contain apertures to provide access to the components housed between the ceiling and the top wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: DEREK THOMAS LEHMAN, FRANK WESTON MAGLINGER
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Patent number: 8276399Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator having a docking station for holding electronic accessories tight against the door of the refrigerator. In one aspect of the present invention, the refrigerator includes a body having one or more doors, a docking station associated with the door, and having a receiving portion adapted to receive a module, and at least one spring associated with the docking station adapted to keep the docking station and the module flush against the door to eliminate variation and fit between the module and the door.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Frank Weston Maglinger
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Patent number: 7744173Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with a cabinet having a door that is openable by a user to provide access to a refrigeration compartment. A storage bin is located in the refrigeration compartment and accessible upon the opening of the cabinet door. A mounting system is arranged for the storage bin, supporting the storage bin for movement into and out of the refrigeration compartment. A latch is carried on the cabinet door to be selectively engaged by the user with a latch receiving portion of the storage bin. When the latch is engaged with the latch receiving portion, the storage bin will be pulled out of the refrigerator upon the opening of the cabinet door, and when the latch is disengaged from the latch receiving portion, the storage bin will remain in the refrigeration compartment, unless manually moved by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Frank Weston Maglinger, Martin Shawn Egan, Aidan C. Kunkle, Richard Bruce Mills
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Patent number: 7736179Abstract: A plug-in power supply for a refrigerator used to charge portable electronic devices includes an auxiliary power supply mounted in an auxiliary power supply compartment, and a removable module, having an electrical connector, mounted in an electrical connector cup. A portable electronic device is charged by placing the device in the connector cup and coupling the device to the electrical connector. Power is then supplied from the auxiliary power supply to the portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Lori Ann Cook, Ronald Wayne Guess, Douglas David Leclear, Frank Weston Maglinger, Patrick S. Streeter, Ralph Tate, Jr., Andrew Michael Tenbarge
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Patent number: 7594707Abstract: A snap-in rack and pinion stabilizing system for a cabinet drawer including first and second slide assemblies mounted in the cabinet, a rack gear connected to each of the first and second slide assemblies, and spaced mounting brackets connected to the drawer having opposite sides and a bottom edge. The rack and pinion stabilizing system also includes a snap-on pinion gear assembly including a shaft, first and second pinion gears mounted on opposite ends of the shaft, and first and second bearing brackets. The bearing brackets rotatably support the shaft and are arranged to snap-in to latch surfaces on the mounting brackets with the pinion gears engaging the rack gears.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Aidan Carl Kunkle, Frank Weston Maglinger, Richard Bruce Mills, Daryl Lee Reuter
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Publication number: 20090064702Abstract: A plug-in power supply for a refrigerator used to charge portable electronic devices includes an auxiliary power supply mounted in an auxiliary power supply compartment, and a removable module, having an electrical connector, mounted in an electrical connector cup. A portable electronic device is charged by placing the device in the connector cup and coupling the device to the electrical connector. Power is then supplied from the auxiliary power supply to the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Lori Ann Cook, Ronald Wayne Guess, Douglas David Leclear, Frank Weston Maglinger, Patrick S. Streeter, Ralph Tate, JR., Andrew Michael Tenbarge
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Publication number: 20090064705Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator having a docking station for holding electronic accessories tight against the door of the refrigerator. In one aspect of the present invention, the refrigerator includes a body having one or more doors, a docking station associated with the door, and having a receiving portion adapted to receive a module, and at least one spring associated with the docking station adapted to keep the docking station and the module flush against the door to eliminate variation and fit between the module and the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventor: FRANK WESTON MAGLINGER
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Publication number: 20090045713Abstract: A snap-in rack and pinion stabilizing system for a cabinet drawer including first and second slide assemblies mounted in the cabinet, a rack gear connected to each of the first and second slide assemblies, and spaced mounting brackets connected to the drawer having opposite sides and a bottom edge. The rack and pinion stabilizing system also includes a snap-on pinion gear assembly including a shaft, first and second pinion gears mounted on opposite ends of the shaft, and first and second bearing brackets. The bearing brackets rotatably support the shaft and are arranged to snap-in to latch surfaces on the mounting brackets with the pinion gears engaging the rack gears.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: AIDAN CARL KUNKLE, FRANK WESTON MAGLINGER, RICHARD BRUCE MILLS, DARYL LEE REUTER
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Patent number: 7383690Abstract: An ice harvesting prevention mechanism, including an actuator, is provided for an ice maker. The ice maker is arranged to make, harvest and dispense ice to an ice bucket located in an ice receiving position. An ice harvesting prevention device is arranged to prevent dispensing of ice in a first position of the actuator and to permit dispensing of ice in a second position of the actuator. The ice bucket itself, or a movable button carried on the ice bucket, may engage the actuator, when the ice bucket is placed in the ice receiving position, to move the actuator from the first position to the second position. The button may be moved to an “off” position to prevent engagement with the actuator, thereby preventing dispensing of ice when the ice bucket is in the ice receiving position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Frank Weston Maglinger, Joseph Michael Griffith, Sinuhe Argumedo, Gregory Gene Hortin, Leonardo Rangel