Patents by Inventor Igor Kranjc

Igor Kranjc 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: 10526743
    Abstract: Pressure sensor for measuring the level of a liquid in an appliance such as a washing machine, a dishwasher or the like, including a casing having a cavity, a deformable membrane having an outer edge fixed to the casing so as to divide the cavity of the casing in a first chamber and in a second chamber, and in wherein the membrane is susceptible to deformation as a function of the pressure difference in said chambers, and a detector device located in the first chamber and adapted to provide an electrical signal indicative of the deformation of the membrane, wherein the housing incorporates an air trap including a cup surrounding said second chamber, a tubular portion intended to be connected directly to a tank adapted to contain a liquid, and a barrier forming a siphon between said tubular portion and said second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Igor Kranjc
  • Publication number: 20170030005
    Abstract: Pressure sensor for measuring the level of a liquid in an appliance such as a washing machine, a dishwasher or the like, including a casing having a cavity, a deformable membrane having an outer edge fixed to the casing so as to divide the cavity of the casing in a first chamber and in a second chamber, and in wherein the membrane is susceptible to deformation as a function of the pressure difference in said chambers, and a detector device located in the first chamber and adapted to provide an electrical signal indicative of the deformation of the membrane, wherein the housing incorporates an air trap including a cup surrounding said second chamber, a tubular portion intended to be connected directly to a tank adapted to contain a liquid, and a barrier forming a siphon between said tubular portion and said second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Igor KRANJC
  • Patent number: 8516893
    Abstract: A modified inductive pressure sensor for detecting operating parameters of an electric household appliance such as a washing or drying machine, provided with a relatively movable component with respect to the carcass (tank or basket), of the type including a rigid casing accommodating a deformable membrane sensitive to hydraulic pressure, a core made of ferromagnetic material and operatively associated to the membrane, and a winding fixed to the casing and operatively coupled to the core to form a variable inductance inductor; wherein a mass is accommodated within the casing and in immediate proximity of said membrane, free to move with respect to the casing in at least one direction corresponding to the axis of the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Giordano, Igor Kranjc
  • Publication number: 20120017689
    Abstract: A modified inductive pressure sensor for detecting operating parameters of an electric household appliance such as a washing or drying machine, provided with a relatively movable component with respect to the carcass (tank or basket), of the type including a rigid casing accommodating a deformable membrane sensitive to hydraulic pressure, a core made of ferromagnetic material and operatively associated to the membrane, and a winding fixed to the casing and operatively coupled to the core to form a variable inductance inductor; wherein a mass is accommodated within the casing and in immediate proximity of said membrane, free to move with respect to the casing in at least one direction corresponding to the axis of the winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Sergio Giordano, Igor Kranjc
  • Patent number: 7449647
    Abstract: A position transducer of water level in a machine basin, preferably in a drum-type washing machine or a dishwasher and the like, transforms information relating to the water level in the flood basin of the machine into an electric signal to activate an execution organ. The circuit realizing the transformation is an embedded contact lamella provided with electronic members. Integrally with the step of embedding, a snap arrangement is prepared for engaging and retaining a connector connected to the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: ITW Metalflex
    Inventor: Igor Kranjc
  • Publication number: 20080041710
    Abstract: A position transducer of water level in a machine basin, preferably in a drum-type washing machine or a dishwasher and the like, transforms information relating to the water level in the flood basin of the machine into an electric signal to activate an execution organ. The circuit realizing the transformation is an embedded contact lamella provided with electronic members. Integrally with the step of embedding, a snap arrangement is prepared for engaging and retaining a connector connected to the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: ITW METALFLEX, D.O.O. TOLMIN
    Inventor: Igor KRANJC