Patents by Inventor Jackson Felipe Karl
Jackson Felipe Karl 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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Publication number: 20240318897Abstract: An appliance includes a door adjustment feature with a housing that defines a cavity. A driven member is slidably movable within the cavity of the housing and a driving member is rotatably engaged with the driven member and configured to adjust a position of the driven member relative to the housing. A bracket is coupled with the door adjustment feature. The driven member is slidably movable relative to the door adjustment feature to a position where the bracket abuts the door adjustment feature and a position where the bracket is spaced from the door adjustment feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jackson Felipe Karl, Kailash Shravan More, Sunil Patil, Vinay M. Patil, Chad J. Rotter
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Patent number: 12018881Abstract: An appliance door assembly includes a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel. A door adjustment assembly is coupled with the rear panel and includes a housing that defines a cavity. A driven member is positioned within the cavity and extends at least partially from the housing. The driven member is movable between a first position and a second position. A driving member is rotatably engaged with the driven member and is configured to rotate the driven member. A bracket is coupled with the door adjustment assembly at a first end and coupled with the rear panel at a second end. The bracket abuts the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the first position and is spaced apart from the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jackson Felipe Karl, Kailash Shravan More, Sunil Mahadev Patil, Vinay M. Patil, Chad J. Rotter
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Publication number: 20240159452Abstract: A vacuum-insulated door comprises a door skin having a perimeter defined by a top edge, a pair of side edges, and a bottom edge spaced from the top edge by the pair of side edges. A vacuum-insulated cell is located in the vacuum-insulated door. A frame assembly includes a top bracket coupled to the top edge, a bottom bracket coupled to the bottom edge, and at least one top hinge pin connected to the top bracket and at least one bottom hinge pin connected to the bottom bracket. The at least one top hinge pin and the at least one bottom hinge pin are configured to connect to a hinge assembly of a cooling appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Lynne Foster Hunter, Jackson Felipe Karl, Marcel Bögger Lessa, Abhay Naik, Sanket Vivek Phalak
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Patent number: 11859895Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet, a door coupled to the cabinet, at least one gasket coupled to the door, and a heat loop conduit. The cabinet includes a front perimeter that surrounds an opening to a storage compartment within the cabinet. The door is operable between an open position to provide access to the storage compartment and a closed position to conceal the opening to the storage compartment. The at least one gasket is configured to be compressed between the door and the front perimeter of the cabinet in the closed position of the door. The heat loop conduit has a first conduit portion that extends around a majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet and a second conduit portion that extends around the majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Narendra Ashok Kapure, Jackson Felipe Karl, Abhay Naik, Abinash Sarma, Subrata Shannigrahi
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Patent number: 11768029Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes an icemaker that is selectively closeable by a door. An outer gasket is positioned about an edge of the door and a sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door inside the outer gasket. A plurality of protrusions extend from a rim of the icemaker. A liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the rim. A first gasket and a second gasket are positioned between the rim and the liner.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jose R. Aranda, Alexa N. Brown, Jackson Felipe Karl, Dakota E. Kosek, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E. C. Pickles, Antonio Sanchez, Richard A. Spletzer
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Publication number: 20230251026Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet, a door coupled to the cabinet, at least one gasket coupled to the door, and a heat loop conduit. The cabinet includes a front perimeter that surrounds an opening to a storage compartment within the cabinet. The door is operable between an open position to provide access to the storage compartment and a closed position to conceal the opening to the storage compartment. The at least one gasket is configured to be compressed between the door and the front perimeter of the cabinet in the closed position of the door. The heat loop conduit has a first conduit portion that extends around a majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet and a second conduit portion that extends around the majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Narendra Ashok Kapure, Jackson Felipe Karl, Abhay Naik, Abinash Sarma, Subrata Shannigrahi
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Patent number: 11703273Abstract: A refrigerator drawer includes a front wall, a rear wall, first and second opposing sides walls, an adjustable partition wall, and first and second rollers. The front and rear walls define first and second slots, respectively. The first and second opposing sides walls each extend between the front and rear walls such that the front, rear wall, and side walls define an internal storage space. The partition wall is disposed within the storage space. The partition wall has first and second ends extending outward and through the first and second slots, respectively. The first and second rollers are attached to the first and second ends on opposing sides of the front and rear walls, respectively. The first and second rollers are configured to roll along exterior surfaces of the front wall and rear wall, respectively, to adjust distances between the partition wall and the side walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jackson Felipe Karl, Anup R. Khandekar, Kailash More, Nilesh Zanwar
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Patent number: 11635249Abstract: A method including forming a housing configured to house a number of first magnets; fixing the number of first magnets to the housing to form a magnetic sub-assembly; and attaching the magnetic sub-assembly to at least one of the closure or the body. The magnetic sub-assembly being configured to cooperate with a number of second magnets disposed on either the closure or the body, so that when the closure is in the closed position, a magnetic force between the magnetic sub-assembly and the number of second magnets biases the closure towards the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventor: Jackson Felipe Karl
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Publication number: 20230114849Abstract: A hinge assembly for a vacuum insulated door includes a hinge plate that defines an aperture, and a bracket has a body and is configured to be welded with the vacuum insulated door. A hinge pin is operably coupled to the body of the bracket and rotatably coupled within the hinge plate. A bushing is disposed within the aperture defined by the hinge plate and rotatably coupled to the hinge pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Lynne Foster Hunter, Jackson Felipe Karl, Abhay Naik, Sanket Vivek Phalak
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Publication number: 20220163253Abstract: An appliance door assembly includes a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel. A door adjustment assembly is coupled with the rear panel and includes a housing that defines a cavity. A driven member is positioned within the cavity and extends at least partially from the housing. The driven member is movable between a first position and a second position. A driving member is rotatably engaged with the driven member and is configured to rotate the driven member. A bracket is coupled with the door adjustment assembly at a first end and coupled with the rear panel at a second end. The bracket abuts the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the first position and is spaced apart from the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jackson Felipe Karl, Kailash Shravan More, Sunil Mahadev Patil, Vinay M. Patil, Chad J. Rotter
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Publication number: 20220042737Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes an icemaker that is selectively closeable by a door. An outer gasket is positioned about an edge of the door and a sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door inside the outer gasket. A plurality of protrusions extend from a rim of the icemaker. A liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the rim. A first gasket and a second gasket are positioned between the box and the liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jose R. Aranda, Alexa N. Brown, Jackson Felipe Karl, Dakota E. Kosek, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E.C. Pickles, Antonio Sanchez, Richard A. Spletzer
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Patent number: 11162731Abstract: An icemaker for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The icemaker includes an icemaker box selectively closeable by a door. An outer gasket is positioned about an inner edge of the door. A sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door. A plurality of protrusions extend from a box rim of the icemaker box. A liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the box rim. A first gasket and a second gasket are positioned between the box rim and the liner.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorportationInventors: Jose R. Aranda, Alexa N. Brown, Jackson Felipe Karl, Dakota E. Kosek, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E. C. Pickles, Antonio Sanchez, Richard A. Spletzer
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Publication number: 20200284500Abstract: An icemaker for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The icemaker includes an icemaker box selectively closeable by a door. An outer gasket is positioned about an inner edge of the door. A sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door. A plurality of protrusions extend from a box rim of the icemaker box. A liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the box rim. A first gasket and a second gasket are positioned between the box rim and the liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jose R. Aranda, Alexa N. Brown, Jackson Felipe Karl, Dakota E. Kosek, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E. C. Pickles, Antonio Sanchez, Richard A. Spletzer