Patents by Inventor Jerome Tronnes

Jerome Tronnes 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: 5784896
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit for storing items to be refrigerated. The refrigeration unit includes an insulated enclosure defining a compartment, and has a top wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls. An evaporator is disposed within the compartment and is secured to the rear wall. An evaporator cover has a top portion and a rear portion. The rear portion covers the evaporator and has a sloping rear face that slopes rearwardly and downwardly toward a drain trough. The sloping rear face directs condensate from the evaporator into the drain trough. A drain plate covers the drain trough and the sloping rear face. An angled grate is secured to the drain plate and covers an inlet to an air flow channel formed by the rear wall, and the evaporator cover and the drain plate. A fan is secured over an angled opening formed in the top portion of the evaporator cover and is operable to draw air through the air flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Tronnes, deceased, Guy Stormo, Scott Tronnes
  • Patent number: 4651963
    Abstract: A mounting system for suspending an appliance from an overhanging structure and, particularly, for suspending an appliance of the type having a housing including an upper surface and projecting rims extending away from the housing of opposite edges of the upper surface. The system includes a first bracket for attachment to the overhanging structure, the first bracket including a first lip for supporting one of the upper surface rims. A second bracket is in telescoping relation to the first bracket and includes a second lip for supporting the other of the upper surface rims. The first and second brackets are resiliently urged toward each other while the relative movement between the brackets is regulated. In a preferred embodiment, the relative movement between the first and second bracket is restricted by stops and prevented by a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Busse, Jerome Tronnes