Patents by Inventor Joseph Fierro
Joseph Fierro 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: 8241689Abstract: Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Domenico Cassone, Zena E. Forte, Joseph Fierro, Henry Fernandes
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Publication number: 20110008494Abstract: Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Mihaelos Nicholas MIHALOS, Domenico Cassone, Zena E. Forte, Joseph Fierro, Henry Fernandes
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Publication number: 20100297302Abstract: Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Mihaelos Nicholas MIHALOS, Theodore Nicholas JANULIS, Chris E. ROBINSON, Carol WINES, Allison ANTONINI, Joseph FIERRO
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Patent number: 7820220Abstract: Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Domenico Cassone, Zena E. Forte, Joseph Fierro, Henry Fernandes
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Publication number: 20080118608Abstract: Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Mihaelos Nicholes MIHALOS, Theodore Nicholas Janulis, Chris E. Robinson, Carol Wines, Allison Antonini, Joseph Fierro
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Patent number: 7332189Abstract: Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Theodore Nicholas Janulis, Chris E. Robinson, Carol Wines, Allison Antonini, Joseph Fierro
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Publication number: 20060228456Abstract: Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2005Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Mihaelos Mihalos, Domenico Cassone, Zena Forte, Joseph Fierro, Henry Fernandes
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Publication number: 20050118318Abstract: Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: June 2, 2005Inventors: Mihaelos Mihalos, Theodore Janulis, Chris Robinson, Carol Wines, Allison Antonini, Joseph Fierro
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Patent number: 5120561Abstract: The invention provides a food additive prepared from refined and fractionated phospholipids containing at least 35% phosphatidyl choline and a ratio of 2:1 to 10:1 phosphatidyl choline to phosphatidyl ethanolamine which is complexed with water and vigorously mixed to form globular vesicles or liposomes. The aqueous liposomes are then used per se or mixed with food ingredients and/or with an edible reinforcing carbohydrate to form a suspension or paste which is added to the foodstuff. The liposome can replace some or all of the fat in the food as well as acting as a carrier, encapsulating agent, moisturizing agent, and depanner for foods.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1991Date of Patent: June 9, 1992Assignee: American Lecithin CompanyInventors: Roy F. Silva, Joseph Fierro, Jeannie Buccino, Heinz Jodlbauer
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Patent number: 5064977Abstract: A circuit protector employs molded resinous parts including a base and a support frame structure. Advantageously the circuit protector support frame structure may include a medial plane frame providing space for two circuit protectors, one on each side of the frame and a common back plane mutually perpendicular to the medial frame and the base along one edge of the base. A cover fits over the support frame and base and snugly accommodates the base at its terminal edges except immediately along the back plane. The back plane is provided with a slot through the back plane in the vicinity of each pair of contacts which communicates to a space between the cover and the back plane of the base permitting venting of gases generated by arcing. Grooves are supplied in the medial plane frame and the back plane to accommodate edge flanges of an arc suppressing grid to hold the grid in place to bracket the contacts.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1989Date of Patent: November 12, 1991Assignee: Heinemann Electric CompanyInventor: Joseph Fierro
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Patent number: 4931762Abstract: A two pole breaker employs molded resinous parts including a base and support frame structure. Supported to a medial plane frame by a pin is a rocker handle having a linkage crank arm at each side of the medial plane and a rotatable latch lever having trip surfaces accessible to a bi-metallic overload actuator of each pole. A rocker member generally transverse to the normal position of the latch lever has a latch surface which cooperates with a latch keeper on the latch lever which is held engaged by a spring between the latch lever and the medial plane. The rocker has parallel side members, each supporting a switch actuator surface on each side of the medial plane frame. Identical linkage connections on each side of the medial plane connect the crank arms to the respective side pieces of the rocker.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1989Date of Patent: June 5, 1990Assignee: Heinemann Electric CompanyInventor: Joseph Fierro
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Patent number: 4886462Abstract: A connector receptacle is provided with one flat external side for application to a printed circuit board. The connector receptacle has enclosing guiding walls terminating in a latch element. At least a pair of conductive female connectors are provided within slots in the connector receptacle. Each of these pieces providing the connectors consists of a pair of aligned female conductors integral with a pin connector support interconnected through a bridge and is formed of a single piece of sheet metal. The bridge also extends between the aligned pair of female conductors and supports a transversely extending spring tab which is used to enter a transverse slot in the connector receptacle to hold the integral piece in place. The female connector pieces are reversible for use in the slots provided on opposite sides of the connector receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1988Date of Patent: December 12, 1989Assignee: Heinemann Electric CompanyInventor: Joseph Fierro
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Patent number: D536508Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mihaelos N. Mihalos, Domenico Cassone, Zena E. Forte, Joseph Fierro, Henry Fernandes
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Patent number: D552826Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mihaelos N. Mihalos, Domenico Cassone, Zena E. Forte, Joseph Fierro, Henry Fernandes
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Patent number: D497702Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Theodore Nicholas Janulis, Chris E. Robinson, Carol Wines, Allison Antonini, Joseph Fierro