Patents by Inventor Keith W. Gerdes

Keith W. Gerdes 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: 4805370
    Abstract: A cabinet corner cap and method of assembly comprising forming metal sheet into a cabinet corner having an elongated space at the junction of two panels of the metal sheet forming the corner. A corner cap is molded from suitable plastic material and has an elongated horizontal top wall with a central longitudinal axis and a vertical wall projecting downwardly from the central longitudinal axis of the top wall and extending a major portion of the length of the horizontal top wall. The vertical wall includes a series of spaced apart ribs perpendicular to and on each side of the vertical wall and diverging away from the vertical wall in the direction of the top wall and joining the horizontal top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Keith W. Gerdes
  • Patent number: 4735062
    Abstract: A cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having a freezer compartment on top, a fresh food compartment on the bottom and a hot liquid anti-sweat loop. The cabinet assembly outer sheet metal shell has a top panel, side panels and a front face with the front face formed to provide a first U-shaped portion which includes a first outer wall perpendicular to the side panel to form a corner and a second inner wall spaced from the first outer wall and both walls being connected by a first reverse bend portion. The second inner wall being reversely bent to form a third wall and provide a second U-shaped portion formed between the second inner wall and the third wall. The first, second and third walls being in spaced parallel planes and the third wall being bent at a right angle to form a flange having a free edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Samuel J. Woolley, Donald S. Cushing, Thomas E. Jenkins, Keith W. Gerdes, Robert R. Sisler
  • Patent number: 4644698
    Abstract: A refrigerator having an outer case, an inner liner with thermal insulation therebetween, and a storage compartment having an access opening surrounded by a face portion of magnetic material. A door is hingedly mounted on said cabinet for closing and opening said access opening. The door comprises an outer panel and an inner panel with a peripheral edge portion and terminal end, said panels having thermal insulation therebetween. Elongated channel member sections having top, bottom and side walls are located adjacent the peripheral edges of the door on all four sides and have spaced screw openings in the bottom and top walls with the screw openings in the bottom wall being countersunk. An open slot in the top wall interconnects the screw openings along the length of the channel member sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Keith W. Gerdes, Douglas E. Corts, Thomas E. Jenkins, Stephen C. Lesmeister, Louis A. Welle, Sr.