Patents by Inventor Luiz Alfranio Alves Ferreira

Luiz Alfranio Alves Ferreira 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).

  • Storage bin assembly for a refrigerator
    Patent number: 11168936
    Abstract: A storage compartment for a refrigerator includes a base portion and first and second sidewalls spaced-apart from one another and upwardly extending from the base portion. A support member interconnects the inner and outer sidewalls. A door is pivotally coupled to the first and second sidewalls between open and closed positions, wherein the door further includes one or more inwardly extending retaining struts having upwardly extending tabs. The upwardly extending tabs abut an undersurface of the interconnecting support member when the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Edson Isaltino Bento, Guilherme Nehring, Luiz Alfranio Alves Ferreira
  • STORAGE BIN ASSEMBLY FOR A REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20190041122
    Abstract: A storage compartment for a refrigerator includes a base portion and first and second sidewalls spaced-apart from one another and upwardly extending from the base portion. A support member interconnects the inner and outer sidewalls. A door is pivotally coupled to the first and second sidewalls between open and closed positions, wherein the door further includes one or more inwardly extending retaining struts having upwardly extending tabs. The upwardly extending tabs abut an undersurface of the interconnecting support member when the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edson Isaltino Bento, Guilherme Nehring, Luiz Alfranio Alves Ferreira
  • STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY FOR CENTRIFUGAL FAN ROTOR HOUSING
    Publication number: 20140161602
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a structural assembly for centrifugal fan rotor housing capable of optimizing the air flow in its interior. Such optimization is due to the existence of a pneumatic circuit (5) which disposed inside said structural assembly for centrifugal fan rotor housing comprises at least one essentially spiraled virtual orientation (53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Julio Cesar Schmidt, Luiz Alfranio Alves Ferreira, Ederson Adriano dos Santos