Patents by Inventor Marcelo C. Candeo
Marcelo C. Candeo 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: 11933532Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. An ice maker is disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice maker includes a removable ice bin for storing the ice pieces produced by the ice maker. A rotatable auger is positioned within the removable ice bin and configured to drive the ice pieces out of the removable ice bin via a driving force applied in a first direction. A motor is configured to rotate the auger. A drive bar is coupled to the motor and is configured to apply a resisting force to the removable ice bin along a second direction generally opposed to the first direction sufficient to counteract the driving force, wherein the resisting force is less than a removal force applied by a user to remove the removable ice bin from the ice maker.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Marcelo C. Candeo, Lokesha Kodigenahalli Chinnappa Reddy, Thomas McCollough
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Patent number: 11846462Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a fresh food compartment with an interior wall, an opening, and a door movable between a closed position and an open position for accessing the fresh food compartment via the opening; a cold plate mounted in the interior wall with an evaporator in contact with the cold plate; a chilled component movably mounted on the door adjacent the cold plate, the chilled component includes a heat transfer plate on a side of the chilled component for thermal communication with the cold plate, and a biaser moves the chilled component into thermal communication with the cold plate when the door is closed. The chilled component may be: an ice maker, a liquid/drink cooler, a vegetable cooler, a meat cooler, and/or a wine cooler. The biaser may include the following for moving the chilled component: a spring, an inclined plane, a pulley and weights, and/or a hydraulic piston.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Marcelo C. Candeo, Thomas McCollough
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Patent number: 11732950Abstract: A jumper drain for a refrigerator appliance, the jumper drain including a housing with a cavity defined therein and that is in fluid communication with a storage compartment of the refrigerator appliance. An inlet and an outlet extend from the housing and are both in fluid communication with the cavity. The outlet is disposed at a location that is offset from the inlet. A pressure equalizer opening is formed in the housing. The pressure equalizer opening is configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and an ambient environment external to the refrigerator appliance in order to equalize a pressure differential within the refrigerator appliance.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Mobley, William Lee Moody, Marcelo C. Candeo, Dennis Schenk
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Publication number: 20230010817Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. An ice maker is disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice maker includes a removable ice bin for storing the ice pieces produced by the ice maker. A rotatable auger is positioned within the removable ice bin and configured to drive the ice pieces out of the removable ice bin via a driving force applied in a first direction. A motor is configured to rotate the auger. A drive bar is coupled to the motor and is configured to apply a resisting force to the removable ice bin along a second direction generally opposed to the first direction sufficient to counteract the driving force, wherein the resisting force is less than a removal force applied by a user to remove the removable ice bin from the ice maker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Marcelo C. Candeo, Lokesha Kodigenahalli Chinnappa Reddy, Thomas McCollough
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Publication number: 20220341647Abstract: A jumper drain for a refrigerator appliance, the jumper drain including a housing with a cavity defined therein and that is in fluid communication with a storage compartment of the refrigerator appliance. An inlet and an outlet extend from the housing and are both in fluid communication with the cavity. The outlet is disposed at a location that is offset from the inlet. A pressure equalizer opening is formed in the housing. The pressure equalizer opening is configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and an ambient environment external to the refrigerator appliance in order to equalize a pressure differential within the refrigerator appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Benjamin Mobley, William Lee Moody, Marcelo C. Candeo, Dennis Schenk
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Publication number: 20220331716Abstract: A water filter cartridge assembly for fluid filtration which may be attached to, and removed from an appliance water filter manifold assembly of an appliance, typically by a push-actuated release. The water filter cartridge assembly has a filter housing, and an ingress port and egress port extending therefrom. Each of the ingress port and the egress port typically comprise a port portion having a varying radial diameter. The water filter cartridge assembly further comprises a connection assembly that is structured to establish an electrical connection between the connection assembly and a controller of the appliance. Both of said ingress and egress port have at least one aperture for the passage of fluid therethrough such that each of the at least one aperture is exposed in a direction facing away from the connection assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Thomas W. McCollough, William Thomas Anniss, III, Willard Grant, Raony Barrios, William L. Small, Marcello Correa Machado, Christopher Stephan Rousey, Ramesh Subramanian, Ken Brandt, Marcelo C. Candeo, Robert Astle, George Nicholas Lauri, III
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Publication number: 20220299250Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a fresh food compartment with an interior wall, an opening, and a door movable between a closed position and an open position for accessing the fresh food compartment via the opening; a cold plate mounted in the interior wall with an evaporator in contact with the cold plate; a chilled component movably mounted on the door adjacent the cold plate, the chilled component includes a heat transfer plate on a side of the chilled component for thermal communication with the cold plate, and a biaser moves the chilled component into thermal communication with the cold plate when the door is closed. The chilled component may be: an ice maker, a liquid/drink cooler, a vegetable cooler, a meat cooler, and/or a wine cooler. The biaser may include the following for moving the chilled component: a spring, an inclined plane, a pulley and weights, and/or a hydraulic piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Marcelo C. Candeo, Thomas McCollough
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Patent number: 11413560Abstract: A water filter cartridge assembly for fluid filtration which may be attached to, and removed from an appliance water filter manifold assembly of an appliance, typically by a push-actuated release. The water filter cartridge assembly has a filter housing, and an ingress port and egress port extending therefrom. Each of the ingress port and the egress port typically comprise a port portion having a varying radial diameter. The water filter cartridge assembly further comprises a connection assembly that is structured to establish an electrical connection between the connection assembly and a controller of the appliance. Both of said ingress and egress port have at least one aperture for the passage of fluid therethrough such that each of the at least one aperture is exposed in a direction facing away from the connection assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Thomas W. McCollough, William Thomas Anniss, III, Willard Grant, Raony Barrios, William L. Small, Marcello Correa Machado, Christopher Stephan Rousey, Ramesh Subramanian, Ken Brandt, Marcelo C. Candeo, Robert Astle, George Nicholas Lauri, III
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Patent number: 11397037Abstract: An ice maker for producing and storing ice pieces. The ice maker is mountable to a liner of a fresh food compartment at an intersection of a top wall and a lateral side wall of the liner. The ice maker includes an ice tray for forming ice pieces. An ice bin receives and stores ice pieces produced by the ice tray. A housing contains the ice tray and ice bin. The housing has a first side, a second side, a bottom and a top. A first cavity is formed in the first side and a second cavity is formed in the bottom. A thermal insulation is disposed in the first cavity and the second cavity. The second side of the ice maker housing does not include thermal insulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Lokesha Kodigenahalli Chinnappa Reddy, Marcelo C. Candeo, Shawn Boiter, Thomas McCollough
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Publication number: 20210299596Abstract: An authentication system for authenticating a water filter cartridge at an appliance is provided. The water filter cartridge comprises a connection assembly having one or more connection devices that are structured for engaging an electrical connector of an appliance water filter manifold assembly of an appliance, to establish an electrical connection between the connection assembly and a controller of the appliance. A method of use of the water filter cartridge at the appliance comprises inserting the water filter cartridge into a receptacle of an appliance water filter manifold assembly. A method of authentication of the water filter cartridge comprises establishing an electrical communication link between a memory device of a water filter cartridge and an appliance water filter manifold assembly of the appliance, and retrieving, via the electrical communication link, a unique identifier associated with the water filter cartridge from the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Thomas W. McCollough, William Thomas Anniss, III, Willard Grant, Raony Barrios, William L. Small, Marcello Correa Machado, Christopher Stephan Rousey, Ken Brandt, Marcelo C. Candeo, Ramesh Subramanian, Robert Astle, George Nicholas Lauri, III, Chong Hun Yi, Brian Keith Weaver, William James Moyer, II, Ronald Skovira, Gary Altemose, Richard Benjamin Emenheiser
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Publication number: 20210146281Abstract: A water filter cartridge assembly for fluid filtration which may be attached to, and removed from an appliance water filter manifold assembly of an appliance, typically by a push-actuated release. The water filter cartridge assembly has a filter housing, and an ingress port and egress port extending therefrom. Each of the ingress port and the egress port typically comprise a port portion having a varying radial diameter. The water filter cartridge assembly further comprises a connection assembly that is structured to establish an electrical connection between the connection assembly and a controller of the appliance. Both of said ingress and egress port have at least one aperture for the passage of fluid therethrough such that each of the at least one aperture is exposed in a direction facing away from the connection assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Thomas W. McCollough, William Thomas Anniss, III, Willard Grant, Raony Barrios, William L. Small, Marcello Correa Machado, Christopher Stephan Rousey, Ramesh Subramanian, Ken Brandt, Marcelo C. Candeo, Robert Astle, George Nicholas Lauri, III
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Publication number: 20200248945Abstract: An ice maker for producing and storing ice pieces. The ice maker is mountable to a liner of a fresh food compartment at an intersection of a top wall and a lateral side wall of the liner. The ice maker includes an ice tray for forming ice pieces. An ice bin receives and stores ice pieces produced by the ice tray. A housing contains the ice tray and ice bin. The housing has a first side, a second side, a bottom and a top. A first cavity is formed in the first side and a second cavity is formed in the bottom. A thermal insulation is disposed in the first cavity and the second cavity. The second side of the ice maker housing does not include thermal insulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Lokesha Kodigenahalli Chinnappa REDDY, Marcelo C. CANDEO, Shawn BOITER, Thomas MCCOLLOUGH
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Publication number: 20200086248Abstract: An authentication system for authenticating a water filter cartridge at an appliance is provided. The water filter cartridge comprises a connection assembly having one or more connection devices that are structured for engaging an electrical connector of an appliance water filter manifold assembly of an appliance, to establish an electrical connection between the connection assembly and a controller of the appliance. A method of use of the water filter cartridge at the appliance comprises inserting the water filter cartridge into a receptacle of an appliance water filter manifold assembly. A method of authentication of the water filter cartridge comprises establishing an electrical communication link between a memory device of a water filter cartridge and an appliance water filter manifold assembly of the appliance, and retrieving, via the electrical communication link, a unique identifier associated with the water filter cartridge from the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Thomas W. McCollough, William Thomas Anniss, III, Willard Grant, Raony Barrios, William L. Small, Marcello Correa Machado, Christopher Stephan Rousey, Ken Brandt, Marcelo C. Candeo, Ramesh Subramanian, Robert Astle, George Nicholas Lauri, III, Chong Hun Yi, Brian Keith Weaver, William James Moyer, II, Ronald Skovira, Gary Altemose, Richard Benjamin Emenheiser
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Patent number: 10254037Abstract: A fan assembly for a refrigeration appliance includes a fan for circulating air within a compartment of the refrigeration appliance. The fan includes a frame. A housing is provided for mounting the fan. The housing includes a plate with an opening extending through the plate. A plurality of walls extends from a surface of the plate. A first retaining member extends in a direction generally parallel to a surface of the plate and is disposed proximate the opening for hindering movement of the fan in a direction generally perpendicular to a surface of the plate. The plurality of walls and the first retaining member define a pocket for receiving the frame. A vibration damping member is provided for allowing the fan to vibrate relative to the housing and for hindering the transmission of vibrations from the fan to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Marcelo C. Candeo, Shawn Boiter, Justin Elgin
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Publication number: 20170276421Abstract: A fan assembly for a refrigeration appliance includes a fan for circulating air within a compartment of the refrigeration appliance. The fan includes a frame. A housing is provided for mounting the fan. The housing includes a plate with an opening extending through the plate. A plurality of walls extends from a surface of the plate. A first retaining member extends in a direction generally parallel to a surface of the plate and is disposed proximate the opening for hindering movement of the fan in a direction generally perpendicular to a surface of the plate. The plurality of walls and the first retaining member define a pocket for receiving the frame. A vibration damping member is provided for allowing the fan to vibrate relative to the housing and for hindering the transmission of vibrations from the fan to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Marcelo C. Candeo, Shawn Boiter, Justin Elgin