Patents by Inventor Michael Petrino

Michael Petrino 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125482
    Abstract: An adjustable mounting system for mounting a control panel on a housing of a home cooking appliance, and a home cooking appliance having an adjustable mounting system, are provided. The adjustable mounting system includes a control panel having a mounting pin extending from a rear surface of the control panel and a mounting box fixed on the housing. The mounting box has a first opening that receives the mounting pin into an interior of the mounting box. The adjustable mounting system includes a locking device that engages the mounting pin and the mounting box and secures the mounting pin in the interior of the mounting box, which secures the control panel to the housing. A movement of the locking device with respect to the mounting box adjusts a position of the control panel with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hector Buenaga, Daniel Hausner, Michael Petrino
  • Patent number: 11287138
    Abstract: A domestic home gas cooktop is provided. The cooktop has a top sheet having a primary combustion air hole through the top sheet; a gas burner cup mounted to the top sheet; and a gas burner base mounted to the burner cup. The primary combustion air hole is configured to allow first primary combustion air to flow from beneath the top sheet to the burner base, and the primary combustion air hole is located remotely from the burner cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Conor Cross, Michael Gerdes, Michael Petrino, Karthik Sitaraman
  • Patent number: 10712015
    Abstract: A grommet is provided for use with a gas valve assembly on a domestic kitchen appliance. The grommet has a collar portion configured to contact a shaft of a gas valve around a complete circumference of the shaft; an upper maintop contacting portion; a lower maintop contacting portion; and a central portion extending between the collar portion and the upper maintop contacting portion and having an inner diameter that increases with distance from the collar portion, the central portion having an inner surface configured to face the shaft. An air space is created in a radial direction between opposite sides of the inner surface of the central portion, the central portion being configured such that the air space exists between the inner surface of the central portion and the shaft in a radial direction, the radial direction being perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte
    Inventors: Drummond Bryant, Michael Petrino
  • Publication number: 20200182475
    Abstract: A domestic home gas cooktop is provided. The cooktop has a top sheet having a primary combustion air hole through the top sheet; a gas burner cup mounted to the top sheet; and a gas burner base mounted to the burner cup. The primary combustion air hole is configured to allow first primary combustion air to flow from beneath the top sheet to the burner base, and the primary combustion air hole is located remotely from the burner cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Conor Cross, Michael Gerdes, Michael Petrino, Karthik Sitaraman
  • Publication number: 20190338955
    Abstract: A grommet is provided for use with a gas valve assembly on a domestic kitchen appliance. The grommet has a collar portion configured to contact a shaft of a gas valve around a complete circumference of the shaft; an upper maintop contacting portion; a lower maintop contacting portion; and a central portion extending between the collar portion and the upper maintop contacting portion and having an inner diameter that increases with distance from the collar portion, the central portion having an inner surface configured to face the shaft. An air space is created in a radial direction between opposite sides of the inner surface of the central portion, the central portion being configured such that the air space exists between the inner surface of the central portion and the shaft in a radial direction, the radial direction being perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Drummond Bryant, Michael Petrino