Patents by Inventor Michele Venezia

Michele Venezia 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: 20220372787
    Abstract: A lock is provided which has a handle, a body and a hook, mutually held together by a slidable pin. The handle is movable between a retracted position and an extracted position, the handle being configured to rotate with respect to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Domenico LORUSSO, Michele VENEZIA, Luca CORRADO
  • Patent number: 9157640
    Abstract: An oven comprises a housing or structure presenting a plurality of inner walls and outer walls, the inner walls defining an oven cavity in which means are provided for cooking foods, the means comprising a grill for browning the foods, the oven also comprising a door for closing the cavity. At least one aperture is present in at least one of the walls of the oven cavity, or in the door, for selective connection to the environment external to the oven, such as to interceptably introduce fresh ambient air into the cavity, controllable interceptor means being provided at the aperture to enable this selectivity in introducing the ambient air into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Tamara Distaso, John Doyle, Michele Venezia, Marco Giuliani, Cristina Mazzetti
  • Patent number: 8919339
    Abstract: A support and sliding system for extractable shelves that are installable in a cooking oven that allows improved sizing of the usable surface of the shelves and the better utilization of oven volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Cristina Mazzetti, Stefano Salina, Michele Venezia
  • Patent number: 8716631
    Abstract: An oven door comprises a structure with internal glass plates, the external glass plate being bigger than the internal glass plates. The door further comprises a housing of polymeric material for electrical and/or electronic components of an user interface integral with the door, the housing being shell-shaped and being mounted on an internal face of the external glass plate, above the internal glass plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michele Venezia, Marco Giuliani, Cristina Mazzetti
  • Patent number: 8534160
    Abstract: A retractable control device for a household electrical appliance includes a knob movable against an elastic member within an aperture or seat of a control interface of the appliance. The knob is configured to assume two working positions including a first position in which the knob is seated in the aperture and a second position in which the knob extends outwardly therefrom. The knob cooperates with a control member for a functional element of the appliance, such as an electrical resistance heater or microwave generator of an oven, or a gas burner of a cooking hob. The device also includes a cylindrical element disposed and fixed in the aperture of the control interface about the knob. The cylindrical element contains the knob when the knob is in its first position and guides its movement within the aperture along a central longitudinal axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Marco Giuliani, Michele Venezia, Tomasz Rydel, Marcin Mazurek, Sacha Mello
  • Patent number: 8490616
    Abstract: A built-in oven comprises a door and a ventilation system. The door structure comprises two vertical frame elements and an upper hollow frame element mounted on the vertical elements and on upper edges of two or more glass plates and having a front aperture adapted to be used as an handle of the door flush with the front surface thereof, the upper hollow frame element being used as part of the ventilation system of the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michele Venezia, Marco Giuliani, Cristina Mazzetti
  • Publication number: 20120198958
    Abstract: A retractable control device for a household electrical appliance includes a knob movable against an elastic member within an aperture or seat of a control interface of the appliance. The knob is configured to assume two working positions including a first position in which the knob is seated in the aperture and a second position in which the knob extends outwardly therefrom. The knob cooperates with a control member for a functional element of the appliance, such as an electrical resistance heater or microwave generator of an oven, or a gas burner of a cooking hob. The device also includes a cylindrical element disposed and fixed in the aperture of the control interface about the knob. The cylindrical element contains the knob when the knob is in its first position and guides its movement within the aperture along a central longitudinal axis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Marco Giuliani, Michele Venezia, Tomasz Rydel, Marcin Mazurek, Sacha Mello
  • Patent number: 8039775
    Abstract: A built-in oven has a door, a control panel positioned above the door and a cooling system including a fan-motor assembly for drawing cooling air around the outside surface of the oven and an exhaust duct for discharging air to the ambient. The cooling system comprises a cooling air supply duct above the top side of the oven and with an intake opening below the control panel, and an exhaust duct positioned above the supply duct so that its exhaust opening is placed above the control panel, the fan-motor assembly being mounted between the supply duct and the exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michele Venezia, Marco Giuliani, Cristina Mazzetti
  • Publication number: 20100155552
    Abstract: A support and sliding system for extractable shelves that are installable in a cooking oven that allows improved sizing of the usable surface of the shelves and the better utilization of oven volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: CRISTINA MAZZETTI, STEFANO SALINA, MICHELE VENEZIA
  • Publication number: 20100139641
    Abstract: An oven comprises a housing or structure presenting a plurality of inner walls and outer walls, the inner walls defining an oven cavity in which means are provided for cooking foods, the means comprising a grill for browning the foods, the oven also comprising a door for closing the cavity. At least one aperture is present in at least one of the walls of the oven cavity, or in the door, for selective connection to the environment external to the oven, such as to interceptably introduce fresh ambient air into the cavity, controllable interceptor means being provided at the aperture to enable this selectivity in introducing the ambient air into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: TAMARA DISTASO, JOHN DOYLE, MICHELE VENEZIA, MARCO GIULIANI, CRISTINA MAZZETTI
  • Publication number: 20090255919
    Abstract: A built-in oven has a door, a control panel positioned above the door and a cooling system including a fan-motor assembly for drawing cooling air around the outside surface of the oven and an exhaust duct for discharging air to the ambient. The cooling system comprises a cooling air supply duct above the top side of the oven and with an intake opening below the control panel, and an exhaust duct positioned above the supply duct so that its exhaust opening is placed above the control panel, the fan-motor assembly being mounted between the supply duct and the exhaust duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHELE VENEZIA, MARCO GIULIANI, CRISTINA MAZZETTI
  • Publication number: 20090255918
    Abstract: An oven door comprises a structure with internal glass plates, the external glass plate being bigger than the internal glass plates. The door further comprises a housing of polymeric material for electrical and/or electronic components of an user interface integral with the door, the housing being shell-shaped and being mounted on an internal face of the external glass plate, above the internal glass plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHELE VENEZIA, MARCO GIULIANI, CRISTINA MAZZETTI
  • Publication number: 20090255524
    Abstract: A built-in oven comprises a door and a ventilation system. The door structure comprises two vertical frame elements and an upper hollow frame element mounted on the vertical elements and on upper edges of two or more glass plates and having a front aperture adapted to be used as an handle of the door flush with the front surface thereof, the upper hollow frame element being used as part of the ventilation system of the oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHELE VENEZIA, MARCO GIULIANI, CRISTINA MAZZETTI