Patents by Inventor Nihat Cur
Nihat Cur 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: 11549744Abstract: A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James Kendall
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Publication number: 20200340735Abstract: A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Nihat Cur, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James Kendall
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Patent number: 10746458Abstract: A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James Kendall
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Patent number: 10697697Abstract: A vacuum insulated door structure includes a first wall having a first edge and a barrier layer, a second wall having a second barrier layer and a second edge coupled to the first wall member proximate the first perimetrical edge. The second wall includes at least four inner side walls and a back wall that defines a second wall offset. At least one tubular member extends between the first wall member and the second wall offset, wherein an inner conduit surface of the tubular member provides fluid communication between the first wall outer facing surface and the second wall outer facing surface. A cavity insulation material is disposed within a cavity volume defined between the first and second walls, wherein the cavity volume is hermetically sealed, and wherein the cavity volume includes an at least partial vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Guolian Wu
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Patent number: 10663217Abstract: A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an “O” shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Steven J. Kuehl, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James W. Kendall, Nihat Cur, Paul B. Allard
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Patent number: 10350817Abstract: A method of forming a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet, the method comprising providing first and second sheets of material. The first sheet of material is thermoformed over a first forming tool forming a first intermediate structure. The first intermediate structure is then thermoformed over a second forming mold to create a second intermediate structure. The second sheet of material is then sealing connected with the second intermediate structure forming an annular space. A vacuum is created in the annular space creating a vacuum insulated cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Guolian Wu, Nihat Cur, Jurgen Pannock
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Patent number: 10018396Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes at least one freezer compartment and at least one refrigerator compartment, wherein the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment are defined by a plurality of interior surfaces. The refrigerator further includes a cooling module set (CMS) removably attached to at least one of the plurality of interior surfaces, wherein the CMS is configured to operate in any orientation of a plurality of orientations, and the CMS is further configured to be repositionable with respect to the plurality of interior surfaces to alter a shape of at least one of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Alberto R. Gomes, Luiz Antonio D. Lopes, Guolian Wu, Luciana Wasnievski Da Silva
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Publication number: 20180106529Abstract: A vacuum insulated door structure includes a first wall having a first edge and a barrier layer, a second wall having a second barrier layer and a second edge coupled to the first wall member proximate the first perimetrical edge. The second wall includes at least four inner side walls and a back wall that defines a second wall offset. At least one tubular member extends between the first wall member and the second wall offset, wherein an inner conduit surface of the tubular member provides fluid communication between the first wall outer facing surface and the second wall outer facing surface. A cavity insulation material is disposed within a cavity volume defined between the first and second walls, wherein the cavity volume is hermetically sealed, and wherein the cavity volume includes an at least partial vacuum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Guolian Wu
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Patent number: 9938127Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus including a storage tank. At least one ice body is formed proximate the top portion of the storage tank. The ice body is formed in an icemaker configured to produce an ice body through direct contact with an evaporator coil and does not use cold air, or formed directly on a portion of the top portion of the storage tank using evaporator coils extending around a perimeter of the storage tank. The water is then configured to be carbonated and then dispensed to a user upon a user command.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Steven Kuehl, Marcos Heinzle, Gustavo Lazzaris de Bona, Nihat Cur
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Publication number: 20180071972Abstract: A method of forming a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet, the method comprising providing first and second sheets of material. The first sheet of material is thermoformed over a first forming tool forming a first intermediate structure. The first intermediate structure is then thermoformed over a second forming mold to create a second intermediate structure. The second sheet of material is then sealing connected with the second intermediate structure forming an annular space. A vacuum is created in the annular space creating a vacuum insulated cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Guolian Wu, Nihat Cur, Jurgen Pannock
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Publication number: 20180045456Abstract: A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Nihat Cur, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James Kendall
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Publication number: 20180045455Abstract: A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an “O” shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Steven J. Kuehl, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James W. Kendall, Nihat Cur, Paul B. Allard
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Patent number: 9885516Abstract: A vacuum insulated door structure includes a first wall having a first edge and a barrier layer, a second wall having a second barrier layer and a second edge coupled to the first wall member proximate the first perimetrical edge. The second wall includes at least four inner side walls and a back wall that defines a second wall offset. At least one tubular member extends between the first wall member and the second wall offset, wherein an inner conduit surface of the tubular member provides fluid communication between the first wall outer facing surface and the second wall outer facing surface. A cavity insulation material is disposed within a cavity volume defined between the first and second walls, wherein the cavity volume is hermetically sealed, and wherein the cavity volume includes an at least partial vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Guolian Wu
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Patent number: 9874394Abstract: A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James Kendall
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Patent number: 9863674Abstract: An evaporator system that includes: a first evaporator coil at a first evaporator temperature and pressure; a second evaporator coil at a second evaporator temperature and pressure that is less than the first evaporator temperature and pressure where the first evaporator and second evaporator are configured to be thermally disjointed; and a plurality of thermally conductive spaced apart evaporator fins having a plurality of spaced apart thermal break portions positioned between the first evaporator coil and the second evaporator coil that thermally disjoin the first evaporator and the second evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Steven Kuehl, Nihat Cur, Guolian Wu
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Patent number: 9833942Abstract: A method of forming a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet, the method comprising providing first and second sheets of material. The first sheet of material is thermoformed over a first forming tool forming a first intermediate structure. The first intermediate structure is then thermoformed over a second forming mold to create a second intermediate structure. The second sheet of material is then sealing connected with the second intermediate structure forming an annular space. A vacuum is created in the annular space creating a vacuum insulated cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Guolian Wu, Nihat Cur, Jurgen Pannock
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Patent number: 9835369Abstract: A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an “O” shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Steven J. Kuehl, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James W. Kendall, Nihat Cur, Paul B. Allard
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Publication number: 20170021554Abstract: A method of forming a vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet, the method comprising providing first and second sheets of material. The first sheet of material is thermoformed over a first forming tool forming a first intermediate structure. The first intermediate structure is then thermoformed over a second forming mold to create a second intermediate structure. The second sheet of material is then sealing connected with the second intermediate structure forming an annular space. A vacuum is created in the annular space creating a vacuum insulated cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Guolian Wu, Nihat Cur, Jurgen Pannock
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Patent number: 9534831Abstract: A liquid dispenser utilizes a collapsible container that contains a supply of liquid. The collapsible container is received within a chamber that has a stationary wall. A moveable member is adjustable into contact with the collapsible container within the chamber. An indicator displays an estimated amount of liquid remaining in the collapsible container based on a position of the moveable member. The moveable member may squeeze the collapsible container against the stationary wall to thereby increase pressure within the liquid in the collapsible container to urge an outlet valve towards an open position in order to resolve any clogs in the valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Steven J. Kuehl, Robert J. Rolek
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Publication number: 20160304359Abstract: A method of indicating to a user of an appliance that a water filter unit operably connected to the appliance has passed its useful life that includes the steps of: providing a filter unit and wherein the filter unit comprises a fluid flow impeding system within a housing of the filter unit; engaging the filter unit with the appliance; measuring the volume of water treated by the filter unit using an end of life measuring system positioned within the filter unit; and activating the fluid flow impeding device contained within the housing of the filter unit after a maximum volume of water the filter unit has been designed to treat has been surpassed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Nihat Cur, James C.L. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Mark M. Senninger