Patents by Inventor Riccardo Allera

Riccardo Allera 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).

  • Refrigerator with internal compartment divisible into independent temperature zones
    Patent number: 7293422
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a removable shelf with a user interface for setting the working conditions of a refrigerator compartment. The user interface also being able to transmit the working conditions to a control unit of the refrigerator. The refrigerator having a package to be inserted in the refrigeration compartment, the package supporting a plurality of inductors for receiving and transmitting data to the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Davide Parachini, Matteo Santinato, Davide Braggion, Riccardo Allera
  • Refrigerator with internal compartment divisible into independent temperature zones
    Publication number: 20040148949
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a removable shelf with a user interface for setting the working conditions of a refrigerator compartment. The user interface also being able to transmit the working conditions to a control unit of the refrigerator. The refrigerator having a package to be inserted in the refrigeration compartment, the package supporting a plurality of inductors for receiving and transmitting data to the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Davide Parachini, Matteo Santinato, Davide Braggion, Riccardo Allera
  • Cooking oven
    Patent number: 6545251
    Abstract: A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating elements on its side walls. The oven sub-cavities can be singularly or separately and this increases flexibility in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Giovanni Franzetti, Marco Maritan, Salvatore Sanna, Massimo Maroni, David Ward, Galli Rocco, Ermanno Buzzi, Massimiliano Comolli, Robert Meyer, Marco Poma
  • Pyrolytic self-cleaning oven
    Patent number: 6437294
    Abstract: A pyrolytic self-cleaning oven having a catalytic composition positioned in the oven cavity or exhaust gas passage in order to complete the combustion and/or the oxidation of gases produced by a process carried out inside the oven. The catalytic composition is supported by a ceramic coating on a metal wire. The metal wire is electrically connected to a control system of the oven for controlling the cooking and/or pyrolytic cleaning process. The catalytic composition carried on the metal wire may be part of a net-shaped catalytic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Maurizio Beghi, Adriano Scaburri, Andrea Corda
  • Cooking oven
    Publication number: 20020060215
    Abstract: A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating elements on its side walls. The oven sub-cavities can be singularly or separately and this increases flexibility in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Giovanni Franzetti, Marco Maritan, Salvatore Sanna, Massimo Maroni, David Ward, Galli Rocco, Ermanno Buzzi, Massimiliano Comolli, Robert Meyer, Marco Poma
  • Pyrolytic self-cleaning oven
    Publication number: 20010052515
    Abstract: A pyrolytic self-cleaning oven having a catalytic composition positioned in the oven cavity or exhaust gas passage in order to complete the combustion and/or the oxidation of gases produced by a process carried out inside the oven. The catalytic composition is supported by a ceramic coating on a metal wire. The metal wire is electrically connected to a control system of the oven for controlling the cooking and/or pyrolytic cleaning process. The catalytic composition carried on the metal wire may be part of a net-shaped catalytic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Riccardo Allera, Maurizio Beghi, Adriano Scaburri, Andrea Corda