Patents by Inventor Robert Voll

Robert Voll 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).

  • Patent number: 7284392
    Abstract: An improved icemaker is provided for a refrigerator. The improvements include tilting the ice mold to assure that the ice cavity nearest the thermostat is filled with water; controlling air flow to the mold to promote rapid freezing of water in the mold cavities; raising the perimeter walls of the mold to minimize water spillage; and providing hooks on the mold for routing electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald K. Anderson, Troy Michael Anderson, Thomas Carl Anell, Xiaoyong Fu, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bruce Arthur Kopf, Ryan D. Schuchart, Andrew G. Strohm, Scott Robert Voll, Dennis E. Winders
  • Patent number: 7266973
    Abstract: An improved icemaker is provided for a refrigerator. The improvements include tilting the ice mold to assure that the ice cavity nearest the thermostat is filled with water; controlling air flow to the mold to promote rapid freezing of water in the mold cavities; raising the perimeter walls of the mold to minimize water spillage; and providing hooks on the mold for routing electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald K. Anderson, Troy Michael Anderson, Thomas Carl Anell, Xiaoyong Fu, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bruce Arthur Kopf, Ryan D. Schuchart, Andrew G. Strohm, Scott Robert Voll, Dennis E. Winders
  • Patent number: 7266957
    Abstract: An improved icemaker is provided for a refrigerator. The improvements include tilting the ice mold to assure that the ice cavity nearest the thermostat is filled with water; controlling air flow to the mold to promote rapid freezing of water in the mold cavities; raising the perimeter walls of the mold to minimize water spillage; and providing hooks on the mold for routing electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald K. Anderson, Troy Michael Anderson, Thomas Carl Anell, Xiaoyong Fu, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bruce Arthur Kopf, Ryan D. Schuchart, Andrew G. Strohm, Scott Robert Voll, Dennis E. Winders
  • Patent number: 5899546
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a shell formed by opposed, upright side walls and a top wall, all of which have in-turned front and rear face portions with each of the front face portions terminating in a return flange defining a liner receiving cavity opening forwardly of the shell. Each liner receiving cavity is spaced inwardly of a respective side and top wall such that a channel, which is readily accessible from within the shell, is defined. A rear wall is interconnected to the side and top walls by being arranged between and forced to intimately contact a pair of spaced layers defining the rear face portions of each of these walls. A plurality of reinforcement members, including a pair of upper corner plates and a pair of side reinforcement bars adapted to be arranged in the channel, as well as upper and lower crossbars in one preferred embodiment that interconnect the side reinforcement members, are attached to the shell, along with a mullion plate and a faceplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Jose G. Avendano, Edward Everett Crompton, III, Richard James Miller, John Phillip Myers, John C. Rue, Sr., Robert A. Christenson, Sheldon W. Mandel, Michael A. Mohrfeld, Robert M. Riley, Scott Robert Voll
  • Patent number: 5897181
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a shell formed by opposed, upright side walls and a top wall, all of which have in-turned front and rear face portions with each of the front face portions terminating in a return flange defining a liner receiving cavity opening forwardly of the shell. Each liner receiving cavity is spaced inwardly of a respective side and top wall such that a channel, which is readily accessible from within the shell, is defined. A rear wall is interconnected to the side and top walls by being arranged between and forced to intimately contact a pair of spaced layers defining the rear face portions of each of these walls. A plurality of reinforcement members, including a pair of upper corner plates and a pair of side reinforcement bars adapted to be arranged in the channel, as well as upper and lower crossbars in one preferred embodiment that interconnect the side reinforcement members, are attached to the shell, along with a mullion plate and a faceplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Jose G. Avendano, Edward Everett Crompton, III, Richard James Miller, John Phillip Myers, John C. Rue, Sr., Robert A. Christenson, Sheldon W. Mandel, Michael A. Mohrfeld, Robert M. Riley, Scott Robert Voll
  • Patent number: 5551028
    Abstract: A system and method for organizing design data in a computer system so that multiple data files can be represented and manipulated as a single entity, referred to herein as a design object. Each design object is represented graphically by a symbol on a computer display screen. Associated with the multiple data files of a design object is a software design tool such as a text editor or schematic editor. The tool may be applied to work on the data files of the design object when the design object is opened. Opening a design object is typically done by positioning the screen cursor over the symbol and then using a mouse or keyboard to open the symbol and thereby the data files and tool. Data files grouped in a design object are thus much simpler to manage than separate data files that a user must first identify, retrieve and collect before applying a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Voll, William C. Berg, Brad Sergent, Sam Stevens
  • Patent number: 5041501
    Abstract: Novel polymer blends are provided comprising a linear low density copolymer of ethylene with an olefin containing 4 to 10 carbon atoms (LLDPE) compounded with a minor amount of an at least partially isotactic, partially crystalline butene-1 polymer comprising at least about 80 wt. % of polymerized butene-1. The blends can be fabricated with better processability and reduced blocking into blown films having improved impact properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Pradeep P. Shirodkar