Patents by Inventor ROMULUS ALEXANDRU GHERMAN

ROMULUS ALEXANDRU GHERMAN 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: 10136764
    Abstract: A high-speed blending blade for a food-processing appliance includes two opposing upwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the upwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved downward top surface, two opposing downwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the downwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved upward top surface, a central blade portion having a central top surface, wherein the top central surface is co-planar with a portion of each downward top surface and each upward top surface and a pair of opposing top blades extending at a predetermined angle from proximate the central top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Romulus Alexandru Gherman, Timothy J. Laroy, Joseph Q. Marietta, Edith M. Wine
  • Publication number: 20170325636
    Abstract: A high-speed blending blade for a food-processing appliance includes two opposing upwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the upwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved downward top surface, two opposing downwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the downwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved upward top surface, a central blade portion having a central top surface, wherein the top central surface is co-planar with a portion of each downward top surface and each upward top surface and a pair of opposing top blades extending at a predetermined angle from proximate the central top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Romulus Alexandru Gherman, Timothy J. Laroy, Joseph Q. Marietta, Edith M. Wine
  • Patent number: 9750373
    Abstract: A high-speed blending blade for a food-processing appliance includes two opposing upwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the upwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved downward top surface, two opposing downwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the downwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved upward top surface, a central blade portion having a central top surface, wherein the top central surface is co-planar with a portion of each downward top surface and each upward top surface and a pair of opposing top blades extending at a predetermined angle from proximate the central top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Romulus Alexandru Gherman, Timothy J. Laroy, Joseph Q. Marietta, Edith M. Wine
  • Publication number: 20160128516
    Abstract: A high-speed blending blade for a food-processing appliance includes two opposing upwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the upwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved downward top surface, two opposing downwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the downwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved upward top surface, a central blade portion having a central top surface, wherein the top central surface is co-planar with a portion of each downward top surface and each upward top surface and a pair of opposing top blades extending at a predetermined angle from proximate the central top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ROMULUS ALEXANDRU GHERMAN, TIMOTHY J. LAROY, JOSEPH Q. MARIETTA, EDITH M. WINE