Patents by Inventor Samuel Harward
Samuel Harward 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: 11852399Abstract: A removable upper plinth or top panel structure for a domestic appliance, includes: an elongated plate-shaped cover for covering an access opening at a top portion of the domestic appliance; a plurality of attachment members disposed on the elongated plate-shaped cover for detachably mounting the elongated plate-shaped cover to the domestic appliance; and a plurality of tethers connected to the elongated plate-shaped cover, such that on condition that the elongated plate-shaped cover is detached from the domestic appliance to expose the access area, the elongated plate-shaped cover flips downward and hangs on the plurality of tethers.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Joshua Wittes, Ashish Modi, Samuel Harward
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Patent number: 11740010Abstract: A household appliance includes at least one compartment and a housing connection arrangement which surrounds the compartment and includes an outer liner facing outside, an inner liner spaced apart from the outer liner, and a housing frame connected to the outer liner from one side and to the inner liner facing the compartment from the other side. At least one elastic member is provided on a region of the housing connection arrangement where the housing frame connects to the outer liner. At least one reinforcement member is provided adjacent to the outer liner, the housing frame and the elastic member. The reinforcement member includes a first connection lug which is at least partially received by a portion of the elastic member from one side, and a second connection lug configured to be connected to the outer liner with a connection member, from the other side.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Yigit Akalan, Orkun Mert Ergin, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk, Toygun Karakaya, Erhan Kaya
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Shelf support bracket system for glass refrigerator shelf and refrigerator shelf assembly using same
Patent number: 11696642Abstract: A shelf support bracket system for a transparent refrigerator shelf of a refrigerator, including: an unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket having mounting hooks at one end for mounting to an inside wall of the refrigerator; and a decorative cover sleeve slidably disposed over the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket so as to cover a substantial portion thereof. The decorative cover sleeve has an upper surface serving as an attachment surface that is configured to receive the transparent refrigerator shelf.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: BSH Hope Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Cetin Abdullah Celik, Felix Hänßler, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk -
Publication number: 20230144224Abstract: A removable upper plinth or top panel structure for a domestic appliance, includes: an elongated plate-shaped cover for covering an access opening at a top portion of the domestic appliance; a plurality of attachment members disposed on the elongated plate-shaped cover for detachably mounting the elongated plate-shaped cover to the domestic appliance; and a plurality of tethers connected to the elongated plate-shaped cover, such that on condition that the elongated plate-shaped cover is detached from the domestic appliance to expose the access area, the elongated plate-shaped cover flips downward and hangs on the plurality of tethers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Joshua Wittes, Ashish Modi, Samuel Harward
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Patent number: 11592231Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a cabinet surrounded by a thermally-insulated housing having a sidewall facing outside and an inner liner spaced apart from the sidewall. At least one door is hinged to the housing by at least one hinge element and a front frame part is provided at a side of the housing facing the door. The housing includes a reinforcing member provided at a region of the housing adjacent a respective hinge element, so as to connect a pair of frame parts extending vertically between the sidewall and the inner liner to each other and to the respective hinge element and sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Yigit Akalan, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk, Toygun Karakaya, Erhan Kaya
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Publication number: 20220205710Abstract: A household appliance includes at least one compartment and a housing connection arrangement which surrounds the compartment and includes an outer liner facing outside, an inner liner spaced apart from the outer liner, and a housing frame connected to the outer liner from one side and to the inner liner facing the compartment from the other side. At least one elastic member is provided on a region of the housing connection arrangement where the housing frame connects to the outer liner. At least one reinforcement member is provided adjacent to the outer liner, the housing frame and the elastic member. The reinforcement member includes a first connection lug which is at least partially received by a portion of the elastic member from one side, and a second connection lug configured to be connected to the outer liner with a connection member, from the other side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Yigit Akalan, Orkun Mert Ergin, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk, Toygun Karakaya, Erhan Kaya
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Publication number: 20220099360Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a cabinet surrounded by a thermally-insulated housing having a sidewall facing outside and an inner liner spaced apart from the sidewall. At least one door is hinged to the housing by at least one hinge element and a front frame part is provided at a side of the housing facing the door. The housing includes a reinforcing member provided at a region of the housing adjacent a respective hinge element, so as to connect a pair of frame parts extending vertically between the sidewall and the inner liner to each other and to the respective hinge element and sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: YIGIT AKALAN, SAMUEL HARWARD, CEMALETTIN HASTURK, TOYGUN KARAKAYA, ERHAN KAYA
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Publication number: 20210404734Abstract: A home appliance contains a housing which surrounds an internal space. The housing has an outer side wall facing outside, an inner side wall spaced apart from the outer side wall, a thermal insulation material which fills a spacing between the side walls, and a front flange connected to the inner side wall from one side and to the outer side wall from the other side. An external sealing member is provided on a connection region of the housing where the front flange connects to the inner side wall, so as to provide a barrier to the thermal insulation material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Yigit Akalan, Samuel Harward, Erhan Kaya
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Patent number: 11168934Abstract: A refrigerator front frame for a refrigerator appliance, includes: four extruded plastic profiles; four corner connecting pieces configured to join the four extruded plastic profiles to form the refrigerator front frame, wherein a co-extruded, thin metal strip is embedded within a wall of each of the four extruded plastic profiles so as to be near an outer surface of a corresponding extruded plastic profile as compared to an overall wall thickness of the corresponding extruded plastic profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Cetin Abdullah Celik, Alexander Görz, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk
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SHELF SUPPORT BRACKET SYSTEM FOR GLASS REFRIGERATOR SHELF AND REFRIGERATOR SHELF ASSEMBLY USING SAME
Publication number: 20210274935Abstract: A shelf support bracket system for a transparent refrigerator shelf of a refrigerator, including: an unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket having mounting hooks at one end for mounting to an inside wall of the refrigerator; and a decorative cover sleeve slidably disposed over the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket so as to cover a substantial portion thereof. The decorative cover sleeve has an upper surface serving as an attachment surface that is configured to receive the transparent refrigerator shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Cetin Abdullah Celik, Felix Hänssler, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk -
Publication number: 20210231362Abstract: A refrigerator front frame for a refrigerator appliance, including: four profiles comprising two vertical profiles each having a first width and two horizontal profiles at least one of which has a second width, where the first width and the second width are different; and four corner connecting pieces configured to join the four profiles. Each of the four corner connecting pieces includes a horizontal receiving portion configured to receive one of the two horizontal profiles thereover and a vertical receiving portion configured to receive one of the two vertical profiles thereover. The ends of the two vertical profiles abut against sides of the two horizontal profiles or vice versa, such that a joining line between each of the two vertical profiles and each of the two horizontal profiles is either horizontal or vertical, and such that each of the four corner connecting pieces is substantially covered and hidden from view.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Yigit Akalan, Howard Cheng, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk, Lucas Schulte Campos
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Publication number: 20210231361Abstract: A refrigerator front frame for a refrigerator appliance, includes: four extruded plastic profiles; four corner connecting pieces configured to join the four extruded plastic profiles to form the refrigerator front frame, wherein a co-extruded, thin metal strip is embedded within a wall of each of the four extruded plastic profiles so as to be near an outer surface of a corresponding extruded plastic profile as compared to an overall wall thickness of the corresponding extruded plastic profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Cetin Abdullah Celik, Alexander Görz, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk
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Patent number: 11073328Abstract: A refrigerator front frame for a refrigerator appliance, including: four profiles comprising two vertical profiles each having a first width and two horizontal profiles at least one of which has a second width, where the first width and the second width are different; and four corner connecting pieces configured to join the four profiles. Each of the four corner connecting pieces includes a horizontal receiving portion configured to receive one of the two horizontal profiles thereover and a vertical receiving portion configured to receive one of the two vertical profiles thereover. The ends of the two vertical profiles abut against sides of the two horizontal profiles or vice versa, such that a joining line between each of the two vertical profiles and each of the two horizontal profiles is either horizontal or vertical, and such that each of the four corner connecting pieces is substantially covered and hidden from view.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Yigit Akalan, Howard Cheng, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk, Lucas Schulte Campos
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Patent number: 10845062Abstract: A system for securing an oven cavity rack includes an oven cavity rack; first and second fasteners passing through the oven cavity rack; a retaining body configured to be located in a space outside of the oven cavity; first and second retaining clips attached to the retaining body at first and second ends of the retaining body, the retaining clips each having a receiving feature that receives one of the fasteners. The first and second fasteners engage the retaining clips and are configured to draw the retaining clips toward the oven cavity to secure the oven cavity rack against an oven cavity side of an oven cavity wall, and when the first fastener is secured to the first retaining clip, the retaining body is positionally fixed by the first fastener such that the receiving feature of the second retaining clip remains aligned with an attachment point.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Samuel Harward, Matthew Moose
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Publication number: 20200116362Abstract: A system for securing an oven cavity rack includes an oven cavity rack; first and second fasteners passing through the oven cavity rack; a retaining body configured to be located in a space outside of the oven cavity; first and second retaining clips attached to the retaining body at first and second ends of the retaining body, the retaining clips each having a receiving feature that receives one of the fasteners. The first and second fasteners engage the retaining clips and are configured to draw the retaining clips toward the oven cavity to secure the oven cavity rack against an oven cavity side of an oven cavity wall, and when the first fastener is secured to the first retaining clip, the retaining body is positionally fixed by the first fastener such that the receiving feature of the second retaining clip remains aligned with an attachment point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Samuel Harward, Matthew Moose
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Patent number: 9723954Abstract: A combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit for a household cooking appliance or stand-alone cooking appliance is provided in which the combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit includes a cooking surface, a first heating unit for heating a first portion of the cooking surface, and a second heating unit for heating a second portion of the cooking surface, wherein the first heating unit and the second heating unit are selectively operable to uniformly heat an entire area of the cooking surface in a griddle mode of operation and to concentrate a greater amount of heat in a first area of the cooking surface than in a second area of the cooking surface in a teppanyaki mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: William Bringe, John Freeman, Samuel Harward, Michael Rutherford
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Patent number: 9429329Abstract: A household cooking appliance including a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening, and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes an outer door skin forming an outer surface of the door, the outer door skin including an outer glass panel, a full glass inner panel forming an inner surface of the door, the full glass inner panel abutting the seal when the door is in a closed position, a middle glass panel disposed between the outer glass panel and the inner glass panel, and a middle glass support system that supports the middle glass panel at a predetermined position between the outer glass panel and the full glass inner panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ryan DeLozier, Russell Dorsten, Samuel Harward, Donald Hendricks, Rose Marie Parker
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Patent number: 9372002Abstract: A household cooking appliance includes a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter thereof. An oven door covering the opening and being moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The oven door includes an outer door skin having an outer glass panel, a full glass inner panel having an inner surface that abuts the seal when the oven door is in a closed position, the full glass inner panel closing an inner side of the outer door skin, and an integrated drip tray assembly that collects condensation from the full glass inner panel. The integrated drip tray assembly is sealed to the full glass inner panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Samuel Harward, Donald Hendricks, Rose Marie Parker
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Patent number: 9372003Abstract: A surface cooking module for a household cooking appliance is provided in which the surface cooking module includes a frame having a front end and a rear end, a front fixation bracket on the front end of the frame, the front fixation bracket for engaging a corresponding first fixation element in a chassis of the household cooking appliance and enabling the frame to pivot about the front end of the frame when engaged with the first fixation element, and a spring clip coupled to the rear end of the frame, the rear end of the frame being opposite the front end of the frame, the spring clip for engaging a second fixation element in the chassis of the household cooking appliance when the cooking module is pivoted downward about the front end of the frame into a mounted position on the household cooking appliance.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Samuel Harward, Clifford Henegar, Michael Rutherford, Donnie Smith
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Patent number: 9347671Abstract: A household appliance includes a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber and a warming drawer module in the interior chamber. The warming drawer module includes a glass heating element forming a floor surface of the warming drawer module for receiving items to be warmed, a thermostat having a sensor measuring a temperature of the glass heating element, the thermostat being disposed under the glass heating element, and a thermally conductive layer disposed between an underside of the glass heating element and the sensor of the thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: William Bringe, Samuel Harward, Benjamin Warf