Patents by Inventor Silvia Helena Pini

Silvia Helena Pini 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).

  • Publication number: 20140346867
    Abstract: A control method and system for home appliances which include an electric motor having at least two coils. The coils of the electric motor are combined in series or in parallel due to the input voltage and are used as a voltage supply for devices of a set of electrical loads which are simultaneously connected to the electric motor. Additionally, an electric motor having at least two coils is used for feeding devices of a set of electrical loads of a home appliance in which one of the coils of the electric motor is used as voltage supply for feeding the devices of the set of electrical loads. Also described are a home appliance which includes a control system, a control method and the use of an electric motor for feeding according to these specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Silvia Helena Pini, Marcelo Zanelato, Marcos Roberto de Souza
  • Publication number: 20140305145
    Abstract: A control system and a control method for controlling input voltages (1) for household appliances having at least one electric motor in their set of electric charges or devices (5). This control is made by means of a processing unit (3), which can act selectively and independently on a set of output switches (4) and, therefore, act in different ways on each of the devices (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Marcelo Zanelato, Marcos Roberto De Souza, Silvia Helena Pini
  • Publication number: 20140232315
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling input voltage (1) for electric charges (5) that have a selective organization of electric components for more than one input voltage (1), preferably for induction motors used on cooling compressors, by means of a set of output switches (4). The detection may be made either directly by means of a processing unit (3) or indirectly by means of a network sensor (6) capable of supplying information to the processing unit (3). Optionally, there is a protection sensor (7), as well as control reference values (8) capable of supplying information to the processing unit (3) for better protection of the electric charges (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Marcelo Zanelato, Marcos Roberto De Souza, Silvia Helena Pini