Patents by Inventor Steve J. Kerwin

Steve J. Kerwin 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).

  • Refrigeration appliance door with reinforcement sheet
    Patent number: 5599081
    Abstract: A door construction is provided for a refrigeration appliance where the door has an exterior shell with a certain degree of rigidity, an interior liner spaced from the exterior shell and being less rigid than the shell, a foamed insulation material disposed between the exterior shell and the interior liner and a reinforcement sheet having a rigidly greater than the liner located between the exterior shell and the liner. The reinforcement sheet may either be retained and placed by the foamed insulation material or by an adhesive layer between the sheet and the liner. Preferably the liner has a planar surface and the sheet has a planar surface in engagement with the planar surface of the liner. The sheet may be non-perforated or perforated and be made of a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Revlett, Edward A. Anderson, Patrick A. Braun, Steve J. Kerwin, Franklin G. Katje