Patents by Inventor Steve Paraszczak

Steve Paraszczak 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).

  • Dual hopper icemaking refrigerator
    Patent number: 6442954
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and access door. An icemaker is disposed in the freezer compartment. An upper hopper is disposed inside the freezer door below the icemaker, and includes a rotary auger and first and second ice ports below opposite ends thereof. A receptacle is disposed outside the freezer door below the upper hopper, and a lower hopper is disposed inside the freezer door below the receptacle. A chute joins the second port of the upper hopper to the lower hopper for storing ice cubes therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Steve Paraszczak, Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Lorina June White, Martin Scott Mershon, Scott Russell King, Samuel Vincent DuPlessis