Patents by Inventor Thomas Baierl

Thomas Baierl 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: 20260258994
    Abstract: An ice-making appliance comprising a flexible mold having a plurality of interconnected ice-forming cavities, a single-fill cavity configuration configured to distribute water uniformly across the interconnected ice-forming cavities, a drive motor configured to rotate the flexible mold between an ice-making position and an ice-harvesting position, an ejection mechanism comprising at least one extraction pin positioned adjacent to the flexible mold, and a storage bin configured to collect ejected ice pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2026
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas BAIERL, Rodolfo DA SILVA ESPINDOLA, Sophia GRIMM, Arthur MARCON, Alison PEREIRA
  • Publication number: 20260146776
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a cooling system is configured to cool at least one of a refrigeration compartment and a freezer compartment. The refrigerator also includes an ice maker configured in a door of the refrigerator and configured to receive an isolated cold air supply from the cooling system. The ice maker includes a cylinder defining an extruding ice maker cavity. An extruder head is secured to the cylinder, and a plurality of cooling fins are configured radially around an outer surface of the cylinder. An insulation body is configured around the plurality of cooling fins, the insulation body and the plurality of cooling fins defining an air space for circulating the isolated cold air supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Baierl, Rodolfo Espindola, Johann Kleber, Alison Pereira, Arthur Marcon
  • Publication number: 20250341354
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ice maker, in particular for a household appliance, comprising at least one moulding element which is suitable and intended for moulding an ice piece, wherein the at least one moulding element is fluidically connected to a liquid supply device, wherein at least one cooling supply device is provided, which supplies a cooled fluid to the at least one moulding element in such a way that it impinges on an upper area of the at least one moulding element along the height axis, wherein the liquid supply device comprises at least one liquid reservoir which is arranged along the height axis below the at least one moulding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicants: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA, Whirlpool Corporation Global Headquarters
    Inventors: Josef BAURIEDL, Thomas BAIERL, Arthur Sady Abreu MARCON, Alison William PEREIRA, Anup MORE
  • Patent number: 10309706
    Abstract: A cooling or freezing device includes an ice-making tray having a plurality of ice-piece-producing cavities distributed over at least two rows of cavities running parallel to one another. The device further includes a cold air supply system which provides a cold air stream which flows beneath the ice-making tray along the rows of cavities. There is additionally provided a temperature sensor unit which is inserted into a gap formed on the underside of the tray between a pair of adjacent ice-piece-producing cavities. The pair of cavities is formed by two ice-piece-producing cavities which, as seen in the direction of flow of the cold air stream, are the last ice-piece-producing cavities of two adjacent rows of cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Roland Schroedel, Manfredi Signorino, Josef Bauriedl, Thomas Baierl, Michael Koch
  • Publication number: 20180045448
    Abstract: A cooling or freezing device includes an ice-making tray having a plurality of ice-piece-producing cavities distributed over at least two rows of cavities running parallel to one another. The device further includes a cold air supply system which provides a cold air stream which flows beneath the ice-making tray along the rows of cavities. There is additionally provided a temperature sensor unit which is inserted into a gap formed on the underside of the tray between a pair of adjacent ice-piece-producing cavities. The pair of cavities is formed by two ice-piece-producing cavities which, as seen in the direction of flow of the cold air stream, are the last ice-piece-producing cavities of two adjacent rows of cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Roland Schroedel, Manfredi Signorino, Josef Bauriedl, Thomas Baierl, Michael Koch