Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Jenkins

Thomas Edward Jenkins 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).

  • Patent number: 5909937
    Abstract: A refrigerator door has an outer member formed from a folded sheet of steel, with a front panel and a perpendicularly projecting flange forming a cavity. A reinforcing member of thin sheet steel has a front panel, smaller than the outer member front panel, with a perpendicularly projecting flange. The reinforcing member is positioned in the cavity. A body of insulation foamed-in-place in the cavity secures the reinforcing member within the cavity in spaced apart relationship with the outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Jenkins, Duane Jubenville
  • Patent number: 5720536
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet has an outer case with lateral walls and a continuous front flange. A pair of liners are nested in the case and have lateral walls with a front edge positioned rearward of the case front flange. A resilient breaker strip connects the case walls to corresponding liner walls. The strip front wall extends inward from the case flange to a point inward of the liner wall and a side wall extends rearward to overlap the liner wall. A bifurcated edge of the strip receives the case flange. The strip side wall is return bent to form an inner wall engaging the inner surface and a resilient finger engaging the outer surface of the liner wall. A resilient mullion, connecting the adjacent inner lateral walls of the liners, has a front wall extending across the space between the liners and a side wall projecting rearward from each edge of the front wall to overlap the liner lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Jenkins, Thomas Charles Zimmer, Darrell Wayne Shewmaker, Ronald Gary Foster
  • Patent number: 5708081
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymer compositions of high impact strength, comprising a vinylaromatic polymer and a rubber, and to a process for their manufacture.These compositions are obtained by virtue of the use of two polybutadienes whose viscosities, measured at 25.degree. C. at a concentration of 5% in styrene, are, respectively, between 120 and 350 centipoises in the case of one and between 30 and 90 centipoises in the case of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S. A.
    Inventors: Tarek Sarraf, Thomas Edward Jenkins