Patents by Inventor Valentina VELICHKINA

Valentina VELICHKINA 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-sealing arrangement
    Patent number: 11112165
    Abstract: A throat assembly (14) for forming the peripheral front face of the compartment opening of a refrigeration appliance (1). The throat assembly spanning the gap between respective front edges of a refrigerator cabinet (3) outer wrapper (2) and the compartment inner liner (13). The throat assembly includes at least one elongate plastics injection moulded component having a panel (15) including a planar front face (21) for contact with a door gasket seal (16) and an elongate magnet arrangement at its rear face (22) for magnetic coupling with a door gasket magnet (20). The throat assembly may comprise plural such interconnected elongate members providing a monolithic frame, formed in a single injection moulding operation, surrounding the compartment opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: James Arthur Heckler, Valentina Velichkina
  • REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE DOOR-SEALING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20200041196
    Abstract: A throat assembly (14) for forming the peripheral front face of the compartment opening of a refrigeration appliance (1). The throat assembly spanning the gap between respective front edges of a refrigerator cabinet (3) outer wrapper (2) and the compartment inner liner (13). The throat assembly includes at least one elongate plastics injection moulded component having a panel (15) including a planar front face (21) for contact with a door gasket seal (16) and an elongate magnet arrangement at its rear face (22) for magnetic coupling with a door gasket magnet (20). The throat assembly may comprise plural such interconnected elongate members providing a monolithic frame, formed in a single injection moulding operation, surrounding the compartment opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: James Arthur HECKLER, Valentina VELICHKINA