Patents by Inventor Wim Vanverre

Wim Vanverre 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: 10006760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular passive refrigeration container for the cold storage and transport of goods, especially fresh produce and deep-frozen goods as well as to a method for the assembly of such a modular passive refrigerated container, comprising at least: (i) a cooling element, suitable for binary ice as coolant, comprising at least three plate-shaped hollow cooling segments, wherein the plate-shaped cooling segments define at least a portion of the refrigeration space, (ii) an insulation material in plate form, and (iii) a housing, suitable for receiving said cooling element and said insulating material in plate form, wherein said cooling element is removably surrounded by said housing, and wherein a space between the said cooling element and said housing is at least partially filled with said insulating material which is reversibly connected with either said housing or said cooling element or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENTEN FRANZ COLRUYT
    Inventors: Erik Cousaert, Caren Noels, Koen Merckx, Wim Vanverre, Joachim Van Mulders
  • Publication number: 20150107292
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular passive refrigeration container for the cold storage and transport of goods, especially fresh produce and deep-frozen goods as well as to a method for the assembly of such a modular passive refrigerated container, comprising at least: (i) a cooling element, suitable for binary ice as coolant, comprising at least three plate-shaped hollow cooling segments, wherein the plate-shaped cooling segments define at least a portion of the refrigeration space, (ii) an insulation material in plate form, and (iii) a housing, suitable for receiving said cooling element and said insulating material in plate form, wherein said cooling element is removably surrounded by said housing, and wherein a space between the said cooling element and said housing is at least partially filled with said insulating material which is reversibly connected with either said housing or said cooling element or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ETABLISSEMENTEN FRANZ COLRUYT
    Inventors: Erik Cousaert, Caren Noels, Koen Merckx, Wim Vanverre, Joachim Van Mulders