Whirlpool Corporation

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Whirpool Corporation

Chad Jonathan Rotter

Dean A Martin

Scott William Leimkuehler

David Allen Stauffer

Steven G Herndon

Lester J Ott

Kevin Lee Noel

Robert L Wetekamp

James H Jenkins

Bill J Koons

Kyle B Van Meter

Alvin V Miller

Tim L Coulter

Thomas Edward Gose

Ron S Paulsen

Brent A Kramer

Alan M Welch

Mauro M Oliveira

Lawrence J Ertz

Michael Allen Bowen

Bruce A Kopf

Trevor L Hawkins

Ryan Michael Post

Abhay Naik

Michael S Richards

Kamil Musa El-Sayed

Bartosz Daniel Stawczyk

Karol Michal Kostka

Scott Daniel Boyd

Steven L Proctor

Steven John Kuehl

David P Cooper

Daryl Lee Harmon

James C L Guarino

Joseph R Peters

Timothy A Fulton

Daniel Louis Sigmund

Mark C Graff

Justin Glasgow

Ian M Pavnick

Stevan R Dolinsek

Chris McElvain

Barry E Tuller

Sanket Vivek Phalak

Antonio Sanchez

Jackson Felipe Karl

Dakota E Kosek

Alexandre C Azevedo

Byron Lynn Gerber

Jon J Freesmeier

Steven M Haring

Juan Pablo Ramirez Carrillo

Umakant Suresh Katu

Norman B Davis

Scott A Kositzky

Brian J Beuligman

William C Montgomery

Richard Allan Kirchner

Jason Ammerman

Vinay Mahantgauda Patil

Jeffrey Michael O'Halloran

Kailash Shravan More

John Joseph Burns

Sunil Patil

Greg A Scorpil

Gowardhan Parikshit

Lalit Madhukar Suryawanshi

Raymond J Chekal

Binil K Jose

Mauro M Oliveria

Ian Pavnick

Marcel Lessa

Dustin Schumacher

John F Wikoff

Roberto F T Miller

Tadd Griffith

Michael J Dunlap

Jeevan S Yadav

Jack J Standefer

Pavan P Jorapur

Pradip Varpe

A refrigerator shelving system includes a primary shelf, a secondary shelf, hangers, and nests. The hangers movably secure the secondary shelf to the primary shelf. The hangers also position the secondary shelf below the primary shelf. The nests are configured to secure the secondary shelf to the primary shelf in a stowed position. The nests include housings and magnets that are vertically slidable within the housings. The magnets are configured to engage the hangers to maintain the secondary shelf in the stowed position. Vertical positions of the magnets are variable within the housing to compensate for variations in positions of the hangers.

Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator

A refrigeration appliance including: (a) a cabinet that includes a vacuum-insulated structure within which a refrigeration compartment configured to hold a food item is disposed; and (b) a door that includes a vacuum-insulated door structure coupled to the cabinet, the vacuum-insulated door including (i) a gasket that forms a seal against the vacuum-insulated cabinet when the door is in a closed position and (ii) a projection inward of the gasket that projects into the refrigeration compartment and is separated from the vacuum-insulated cabinet by a gap, the gap having a shortest distance that is less than 12 mm.

Refrigeration appliance with a door projection to reduce thermal transfer at door and cabinet interface

Filter unit

A hinge bracket assembly includes an appliance wrapper defining a first receiving space extending in a first direction, a second receiving space extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a third receiving space extending in a third direction oriented at an acute angle relative to the first direction. An anchor plate is engaged with the appliance wrapper and includes a retention member received by the first receiving space, a first flange received by the second receiving space, and a second flange received by the third receiving space. A hinge plate is coupled with the anchor plate and includes a protrusion received by a slot defined by the retention member. The appliance wrapper is positioned between the anchor and hinge plates. A locking arm is selectively engaged with the anchor and hinge plates and is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position.

Hinge bracket assembly

A vacuum insulated appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner. A ladder rack is coupled to the inner liner. The ladder rack includes first and second sidewalls coupled together by a connecting wall that defines a plurality of apertures. An adapter member includes a hook configured to extend through an aperture of the plurality of apertures when coupled to the ladder rack. The adapter member is coupled with a locking member that engages inner surface of first and second sidewalls of the ladder rack. A cantilever support is coupled to the adapter member and extends outward from the ladder rack. A rail assembly is coupled to an upper surface of the cantilever support. A spacer is coupled to an end of the cantilever support and abuts an inner liner surface. A storage feature is coupled to the rail assembly and is operable between stowed and deployed positions.

Support assembly for appliance

An appliance door assembly includes a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel. A door adjustment assembly is coupled with the rear panel and includes a housing that defines a cavity. A driven member is positioned within the cavity and extends at least partially from the housing. The driven member is movable between a first position and a second position. A driving member is rotatably engaged with the driven member and is configured to rotate the driven member. A bracket is coupled with the door adjustment assembly at a first end and coupled with the rear panel at a second end. The bracket abuts the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the first position and is spaced apart from the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the second position.

Adjustment assembly for appliance door

A hinge bracket assembly includes an anchor plate. A retention member extends perpendicular to the anchor plate. The anchor plate defines a first receiving aperture. A hinge plate is aligned with the anchor plate and includes a hinge arm and a protrusion. The protrusion extends from an edge of the hinge plate opposite the hinge arm. The hinge plate defines a second receiving aperture aligned with the first receiving aperture when the protrusion is received by a space defined by the retention member. A locking arm is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position and is configured to be at least partially received by the first and second receiving apertures to couple the anchor plate and the hinge plate.

Hinge bracket

A filter unit includes a body portion that receives a water filter. An engaging portion is coupled to the body portion. A bypass actuator rotates relative to the engaging portion to rotationally and axially operate a bypass valve of a fluid manifold. The bypass actuator drives axial engagement of the engaging portion with a valve assembly of the fluid manifold. The bypass actuator extends through the body portion and the engaging portion.

Filter assembly

A refrigerator door assembly includes a refrigerator door that has a recess and an alignment mechanism that includes a door hinge. A plate is fixedly attached to the door hinge and positioned at least partially within the recess of the refrigerator door. The plate includes an orienting member configured to extend along an axis of rotation of the door hinge and away from a body of the plate. The refrigerator door is movably positionable between at least a first position and a second position relative to the plate to permit adjustment of a location of the refrigerator door relative to the door hinge. The recess includes a track that slides against the plate in a linear path between the first and second positions of the refrigerator door.

Door alignment mechanism

A refrigerator having an ice and water dispenser has a seal to sealingly engage the ice compartment when the refrigerator door is closed. The seal is flexible to accommodate manufacturing tolerance. The seal may be impregnated with a friction reducing agent to increase life of the seal.

Refrigerator with a water and ice dispenser having an improved ice chute air seal

A drawer assembly of a refrigerator includes a gasket assembly having a base portion with opposed first and second sides. A mounting portion extends outwardly from the first side of the base portion, and a contact lobe outwardly extends from the second side of the base portion. The contact lobe includes a body portion comprised of a first material having an outer surface with one or more ribs comprised of a second material that is less rigid than the first material. The one or more ribs extend outwardly from the outer surface of the body portion of the contact lobe and are configured to seal against a textured front surface of a cabinet structure of the refrigerator.

Drawer gasket seal assembly

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Chad Jonathan Rotter