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Nihat O. Cur — 107 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 106 patents #7 of 3,480Top 1%
WSWhirlpool S.A.: 1 patents #89 of 198Top 45%
Stevensville, MI: #5 of 246 inventorsTop 3%
Michigan: #207 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #12,690 of 4,157,543Top 1%
107 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 76–100 of 107 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7266951 Ice making and dispensing system Jeffery J. Anselmino, Jim J. Pastryk, Andrew M. Tenbarge, Karen J. Querfurth, Douglas D. Leclear 2007-09-11
7261815 Water filter for refrigerator water dispenser Timothy T. Murphy, Michael A. Kahwaji, Paul B. Allard, Guolian Wu, Claiton Amaral +1 more 2007-08-28
7228702 Ice making and dispensing system Frank W. Maglinger, J. Pastryk Jim, Douglas D. Leclear, Marcus R. Fischer, Tushar Kulkarni +2 more 2007-06-12
7219509 Ice making and dispensing system Jim J. Pastryk, Douglas D. Leclear, Marcus R. Fischer, Tushar Kulkarni, James C. L. Guarino +1 more 2007-05-22
7185507 Ice making and dispensing system Frank W. Maglinger, Marcus R. Fischer, Tushar Kulkarni, Jeffery J. Anselmino, Ronald L. Voglewede +1 more 2007-03-06
6983621 Hybrid window/split air treatment appliance Guolian Wu, Douglas D. Leclear, Andrew D. Litch, Jim J. Pastryk 2006-01-10
6568201 Hybrid window/split air treatment appliance Guolian Wu, Douglas D. Leclear, Andrew D. Litch, Jim J. Pastryk 2003-05-27
5950446 Compact air conditioner Jon D. Tromblee, Michael L. Huie, Jeffery J. Anselmino 1999-09-14
5532034 Getter system for vacuum insulation panel David B. Kirby 1996-07-02
5505810 Getter system for vacuum insulation panel David B. Kirby 1996-04-09
5465591 Dual evaporator refrigerator with non-simultaneous evaporator Steven J. Kuehl, Jatin C. Khanpara, Douglas D. Leclear, James Peterson 1995-11-14
5392610 Method and apparatus for recovering refrigerants from home refrigeration systems John A. Nelson, David B. Kirby, Phalguni S. Roy, John L. Wuepper, Allen C. Schmaltz +2 more 1995-02-28
5377498 Multi-temperature evaporator refrigeration system with variable speed compressor Steven J. Kuehl, Douglas D. Leclear 1995-01-03
5375432 Icemaker in refrigerator compartment of refrigerator freezer 1994-12-27
5375428 Control algorithm for dual temperature evaporator system Douglas D. Leclear, Kenneth P. Chen, Scott A. Thiele, Jatin C. Khanpara, Steven J. Kuehl 1994-12-27
5364577 Vacuum panel manufacturing process Richard W. Kruck 1994-11-15
5347793 Vacuum filling machine and method Richard W. Kruck, Martin P. Immoos, Mohamed E. Higazy 1994-09-20
5345814 Method and apparatus for testing vacuum insulation panel quality David B. Kirby 1994-09-13
5331789 Vacuum processing machine and method Richard W. Kruck 1994-07-26
5327703 Vacuum panel assembly method Richard W. Kruck, David B. Kirby 1994-07-12
5293756 Method and apparatus for recovering refrigerants from home refrigeration systems John A. Nelson, David B. Kirby, Phalguni S. Roy, John L. Wuepper, Allen C. Schmaltz +2 more 1994-03-15
5272884 Method for sequentially operating refrigeration system with multiple evaporators Steven J. Kuehl, Jatin C. Khanpara, Douglas D. Leclear 1993-12-28
5251455 Energy efficient insulation system for refrigerator/freezer Steven J. Kuehl, Richard A. Sunshine 1993-10-12
5231847 Multi-temperature evaporator refrigerator system with variable speed compressor Steven J. Kuehl, Douglas D. Leclear, Kenneth P. Chen 1993-08-03
5167722 Spray rinse process for vertical axis automatic washer Jim J. Pastryk, Anthony H. Hardaway, John W. Euler 1992-12-01