608 patents
Utility
Microwave Cooking Appliance with User Interface Display
11 Jan 24
A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity.
Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce R. Woodling
Filed: 25 Sep 23
Utility
High Speed Reusable Beverage Container Washing System with Themed Lighting
4 Jan 24
A beverage container washing system, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, may include a lighting system with a plurality of lights disposed on a housing of the beverage container washing system and configured to be illuminated with various types of animations to convey different types of information to a customer and/or retail establishment employee.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
State Machine And/or Container-specific Operational Control of High Speed Reusable Beverage Container Washing System
4 Jan 24
A beverage container washing system may utilize a state machine-based control system and/or beverage container type determination to manage washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Wireless Power Enabling Undercounter Kitchen Appliance
4 Jan 24
An undercounter kitchen appliance, for example a dishwasher, includes an enclosure with a top surface that is located near a lower surface of a countertop when the undercounter kitchen appliance is installed, and a wireless power transmitter located near the top surface of the undercounter kitchen appliance, where the power transmitter supplies power to a small kitchen appliance disposed on an upper surface of the countertop.
Bassam Fawaz, John Kenneth Hooker
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Heat Pump Dishwasher
4 Jan 24
A heat pump dishwasher includes a chassis and a heat pump system.
Wenpeng WANG
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (Evse) Powered Apparatus
4 Jan 24
An Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) powered apparatus includes an input power receptacle capable of receiving the plug of an EVSE device to power the apparatus using power supplied by the EVSE device, and a user-actuatable control that may be used to transition the EVSE device from a connected but not charging state to a charging state after the plug has been inserted into the input power receptacle to cause the EVSE device to transition to the charging state and supply power through the plug.
John Kenneth Hooker, Justin Paul William Varga
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
on Demand Oven Door Lock
4 Jan 24
A cooking apparatus includes a control circuit configured to operate an electronic lock on demand in response to user input provided to a user interface.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Heat Exchanger, Heat Pump System and Dishwasher
4 Jan 24
A heat exchanger includes an outer sleeve provided with two open ends, and at least one diversion unit group provided in the outer sleeve.
Xunwei LIU
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Heated Wash Fluid Circulation System for High Speed Reusable Beverage Container Washing System
28 Dec 23
A beverage container washing system may utilize a heated wash fluid circulation system to circulate wash fluid retained in a line between a tank and a sprayer to enable fluid that is supplied to the sprayer to be maintained at a suitable temperature for washing and/or sanitizing a beverage container, and in many instances regardless of the amount of time between wash cycles.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
Filed: 24 Jun 22
Utility
Laundry Washing Machine with Dynamic Rinse System
28 Dec 23
A laundry washing machine and method utilize a fluid property sensor to sense a fluid property of a fluid during a wash cycle to sense the level of detergent remaining in a load and control a rinse operation performed thereafter based upon the sensed fluid property.
Phillip C. Hombroek, Alexi Blaise Poth
Filed: 28 Jun 22
Utility
Oven Door Alert
28 Dec 23
A cooking apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate an alert in response to sensed movement of an oven door.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 28 Jun 22
Utility
Cooktop Apparatus and Method of Cleaning
28 Dec 23
One or more cooking elements of a cooking appliance may be controlled during a glass member-clean cycle to maintain a temperature within an oven cavity.
Charles Cardwell, II, Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
Filed: 22 Jun 22
Utility
Indoor Unit Power Consumption Detection Method, Heat Recovery Multi-Split Air Conditioner, Storage Medium, and Apparatus
28 Dec 23
An indoor unit power consumption detection method includes: acquiring a multi-split air conditioner operation mode and multi-split air conditioner information of a heat recovery multi-split air conditioner and determining to-be-detected indoor units based on the multi-split air conditioner information.
Yusheng ZHANG, Yunxiao DING, Di WU
Filed: 20 Jul 23
Utility
Compressor Frequency Regulation Method, Control Apparatus, Heat Exchange Device and Electronic Device
28 Dec 23
A compressor frequency regulation method includes acquiring a first exhaust temperature of a compressor operating at a first operating frequency; determining that the first exhaust temperature is greater than or equal to a first preset temperature; controlling the compressor to perform frequency reduction processing, the frequency reduction processing reducing the first operating frequency to a second operating frequency, such that a second exhaust temperature of the compressor operating at the second operating frequency is less than the first preset temperature; and controlling the compressor to operate at the second operating frequency.
Keke GAO, Qixiong TANG, Su ZHANG, Chun GONG, Jiaqiang ZHAO
Filed: 27 Jun 23
Utility
Fire Grate and Manufacturing Method Thereof, Burner and Water Heater
21 Dec 23
A fire grate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a burner and a water heater applying the fire grate are provided.
Wenfeng CHEN, Jin WANG, Guorong LIANG
Filed: 30 Aug 23
Utility
Mounting Bracket Assembly for Appliance
21 Dec 23
A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side.
Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
Filed: 16 Jun 23
Utility
Internally Meshing Planetary Gear Apparatus and Joint Apparatus for Robot
21 Dec 23
An internally meshing planetary gear apparatus includes a bearing component, an internal gear, a planetary gear a plurality of inner pins, and a support structure.
Wenjie LIN, Gang WANG, Kiyoji MINEGISHI, Ziming GUO, Tsuyoshi ISAJI
Filed: 25 Aug 23
Utility
Laundry Washing Machine Color Composition Analysis During Loading
14 Dec 23
A laundry washing machine and method automate the selection of various operational settings for a wash cycle based in part on color composition data collected from a load of articles using a color detection sensor.
Phillip C. Hombroek, Abubakar Abukar, Andrew Perry
Filed: 23 Aug 23
Utility
Internally Engaged Planetary Gear Device and Robot Joint Device
14 Dec 23
An internally engaged planetary gear device includes a bearing member, an internally toothed gear, a planetary gear, a plurality of inner pins, and a plurality of rolling bearings.
Wenjie LIN, Gang WANG, Kiyoji MINEGISHI, Ziming GUO, Tsuyoshi ISAJI
Filed: 25 Aug 23
Utility
Dehumidifier
7 Dec 23
A dehumidifier includes a water tank, a body including a dehumidification device, and a water collection mechanism below the dehumidification device and between the body and the water tank.
Fashen LIU
Filed: 23 Mar 21