422 patents
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Utility
Method and apparatus for distributing heat from a burner
27 Jul 20
A method and apparatus for a gas burner head with one or more rotating burners.
Richard W. Cowan, Mark W. Wilson, Vern Neal
Filed: 13 Dec 17
Utility
Cooking appliance graphical cooking profiles
27 Jul 20
Graphical cooking profiles may be used to control a cooking appliance such as an oven, stovetop, range, grill or the like by varying applied cooking energy in the cooking appliance over the course of a cooking cycle.
Mark W. Wilson
Filed: 28 Jun 17
Utility
Hydrophobic anti-settling far-infrared absorber material and manufacturing method thereof, and kitchen appliance product and manufacturing method thereof
20 Jul 20
A hydrophobic anti-settling far-infrared absorber material and manufacturing method thereof, and kitchen appliance product and manufacturing method thereof.
Li Zhao
Filed: 28 Mar 19
Utility
Cooktop burner illumination
20 Jul 20
An illumination system for a cooking appliance is capable of illuminating generally downwardly onto the cooktop burners of the cooking appliance using multiple illumination schemes.
Vern A. Neal, Mark W. Wilson, Daniel Joseph Trice
Filed: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Refrigerator with tandem evaporators
13 Jul 20
A refrigerator and method utilize a pair of tandem evaporators to provide cooling for both a compartment and an ice making system of a refrigerator.
Eric Scalf, Mark W. Wilson
Filed: 29 Jun 17
Utility
Water bag pressure detection device, water bag inflow control device and water bag type water purifier
13 Jul 20
A water bag pressure detection device, a water bag inflow control device and a water bag type water purifier are provided.
Junyan Gan
Filed: 13 Jun 17
Utility
Retracting dishwasher rack system
6 Jul 20
A retracting rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance.
Eric Scalf, Robert Digman
Filed: 28 Sep 17
Utility
Fan head part, vertical type and wall-mounted type fans, household appliance and air blowing method
6 Jul 20
Disclosed are a fan head part, a stand fan and a wall-mounted fan, a household appliance and an air blowing method.
Songhao Liang, Chen Shao
Filed: 25 Feb 18
Utility
Folding door for a cooking appliance
6 Jul 20
An apparatus and method of a folding door for a cooking appliance.
Eric Scalf
Filed: 17 Jun 18
Utility
Cover body component and microwave oven
6 Jul 20
The present application provides a cover body component, applied to a microwave oven, the cover body component including: a cover body, wherein the cover body defines a hollow cavity with one opening end; and at least one water storage portion arranged on the cover body and used for storing water, wherein a vent hole is arranged on the at least one water storage portion, and the vent hole is connected to the hollow cavity.
Haidong Lu, Bo Liu
Filed: 18 Sep 17
Utility
Method and system for providing personalized on-location information exchange
6 Jul 20
A method includes: deploying a frontend system (FIES); activating input streams from on-site cameras located at a current deployment location of the FIES; in accordance with the respective input stream of a first camera, registering an inspection event of a user in association with a first sample product on display; detecting a close-proximity interaction between the user and the FIES; automatically generating a first product recommendation, including: if the inspection event meets enhanced inspection criteria, which are met when a second inspection event of the first user exists in previously stored inspection events associated with the respective first sample product, automatically adding a product-specific description of the first sample product in the first product recommendation; and otherwise, forgoing including the product-specific description of the first sample product in the first product recommendation; and providing, through the frontend information exchange system, the first product recommendation to the first user.
Dongyan Wang, Suresh Mani, Mingyi Yang, Edwin Lichteveld
Filed: 10 Oct 18
Utility
Methods and systems for improved quality inspection
6 Jul 20
A method of performing automated object inspection includes obtaining a plurality of test images.
Liang Diao, Haisong Gu, Tao Liu
Filed: 21 May 18
Utility
Retracting dishwasher rack system
29 Jun 20
A retracting rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance.
Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer
Filed: 9 Dec 18
Utility
Coffee maker and coffee preparation method
29 Jun 20
A coffee maker and a coffee preparation method thereof are disclosed, the coffee maker includes: a stator frame; a grinding chamber including a cavity is mounted on the stator frame, and a cover; the cavity is covered by the cover to enclose a grinding cavity, a bottom of the grinding cavity having a beverage outlet communicated with the beverage cavity; a grinding device including a grinding knife tackle disposed in the grinding cavity, and a motor disposed outside the grinding cavity to drive the grinding knife tackle to rotate; a coffee strainer, circularly arranged on a peripheral of the grinding knife tackle; a lower end of the coffee strainer abuts a bottom wall of the grinding cavity to separate the grinding cavity into a grinding bean cavity and a beverage cavity disposed on the periphery of the grinding bean cavity.
Lizhong Ren, Jian Kuang
Filed: 20 Feb 17
Utility
Laundry washing machine with dynamic damping force optimization
29 Jun 20
A laundry washing machine and method implement dynamic damping force optimization during a wash cycle to optimize a force-generating operation such as a spin operation performed during the wash cycle.
Christopher G. Hoppe, Phillip C. Hombroek
Filed: 17 Mar 19
Utility
Cooking appliance with repositionable vent arm
29 Jun 20
A venting appliance for use with a cooking appliance including a cooktop with at least one cooking element disposed thereon, where the venting appliance may include: a housing configured to be positioned above the cooktop; a repositionable vent arm coupled to and extending below the housing; and a controller coupled to the repositionable vent arm and configured to determine that a first cooking element among at least one cooking elements is active, and in response thereto, automatically reposition the vent arm to be closer to the first cooking element.
Eric Scalf, Robert M. Digman, Mark W. Wilson
Filed: 17 Dec 18
Utility
Dishwasher with tine sprayer rings
22 Jun 20
A dishwasher utilizing one or more sprayer rings disposed proximate to one or more tines of a dishwasher rack, where the sprayer ring(s) are in fluid communication with a fluid supply that is configured to supply a fluid to the one or more sprayer rings to spray fluid onto utensils disposed within the wash tub.
Mark W. Wilson
Filed: 3 Dec 17
Utility
Leveling foot structure and household appliance
22 Jun 20
A leveling foot structure for a household appliance comprises a base, a first fastener, and a position-limiting block.
Jinguo Yuan
Filed: 21 Feb 19
Utility
Air conditioning and mode switching control method thereof
15 Jun 20
Provided are an air conditioner and a mode switching control method thereof.
Yuanyang Li
Filed: 23 Oct 18
Utility
Docking port arrangement for an adjustable dispensing device
8 Jun 20
A method and apparatus of a docking port arrangement for an adjustable dispensing device.
Joel Boyer
Filed: 20 Jun 18