422 patents
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Utility
Configurable control selectors with integrated illuminated displays
6 Dec 22
A system for controlling an appliance having a plurality of gas cooktop burners operated by a plurality of digital gas valves includes a plurality of control selectors that include illuminated displays on faces thereof for indicating to which gas cooktop burner each control selector is assigned.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 29 May 20
Utility
Refrigerator with variable ice dispenser
6 Dec 22
A variable ice dispenser for a refrigerator utilizes a variable control suitable for varying the rate of ice dispensing by the dispenser.
Eric Scalf
Filed: 13 Apr 21
Utility
Method and apparatus for optimization of a monocular visual-inertial localization system
6 Dec 22
The method and device disclosed herein presents a method that includes capturing, by an optical sensor disposed on a device moving in an environment, a plurality of optical data at respective locations within a portion of the environment; capturing, by a wheel encoder disposed on the device, a set of encoder data corresponding to the plurality of optical data at the respective locations; determining a first relative motion based on the plurality of optical data; determining a corresponding second relative motion based on the set of encoder data.
Yi Chen, Ke Huang, Wei Xi
Filed: 29 Jun 21
Utility
Fan for adjusting air flow
29 Nov 22
Disclosed is a fan.
Huanming Zhang, Shiqiang Cui, Rong Yi, Xusheng Zhang, Yu Fang, Ruixiang Kang, Li Liang
Filed: 26 Dec 18
Utility
Air conditioner indoor unit and door assembly thereof
29 Nov 22
A door assembly for an air conditioner indoor unit includes a door mounting plate, including a receiving chamber having a fitting opening on one side and a bottom wall on another side, a door arranged adjacent to the bottom wall of the receiving chamber and configured to be movable toward and away from the door mounting plate, and a plurality of driving assemblies arranged in the receiving chamber.
Liangrui Chen, Daijie Peng, Zhiqiang Yang, Wuzhong Wang, Hanjie Hu, Jianxiong Bai, Zeping Li, Shouliang Song
Filed: 28 Mar 19
Utility
Counter-rotating fan
22 Nov 22
A counter-rotating fan, comprising an impeller assembly and an air guide structure.
Shuqi Li, Hui Zhang, Jizhe Zhang
Filed: 21 Dec 18
Utility
Gas cooking appliance with gas burner state indications
22 Nov 22
A cooking appliance and method may generate one or more audible and/or visual indications to a user of various gas burner states during the operation of a gas burner, including, for example, states that are associated with different types of ignition operations, such as initial ignition operations, programmed re-ignition operations and/or flame loss re-ignition operations and/or states that are associated with ignition operations, normal operating conditions, and/or failure conditions.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 17 Feb 21
Utility
Calibration of a thermal imaging device for a surface cooking appliance
22 Nov 22
A thermal imaging system for a cooking appliance is capable of being calibrated for any arrangement of cooktop burners disposed on a surface of a cooking appliance.
John Kenneth Hooker, Dane Andrew Copple
Filed: 13 Mar 19
Utility
Dishwasher with wall-mounted rotatable conduit
15 Nov 22
A dishwasher, dishwasher sprayer, and method for assembling the same utilize a rotatable conduit that is supported in a cantilevered fashion on a wash tub wall of the dishwasher.
Joel Boyer
Filed: 19 Feb 20
Utility
Seal for dish washer and dish washer having same
15 Nov 22
A seal for a dish washer and a dish washer having the seal are provided.
Minyong Liu, Le Tian, Andong Fu, Shoubao Wu, Pingping Xu, Canhua Qiu, Jaekyoo Shin
Filed: 2 Jul 20
Utility
Detergent cartridge for a dishwasher incorporating detergent dispensing verification
15 Nov 22
A detergent dispenser may be positioned to dispense detergent into a wash tub of a household appliance.
Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer, Russell Dietrich
Filed: 26 Jun 20
Utility
Basket for a dish washing appliance
15 Nov 22
A basket for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance.
Joel Boyer, Robert Digman
Filed: 30 Aug 19
Utility
Dishwasher with multi-level dishwasher rack
8 Nov 22
A dishwasher may utilize a multi-level dishwasher rack that in some instances may be reconfigurable into different configurations to optimize the rack for different types and/or combinations of utensils.
Robert M. Digman, Mark W. Wilson, Garen Gibbs
Filed: 26 Jun 20
Utility
Fan
8 Nov 22
A fan includes a support, a motor mounted at the support and including a first rotation shaft, a first blade mounted at one end of the first rotation shaft, a transmission mechanism mounted at the support and connected to another end of the first rotation shaft, and a second blade.
Huanming Zhang, Li Liang
Filed: 26 Dec 18
Utility
Refrigerator with tandem evaporators
8 Nov 22
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: 14 Jul 20
Utility
Dishwasher with tubular spray element including multiple selectable spray patterns
1 Nov 22
A dishwasher, dishwasher sprayer, and method of spraying utilize a tubular spray element with multiple selectable spray patterns that can be used during a wash cycle.
Russell Dietrich, Bassam Fawaz, Joel Boyer
Filed: 11 Nov 20
Utility
Dishwasher with image-based object sensing
1 Nov 22
Image-based object sensing is utilized in a dishwasher to configure a wash cycle and/or perform other operations in the dishwasher.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Bassam Fawaz, Russell Dietrich
Filed: 30 Sep 19
Utility
Automatic color composition detection for laundry washing machine
1 Nov 22
A laundry washing machine and method automate the selection of one or more parameters of a wash cycle of a laundry washing machine based in part on a color detection sensor disposed proximate an opening of the wash tub and configured to capture color composition data of one or more items added to the wash tub and a weight sensor operatively coupled to the wash tub, where the weight sensor is configured to detect the addition of an item among the one or more items to the wash tub and initiate capturing of the color composition data, and a controller is configured to configure one or more parameters for a wash cycle based upon the captured color composition data.
Phillip C. Hombroek
Filed: 28 May 19
Utility
Vacuum cleaner and electric motor module thereof
1 Nov 22
A vacuum clear and an electric motor module (100) therefor are provided.
Lele Ming, Hui Zhang, Xiaowen Hu, Shuqi Li, Zhu Yang
Filed: 6 Jan 20
Utility
Gas cooking appliance with ignition position indicator
1 Nov 22
A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user when a user control for a gas burner is in a position within which an igniter is active and a gas valve is supplying sufficient gas flow to the gas burner to support ignition and thereby assist a user in properly positioning the user control during ignition of the burner.
Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
Filed: 4 Dec 20