Patents by Inventor Clayton James O'Donoghue

Clayton James O'Donoghue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Oven cooking cycle with post-preheat and/or two stage preheat phases
    Patent number: 11853022
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may employ one or both of a post-preheat phase and a two stage preheat phase to both accelerate preheating of an oven cavity while minimizing temperature differentials therein. A post-preheat phase may be performed subsequent to a preheat phase, but prior to a cooking phase, to cycle a cooking element disposed in a cooler portion of an oven cavity to reduce a temperature differential between the top and bottom of the oven cavity. A two stage preheat phase may sequentially activate each of top and bottom cooking elements in an oven cavity a single time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vern A. Neal, Clayton James O'Donoghue
  • Method and Apparatus for Scraping and Tamping
    Publication number: 20230200589
    Abstract: A scraping and tamping device for an appliance. The scraping and tamping device may tamp and/or scrap contents within the appliance. The scraping and tamping device may include a tamper and/or scraper. The scraping and tamping device may include a releasable engagement between one or more portions thereof. A retention device may be used to releasably engage the scraper between a stowed position and a deployed position. The scraping and tamping device may include a blender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Paul R. Staun, Clayton James O'Donoghue, Bryce Bornhorn
  • Method and Apparatus for a Tamper
    Publication number: 20230165407
    Abstract: A tamper for an appliance. The tamper may include one or more tamping cycles. The tamper may include a motor. The tamper may include one or more mixing mechanisms. The mixing mechanism may be a vibration mechanism. The mixing mechanism may be a blade mechanism. The tamper may include a motion limiter. The tamper may include one or more locking mechanisms releasably engaging the blender. The tamper may include a blender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Clayton James O'Donoghue, Paul R. Staun
  • OVEN COOKING CYCLE WITH POST-PREHEAT AND/OR TWO STAGE PREHEAT PHASES
    Publication number: 20220308537
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may employ one or both of a post-preheat phase and a two stage preheat phase to both accelerate preheating of an oven cavity while minimizing temperature differentials therein. A post-preheat phase may be performed subsequent to a preheat phase, but prior to a cooking phase, to cycle a cooking element disposed in a cooler portion of an oven cavity to reduce a temperature differential between the top and bottom of the oven cavity. A two stage preheat phase may sequentially activate each of top and bottom cooking elements in an oven cavity a single time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Vern A. Neal, Clayton James O'Donoghue