Patents by Inventor Erik Stennis

Erik Stennis 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).

  • Indoor garden center with a drive assembly utilizing positional feedback
    Patent number: 11825786
    Abstract: An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module that is seated on a turntable that is rotatably mounted within a grow chamber and is rotated by a drive assembly. A position sensing assembly monitors an angular position using two proximity sensors, such as Hall-effect sensors, mounted below the sump at the same circumferential position but at different radial positions. The turntable includes a plurality of proximity indicators, such as magnets, positioned at each of three circumferential positions on the turntable and at different radiuses to define a two-digit binary code corresponding to each of the three circumferential positions that is detectable by the proximity sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Allgeier, Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Erik Stennis, Kira Hartlage, Collin Dietz
  • Modular lighting system for an indoor garden center
    Patent number: 11457571
    Abstract: A modular lighting system is provided. The modular lighting system includes a first LED board. The first LED board includes one or more LED arrays. The one or more LED arrays include one or more ultraviolet LED light sources and one or more non-ultraviolet LED light sources. The first LED board further includes one or more constant current LED drivers configured to output a driver current for the one or more LED arrays. The modular lighting system further includes a second LED board. The second LED board includes one or more LED arrays. The one or more LED arrays include one or more non-ultraviolet LED light sources. The second LED board further includes one or more constant current LED drivers configured to output a driver current for the one or more LED arrays of the second LED board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Joseph Thomas Waugh, Erik Stennis, Darin Franks
  • INDOOR GARDEN CENTER WITH A DRIVE ASSEMBLY UTILIZING POSITIONAL FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20220174898
    Abstract: An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module that is seated on a turntable that is rotatably mounted within a grow chamber and is rotated by a drive assembly. A position sensing assembly monitors an angular position using two proximity sensors, such as Hall-effect sensors, mounted below the sump at the same circumferential position but at different radial positions. The turntable includes a plurality of proximity indicators, such as magnets, positioned at each of three circumferential positions on the turntable and at different radiuses to define a two-digit binary code corresponding to each of the three circumferential positions that is detectable by the proximity sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Allgeier, Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Erik Stennis, Kira Hartlage, Collin Dietz
  • MODULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AN INDOOR GARDEN CENTER
    Publication number: 20220167567
    Abstract: A modular lighting system is provided. The modular lighting system includes a first LED board. The first LED board includes one or more LED arrays. The one or more LED arrays include one or more ultraviolet LED light sources and one or more non-ultraviolet LED light sources. The first LED board further includes one or more constant current LED drivers configured to output a driver current for the one or more LED arrays. The modular lighting system further includes a second LED board. The second LED board includes one or more LED arrays. The one or more LED arrays include one or more non-ultraviolet LED light sources. The second LED board further includes one or more constant current LED drivers configured to output a driver current for the one or more LED arrays of the second LED board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Joseph Thomas Waugh, Erik Stennis, Darin Franks