Patents by Inventor JAMES BEAUDREAULT

JAMES BEAUDREAULT 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).

  • Air flow pressure compensator system for clothes dryers
    Patent number: 10309052
    Abstract: An air flow pressure compensator system maintains substantially constants air flow within a clothes dryer system and adjusts the speed of one or more exhaust fans by monitoring one or more sensors/transmitters positioned in one or more exhaust ducts and/or one or more incoming air ducts. The system includes a compensator controller; a variable frequency drive electrically coupled to the compensator controller; and an anemometer and/or a differential pressure sensor/transmitter electrically coupled to the compensator controller that allow for real-time monitoring and system adjusting, which improve clothing drying time and dryer efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce R. Villella, James Beaudreault
  • AIR FLOW PRESSURE COMPENSATOR SYSTEM FOR CLOTHES DRYERS
    Publication number: 20160244907
    Abstract: An air flow pressure compensator system maintains substantially constants air flow within a clothes dryer system and adjusts the speed of one or more exhaust fans by monitoring one or more sensors/transmitters positioned in one or more exhaust ducts and/or one or more incoming air ducts. The system includes a compensator controller; a variable frequency drive electrically coupled to the compensator controller; and an anemometer and/or a differential pressure sensor/transmitter electrically coupled to the compensator controller that allow for real-time monitoring and system adjusting, which improve clothing drying time and dryer efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: BRUCE R. VILLELLA, JAMES BEAUDREAULT
  • Fabric care appliance
    Patent number: D826490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Lucien Bourbeau, Matthew B. Conn, Gregory A. Ferro, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz, Adam Richard Brown
  • Fabric care appliance
    Patent number: D858915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Adam Richard Brown, Lucien Bourbeau, Matthew B. Conn, Gregory A. Ferro, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz
  • Fabric care appliance
    Patent number: D878687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz
  • Fabric care appliance
    Patent number: D878688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Eamon C. Lyons, Adam Richard Brown
  • Fabric care appliance
    Patent number: D943223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz
  • Fabric care appliance
    Patent number: D1004234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz