Patents by Inventor JAMES R. DEVLAMINCK

JAMES R. DEVLAMINCK 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).

  • Low profile motor for portable appliances
    Patent number: 10092139
    Abstract: A blending appliance includes a housing having a jar receiving portion defined between an upper housing and a base portion laterally extending from the housing. A blender jar is adapted to be laterally received within the jar receiving portion and includes a jar base and a receptacle portion. A stator is disposed in the base portion of the housing and is adapted to create an electromagnetic field to drive a rotatable magnetic coupler disposed in the jar base as part of a magnetic coupling system. The rotatable magnetic coupler is coupled to a drive shaft that is further coupled to a blade assembly disposed within the receptacle portion of the blender jar. The blade assembly is configured to process ingredients within the receptacle portion of the blender jar as coupled to the rotatable magnetic coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Christian Barfus, Jr., Paul S. Paget, James R. Devlaminck
  • LOW PROFILE MOTOR FOR PORTABLE APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20150305565
    Abstract: A blending appliance includes a housing having a jar receiving portion defined between an upper housing and a base portion laterally extending from the housing. A blender jar is adapted to be laterally received within the jar receiving portion and includes a jar base and a receptacle portion. A stator is disposed in the base portion of the housing and is adapted to create an electromagnetic field to drive a rotatable magnetic coupler disposed in the jar base as part of a magnetic coupling system. The rotatable magnetic coupler is coupled to a drive shaft that is further coupled to a blade assembly disposed within the receptacle portion of the blender jar. The blade assembly is configured to process ingredients within the receptacle portion of the blender jar as coupled to the rotatable magnetic coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAN CHRISTIAN BARFUS, JR., PAUL S. PAGET, JAMES R. DEVLAMINCK