Patents by Inventor John Thomas Campbell, III
John Thomas Campbell, III 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).
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Patent number: 11640232Abstract: Provided is a household appliance including a user interface with a visible indicator that conveys primary operational information indicative of an operational aspect of the household appliance to a user during normal operation of the household appliance, and a controller. The controller receives a signal indicative of diagnostics data of the household appliance and causes the visible indicator to transmit a communication signal to an external device that interprets the communication signal and communicates the diagnostics data to the user. The visible indicator provides a two-way communication between the household appliance and the external device. A method for diagnosing a household appliance is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventor: John Thomas Campbell, III
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Publication number: 20230068447Abstract: Provided is a household appliance including a user interface with a visible indicator that conveys primary operational information indicative of an operational aspect of the household appliance to a user during normal operation of the household appliance, and a controller. The controller receives a signal indicative of diagnostics data of the household appliance and causes the visible indicator to transmit a communication signal to an external device that interprets the communication signal and communicates the diagnostics data to the user. The visible indicator provides a two-way communication between the household appliance and the external device. A method for diagnosing a household appliance is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: John Thomas Campbell, III
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Patent number: 11280541Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Fellipe Vinicius Marinho Scorsim, Carlos Cordero, Raony Barrios, John Thomas Campbell, III, Cristhian Camilo Serrano Camacho, Ran Zhou
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Patent number: 11137202Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, the compartment being illuminated by at least one modular LED illumination device. The portion of the illumination device disposed within the compartment is generally flush with a mounting section and includes an LED lighting module arranged in a housing. The module has a board member, two or more LED light sources electrically connected to one another and to the board member, and two or more electrical edge connections for allowing electrically parallel connection between two or more modules being interchangeable with one another. A concave reflecting surface is positioned adjacent the module with a majority of light emitted from the LED light sources being incident thereon for reflection into the compartment. A liner defining the compartment has the mounting section to which the housing is mounted, where the mounting section has an inward draft angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Josh Hanson, Matthew Ortner, Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV, James T. Mchan, Cleo Rudolph Fulgham, Jr., John Thomas Campbell, III, Raony Barrios, William Thomas Anniss, III, Matthew Bobinski, Cory Dale Simpson
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Publication number: 20210116164Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Fellipe Vinicius Marinho Scorsim, Carlos Cordero, Raony Barrios, John Thomas Campbell, III, Cristhian Camilo Serrano Camacho, Ran Zhou
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Publication number: 20210088271Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, the compartment being illuminated by at least one modular LED illumination device. The portion of the illumination device disposed within the compartment is generally flush with a mounting section and includes an LED lighting module arranged in a housing. The module has a board member, two or more LED light sources electrically connected to one another and to the board member, and two or more electrical edge connections for allowing electrically parallel connection between two or more modules being interchangeable with one another. A concave reflecting surface is positioned adjacent the module with a majority of light emitted from the LED light sources being incident thereon for reflection into the compartment. A liner defining the compartment has the mounting section to which the housing is mounted, where the mounting section has an inward draft angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Josh Hanson, Matthew Ortner, Robert Rankin Mckechnie, IV, James T. Mchan, Cleo Rudolph Fulgham, JR., John Thomas Campbell, III, Raony Barrios, William Thomas Anniss, III, Matthew Bobinski, Cory Dale Simpson
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Patent number: 10907884Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Fellipe Vinicius Marinho Scorsim, Carlos Cordero, Raony Barrios, John Thomas Campbell, III, Cristhian Camilo Serrano Camacho, Ran Zhou
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Patent number: 10041717Abstract: An air tower assembly includes an outer housing, a duct with a damper opening, a damper configured to control a flow of air from a freezer compartment to a fresh food compartment, and at least partially transparent rear cover sheet attached to a rear of the outer housing that contains the duct and the damper within the air tower assembly. The rear cover sheet may be transparent or may have a clear or semi-opaque surface configured to allow visual confirmation of the damper during assembly, operation, and service. An air passageway is provided between the freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment to allow air to flow from the fresh food compartment to the freezer compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Abanni Maxwell, Rodrigo Marge Pagnozzi, Jorge Luis Nino Garza, Danny Ray Parker, Jr., John Thomas Campbell, III, Salvador Ponce de Leon Dominguez
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Publication number: 20180120016Abstract: An air tower assembly includes an outer housing, a duct with a damper opening, a damper configured to control a flow of air from a freezer compartment to a fresh food compartment, and at least partially transparent rear cover sheet attached to a rear of the outer housing that contains the duct and the damper within the air tower assembly. The rear cover sheet may be transparent or may have a clear or semi-opaque surface configured to allow visual confirmation of the damper during assembly, operation, and service. An air passageway is provided between the freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment to allow air to flow from the fresh food compartment to the freezer compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Abanni Maxwell, Rodrigo Marge Pagnozzi, Jorge Luis Nino Garza, Danny Ray Parker, JR., John Thomas Campbell, III, Salvador Ponce de Leon Dominguez