Patents by Inventor Jonathan Michael Cepress

Jonathan Michael Cepress 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).

  • Control panel for an appliance
    Patent number: 9666388
    Abstract: A control panel for an appliance includes a tactile switch positioned on a PCB. An elastic spacer sheet is positioned over the PCB, and the tactile switch is disposed within an opening of the elastic spacer sheet. A rigid backer plate is positioned over the elastic spacer sheet, and a plastic film is positioned on the rigid backer plate. A related method for forming a control panel for an appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Aaron Weaver, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • CONTROL PANEL FOR AN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20170076879
    Abstract: A control panel for an appliance includes a tactile switch positioned on a PCB. An elastic spacer sheet is positioned over the PCB, and the tactile switch is disposed within an opening of the elastic spacer sheet. A rigid backer plate is positioned over the elastic spacer sheet, and a plastic film is positioned on the rigid backer plate. A related method for forming a control panel for an appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Aaron Weaver, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • OVEN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20150001203
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a light emitting device with a plurality of light emitters. Light emitters of the plurality of light emitters can be selectively activated and deactivated in order to provide visual information regarding various operations of the oven appliance to a user of the oven appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Brown, Jonathan Michael Cepress, William C. Herweh, III, Shawn Michael Stover, Patrick Ryan Cox, Eric Xavier Meusburger
  • Oven appliance with a mechanism for securing a pair of doors in a closed configuration
    Patent number: 8651099
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided having a pair of doors mounted to a cabinet of the appliance and configured for permitting selective access to a cooking chamber of the oven appliance. A mechanism selectively secures the pair of doors in a closed configuration such that access to the cooking chamber is impeded by the pair of doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Adam Yantis, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • OVEN APPLIANCE WITH A MECHANISM FOR SECURING A PAIR OF DOORS IN A CLOSED CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20130233294
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided having a pair of doors mounted to a cabinet of the appliance and configured for permitting selective access to a cooking chamber of the oven appliance. A mechanism selectively secures the pair of doors in a closed configuration such that access to the cooking chamber is impeded by the pair of doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Adam Yantis, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • Multi-piece basket assembly for a consumer appliance
    Patent number: 8511767
    Abstract: A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, is provided with a compartment with a basket assembly, which may be configured on a pull-out drawer so as to move into and out of the compartment with the pull-out drawer. The basket assembly includes a first basket component and a second basket component releasably engaged with the first basket component along mating edges of the respective basket components, wherein in an engaged state, the first and second basket components define a singular continuous wall basket. At least one of the first or second basket components is releasable and removable from the pull-out drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Omar Haidar, Bagawathkumar Chellappan, James Bryan Rawson, Mukta Marwah, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • MULTI-PIECE BASKET ASSEMBLY FOR A CONSUMER APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120139402
    Abstract: A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, is provided with a compartment with a basket assembly, which may be configured on a pull-out drawer so as to move into and out of the compartment with the pull-out drawer. The basket assembly includes a first basket component and a second basket component releasably engaged with the first basket component along mating edges of the respective basket components, wherein in an engaged state, the first and second basket components define a singular continuous wall basket. At least one of the first or second basket components is releasable and removable from the pull-out drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Omar Haidar, Bagawathkumar Chellappan, James Bryan Rawson, Mukta Marwah, Jonathan Michael Cepress