Patents by Inventor Justin Tyler Brown
Justin Tyler Brown 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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Publication number: 20160320070Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet and a lighting system is provided. The cabinet defines a cooking chamber and includes a first wall and a second wall spaced along a lateral direction. The first wall defines a central plane (extending in a vertical direction and a transverse direction) and a protrusion. The protrusion extends outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall. The lighting system includes a portion positioned adjacent to a near section of the protrusion, the near section of the protrusion being closer to a cooking chamber opening than a far section of the protrusion. The lighting system may thus be obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall as viewed from the cooking chamber opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
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Patent number: 9482436Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet and a lighting system is provided. The cabinet defines a cooking chamber and includes a first wall and a second wall spaced along a lateral direction. The first wall defines a central plane (extending in a vertical direction and a transverse direction) and a protrusion. The protrusion extends outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall. The lighting system includes a portion positioned adjacent to a near section of the protrusion, the near section of the protrusion being closer to a cooking chamber opening than a far section of the protrusion. The lighting system may thus be obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall as viewed from the cooking chamber opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
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Patent number: 9109803Abstract: A cooktop appliance is provided with features for directing light from a light source through a cooking surface of the appliance. The light source may be positioned below the cooking surface, and the features may be positioned adjacent the cooking surface such that the features direct light from the light source through the cooking surface. As a result, the visibility of light to a user of the appliance can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Payam Motabar, Paul Bryan Cadima, Justin Tyler Brown
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Patent number: 8997732Abstract: A method and apparatus for the thermal protection of LED light modules in a range hood appliance is provided. If the temperature of the LED light module reaches a predetermined temperature, one or more protective actions are taken to prevent over heating the LED light module. Such protective actions can include e.g., decreasing and/or terminating the power to the LED light module, opening a damper to provide air for cooling the LED light module, and/or activating a fan to provide forced convection cooling of the LED light module.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Howard James Oagley, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20150001203Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Justin Tyler Brown, Jonathan Michael Cepress, William C. Herweh, III, Shawn Michael Stover, Patrick Ryan Cox, Eric Xavier Meusburger
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Patent number: 8827477Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a printed circuit board positioned within a door of the refrigerator appliance above a dispenser recess of the refrigerator appliance. An orthogonal light emitting device is mounted to the printed circuit board and is configured for directing light into the dispenser recess.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tyler James Doering, Justin Tyler Brown, Joseph Thomas Waugh
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Patent number: 8814393Abstract: A lighting assembly is provided. The lighting assembly includes a bracket and a frusto-spherical housing received by the bracket and mounted for rotation relative to the bracket. By rotating the frusto-spherical housing within the bracket, light emitted by the lighting assembly can be focused or directed in a selected direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Marc Eric Hottenroth, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20140160730Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a printed circuit board positioned within a door of the refrigerator appliance above a dispenser recess of the refrigerator appliance. An orthogonal light emitting device is mounted to the printed circuit board and is configured for directing light into the dispenser recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tyler James Doering, Justin Tyler Brown, Joseph Thomas Waugh
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Publication number: 20140133157Abstract: A lighting assembly is provided. The lighting assembly includes a bracket and a frusto-spherical housing received by the bracket and mounted for rotation relative to the bracket. By rotating the frusto-spherical housing within the bracket, light emitted by the lighting assembly can be focused or directed in a selected direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Marc Eric Hottenroth, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20130220298Abstract: A cooktop appliance is provided with features for directing light from a light source through a cooking surface of the appliance. The light source may be positioned below the cooking surface, and the features may be positioned adjacent the cooking surface such that the features direct light from the light source through the cooking surface. As a result, the visibility of light to a user of the appliance can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Payam Motabar, Paul Bryan Cadima, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20120152226Abstract: A heat sink for LEDs or other electronic elements in a kitchen appliance is provided. The chassis or other heat conducting components of the appliance are used as a heat sink to conduct away heat. The LEDs or other electronic features may be connected directly to the heat sink or may be connected by e.g., a bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Howard James Oagley, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20120152228Abstract: A method and apparatus for the thermal protection of LED light modules in a range hood appliance is provided. If the temperature of the LED light module reaches a predetermined temperature, one or more protective actions are taken to prevent over heating the LED light module. Such protective actions can include e.g., decreasing and/or terminating the power to the LED light module, opening a damper to provide air for cooling the LED light module, and/or activating a fan to provide forced convection cooling of the LED light module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Howard James Oagley, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20120152227Abstract: The use of forced convection or air currents to provide cooling of LED lighting and/or other electronics in a range hood appliance is provided. A channel provides for a flow of air over the electronics to providing cooling to the same. Various configurations are provided for causing air to flow through the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Howard James Oagley, Justin Tyler Brown
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Publication number: 20120103000Abstract: An illuminated dispenser assembly may include a dispenser recess area defined by walls, such as a bottom wall, two side walls, a back wall and a top wall. A dispenser has an outlet extending through one of the walls of the dispenser recess area to dispense a substance from an interior area to the dispenser recess via the outlet. A lighting element is located for illuminating the dispenser recess. The lighting element includes at least one light source and at least one light pipe for transmitting light from the light source to the dispenser recess. The light source may be placed in different states and/or may illuminate with different colors depending on status, user selection, time of day, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Reinhard Krause, David Duane Warmuth, Christopher George Bissig, Justin Tyler Brown, David C. Calvert, Jarvis Ward, Jose Tomas DeLuna
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Patent number: 6167735Abstract: A bicycle carrier fastening bracket has a main body, a base, and a leg extending from the base to support a tube defining a hole for receiving a threaded rod having threaded end engaged with a fast releasing nut. The threaded rod also has a head end and associated head end washer, the head end being engaged with a handle capable of eccentric motion. The tube has a slot for receiving an arresting washer, and there is a round hole in the leg. The handle has a grip with a locking hole corresponding in diameter to the round hole. The eccentric body fastening the handle regulates a distance between each of the threaded rod head end washer and the nut and its respective opposite end of the main body. The distance can be shortened to clamp a bicycle front fork when the handle is rotated to rest the grip against the leg, with the locking hole of the grip rested against the leg, so as to facilitate installation of a lock and confine displacement of the grip.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Delta Cycle CorporationInventor: Justin Tyler Brown
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Patent number: RE38162Abstract: A bicycle carrier fastening bracket has a main body, a base, and a leg extending from the base to support a tube defining a hole for receiving a threaded rod having threaded end engaged with a fast releasing nut. The threaded rod also has a head end and associated head end washer, the head end being engaged with a handle capable of eccentric motion. The tube has a slot for receiving an arresting washer, and there is a round hole in the leg. The handle has a grip with a locking hole corresponding in diameter to the round hole. The eccentric body fastening the handle regulates a distance between each of the threaded rod head end washer and the nut and its respective opposite end of the main body. The distance can be shortened to clamp a bicycle front fork when the handle is rotated to rest the grip against the leg, with the locking hole of the grip rested against the leg, so as to facilitate installation of a lock and confine displacement of the grip.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Delta Cycle CorporationInventor: Justin Tyler Brown