Patents by Inventor Kaustav Ghosh

Kaustav Ghosh 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).

  • Removable component for a consumable with identifying graphic
    Patent number: 8496187
    Abstract: A removable component for dispensing a physical resource from a dispensing system may include a body defining a reservoir in which a physical resource may be stored, a graphic provided on the removable component having information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski
  • METHOD FOR TREATING UTENSILS WITH CHEMISTRY IN A DISHWASHER
    Publication number: 20130186434
    Abstract: A method for operating a dishwasher having a tub at least partially forming a treating chamber, a sprayer that emits liquid into the treating chamber, and a supply conduit fluidly coupled to the sprayer and through which liquid is supplied to the sprayer from a liquid source, in which heat is applied to utensils by an exothermic reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAUSTAV GHOSH, AUSTIN R. GWYNN, JAMES W. KLEIN, STEVEN J. KUEHL, RODNEY M. WELCH, JOHN R. WISNOSKI
  • METHOD TO DETERMINE FABRIC TYPE IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE USING MOTOR CURRENT SIGNATURE DURING AGITATION
    Publication number: 20130185872
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber that receives a laundry load for treatment according to a cycle of operation. The method includes determining the size of the laundry load in the treating chamber; supplying a predetermined amount of liquid to the treating chamber based on the determined load size; applying mechanical energy to the laundry treating chamber by driving a clothes mover with an electric motor; determining a difference between an in-rush current to the electric motor and a steady-state current of the electric motor during the applying of the mechanical energy; and determining a laundry load type of the laundry load based on the determined difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIRAK CHANDA, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ANDREW J. LEITERT, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, AMY L. RAPSON, JON D. STRAIT, YINGQIN YUAN
  • Apparatus and method for determining a characteristic of a consumable
    Patent number: 8400638
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski
  • Apparatus for determining a characteristic of a consumable
    Patent number: 8397543
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski
  • Removable component for a consumable with identifying graphic
    Patent number: 8393548
    Abstract: A removable component for dispensing a physical resource from a dispensing system may include a body defining a reservoir in which a physical resource may be stored, a graphic provided on the removable component having information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH METHOD TO INCREASE CHEMICAL ACTION
    Publication number: 20130025072
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and method for increasing chemical action in a load of laundry associated with the supplying water and treating chemistry to the load of laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, AMY CHEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ANDREW J. LEITERT, TREMITCHELL WRIGHT
  • CLOTHES DRYER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A DILUTION OF A TREATING SOLUTION BASED ON A DETECTED CLOTHES LOAD SIZE
    Publication number: 20130000141
    Abstract: A clothes dryer and method for forming and supplying a treating chemistry solution to a laundry load located in the treating chamber of the clothes dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAUSTAV GHOSH, THOMAS A. LATACK, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI, BRIAN K. ROGERS
  • APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONSUMABLE
    Publication number: 20120280032
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONSUMABLE
    Publication number: 20120281222
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a method for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • Apparatus and method for determining a characteristic of a consumable
    Patent number: 8281621
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski
  • Method for removing chemistry buildup in a dispensing dryer
    Patent number: 8209879
    Abstract: A method for operating a dispenser dryer to remove treating chemistry in the dispenser dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fredrick E. Chernetski, Michael T. Dalton, Kaustav Ghosh, Karl D. McAllister
  • Method for operating a cleanout cycle in a dispensing dryer
    Patent number: 8201345
    Abstract: A method for operating a cleanout cycle to remove treating chemistry dispensed within a dispenser dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Dalton, Kaustav Ghosh, Karl D. McAllister
  • METHOD OF OPERATING A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120144601
    Abstract: A method for treating laundry in a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a treatment chamber that includes applying a treating chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAUSTAV GHOSH, THOMAS A. LATACK, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH PURGED CHEMISTRY CONDUITS
    Publication number: 20120144689
    Abstract: A method of operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber without a liquid drain, an air system, a heating system, a treating chemistry dispensing system, and a controller, where a purge detection routine and purge cycle are executed to purge the treating chemistry from clothes dryer without draining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAUSTAV GHOSH, THOMAS A. LATACK, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • GRAPHIC FOR USE IN DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONSUMABLE
    Publication number: 20120075305
    Abstract: A graphic may include a consumable and having optically encoded information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • REMOVABLE COMPONENT FOR A CONSUMABLE WITH IDENTIFYING GRAPHIC
    Publication number: 20120074224
    Abstract: A removable component for dispensing a physical resource from a dispensing system may include a body defining a reservoir in which a physical resource may be stored, a graphic provided on the removable component having information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONSUMABLE
    Publication number: 20120073335
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONSUMABLE
    Publication number: 20120075635
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • METHOD FOR TREATING LAUNDRY IN A CLOTHES DRYER
    Publication number: 20110209293
    Abstract: A method for treating laundry in a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a treatment chamber that includes applying a treating chemistry, which may include a treating chemistry that benefits from uniform distribution, on the laundry and drying the laundry after the applying of the treating chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAUSTAV GHOSH, THOMAS A. LATACK, KARL D. MCALLISTER, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI, PRITHI A. RAO