Patents by Inventor Kevin N. Mumpower

Kevin N. Mumpower 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).

  • Publication number: 20090255282
    Abstract: An icemaker including an icemaker control module comprises components including an insert molded circuit board assembly, a motor assembly, an ice level sensing system using a bail arm or a paddle, and a water fill system. Lance features in the circuit board connect switch and motor leads. The thermostat, ground member, and heater of the icemaker electrically couple to the insert molded circuit board when the icemaker control module is joined to the ice maker. Energy may be conserved by pausing rotation and turning off the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: France/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Daniel K. Amonett, Kevin N. Mumpower
  • Patent number: 5542341
    Abstract: A wrist pin for use with a piston of a refrigeration compressor unit, wherein the wrist pin is to be mounted on a piston and non-rotatively affixed thereto, the pin having a longitudinal axis, a round cross-section and a uniform diameter over substantially its entire length to provide a peripheral journal surface adapted to be mounted within and juxtaposed the bearing surface of a wrist pin bore of a connecting rod for rocking motion within the bore, one or more oil transport grooves in the journal surface circumscribing the same within a longitudinally central region thereof, a generally longitudinally extending recess in the journal surface extending across the one or more grooves and to either side thereof within the region, the region of the journal surface being dimensioned to lie totally within the wrist pin bore of the connecting rod, the recess laterally encompassing an arc angle of from about 6.degree. to about 30.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Bristol Compressors, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Monk, Pantelis Hatzikazakis, Kevin N. Mumpower