Patents by Inventor Megan Etgen

Megan Etgen 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: 20230399222
    Abstract: A method of operating a dispenser system of a refrigerator appliance includes storing a custom dispenser setting for the dispenser system. The method may also include recognizing a user at the refrigerator appliance or receiving an input with the dispenser system and determining a time when the input is received. The method then includes applying the custom dispenser setting. The custom dispenser setting may be applied based on the recognized user and/or the determined time. The method further includes dispensing one or more objects from the dispenser system according to the applied custom dispenser setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew R. Hunter, Megan Etgen, Gregory Sergeevich Chernov, Brent Alden Junge
  • Publication number: 20230065308
    Abstract: A method of operating a cooking appliance includes receiving an input from a user interface of the cooking appliance. The input includes a set temperature. In response to the received input, a heating element of the cooking appliance is activated. The method also includes detecting an opening and a closing of a door of the cooking appliance. The method further includes automatically initiating a timer when the closing of the door is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Megan Etgen, Matthew R. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20220146111
    Abstract: A control panel assembly for an oven appliance includes an external housing and an internal housing spaced apart to define an air plenum. A display assembly is positioned in a top opening in the external housing and a cooling port is defined between a cooktop of the oven appliance and the display assembly. A fan assembly is positioned within the air plenum for drawing a flow of cooling air in through an ambient port and urging the flow of cooling air through the cooling port to create an air curtain that cools the display assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Megan Etgen, Charles Andrew Bierbaum