Patents by Inventor Michael David Gallant

Michael David Gallant 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).

  • Oven appliance and a method for manufacturing a cooking chamber of an oven appliance
    Patent number: 9395088
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a back panel and a pair of side panels. The top panel, the bottom panel, the back panel and the pair of side panels are mounted to one another with a plurality of fasteners. The top panel, the bottom panel, the back panel and the pair of side panels define a cooking chamber for receiving food items for cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Byron Wiggins, Bryan Keith Lawler, Deandre Laron Strong, Michael David Gallant
  • Oven Appliance and a Method for Manufacturing a Cooking Chamber of an Oven Appliance
    Publication number: 20150047623
    Abstract: An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a back panel and a pair of side panels. The top panel, the bottom panel, the back panel and the pair of side panels are mounted to one another with a plurality of fasteners. The top panel, the bottom panel, the back panel and the pair of side panels define a cooking chamber for receiving food items for cooking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Byron Wiggins, Bryan Keith Lawler, Deandre Laron Strong, Michael David Gallant
  • Wall oven and corresponding method
    Patent number: 7964823
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a wall oven has a cooking cavity surrounded by a baffled cavity. The wall oven has a door for restricting access to the cooking cavity. A control cavity has a front surface maintaining controls for operation of the wall oven. An exhaust fan is in flow communication with the control cavity and the baffled cavity for directing air from the control cavity and the baffled cavity into an exhaust cavity. An air divider separates the control cavity from the exhaust cavity. A method for cooling a control panel of a wall oven is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Armstrong, Michael David Gallant, William Henry Gross, William L. Holbrook, William Byron Wiggins
  • HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE ASSEMBLY FOR AN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20100145483
    Abstract: An assembly for an appliance is disclosed. The assembly includes a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) including an input component having a portion accessible to a user, and a display component to indicate information to the user, the display component being operatively connected to the input component. The assembly further includes a liquid barrier covering the HMI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Paul MCGONAGLE, Philip Ames Barber, William Byron Wiggins, Jay Andrew Broniak, Michael David Gallant, Jeffrey Bruce Moore
  • Wall oven and corresponding method
    Publication number: 20090107479
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a wall oven has a cooking cavity surrounded by a baffled cavity. The wall oven has a door for restricting access to the cooking cavity. A control cavity has a front surface maintaining controls for operation of the wall oven. An exhaust fan is in flow communication with the control cavity and the baffled cavity for directing air from the control cavity and the baffled cavity into an exhaust cavity. An air divider separates the control cavity from the exhaust cavity. A method for cooling a control panel of a wall oven is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: James ARMSTRONG, Michael David GALLANT, William Henry GROSS, William L. HOLBROOK, William Byron WIGGINS