Patents by Inventor Todd Schmidt
Todd Schmidt 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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Patent number: 11982042Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening. A rotatable treating chamber is located within the interior and accessible through the front panel opening. A door assembly is mounted to the chassis for movement between opened and closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening. The door assembly includes a window or panel slidable between first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd Tunzi
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Publication number: 20240155183Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) extracting, by a computing system, features from media content; (ii) generating, by the computing system, repetition data for respective portions of the media content Extracting, by a computing system, features from media content using the features, with repetition data for a given portion including a list of other portions of the media content matching the given portion; (iii) determining, by the computing system, transition data for the media content; (iv) Generating, by the computing system, repetition data for respective selecting, by the computing system, a portion within the media content using data for a given portion includes a list of other portions of the the transition data; (v) classifying, by the computing system, the portion as media content matching the given portion either an advertisement segment or a program segment using repetition data for the portion; and (vi) outputting, by the computing system, data indicating a result of the classifying forType: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Todd J. Hodges, Andreas Schmidt, Sharmishtha Gupta
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Patent number: 11946186Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an aperture in a front surface thereof. A drum is disposed within the cabinet. The drum defines an access opening that aligns with the aperture. A door is coupled to the cabinet and is operable between closed and opened positions relative to the aperture. A bellows extends along a perimeter of the aperture and proximate the access opening. A deflector extends along at least a portion of the perimeter of the aperture. The deflector extends into an interior of the drum over the bellows.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Donald E. Erickson, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd J. Tunzi
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Patent number: 11946184Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that has a front panel. A tub is positioned within the cabinet. A door is coupled to the front panel of the cabinet. The door moves vertically between a closed position and an opened position. A bellows assembly is coupled to the front panel. The bellows assembly extends between the cabinet and the tub. A sealing assembly includes a first seal and a second seal that are each coupled to the bellows assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd J. Tunzi
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Publication number: 20240102224Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that has a front panel. A tub is positioned within the cabinet. A door is coupled to the front panel of the cabinet. The door moves vertically between a closed position and an opened position. A bellows assembly is coupled to the front panel. The bellows assembly extends between the cabinet and the tub. A sealing assembly includes a first seal and a second seal that are each coupled to the bellows assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd J. Tunzi
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Patent number: 7677022Abstract: A convertible mower deck has a plurality of adjoining cuffing chambers under a mower deck, each cutting chamber having a cutting blade mounted to the lower end of a vertical spindle. Angled pivoting baffles are positioned in the openings between adjoining cutting chambers, and a baffle also is mounted in the discharge opening from one of the cutting chambers. The baffles may pivot between an open position for the grass clippings to be discharged or collected, a closed position for the grass clippings to be mulched, and one or more intermediate positions for some of the clippings to be discharged or collected, and the remainder to be mulched.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Paul Chenevert, Michael Todd Schmidt
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Publication number: 20040187420Abstract: A seam plate or membrane plate implement assembly comprises a support strip or substrate having a longitudinal extent and upon which a plurality of seam plates or membrane plates are fixedly disposed at predetermined uniformly spaced longitudinal positions which correspond to the transverse spacing defined between the crest portions of an underlying corrugated roof decking substructure. In this manner, when a particular one of the membrane plates or seam plates is fixedly secured to one of the crest portions of the underlying corrugated roof decking substructure by suitable threaded fasteners, the remaining membrane plates or seam plates will be automatically properly aligned with the other crest portions of the underlying corrugated roof decking substructure so as to automatically ensure proper and secure fixation of the seam plates or membrane plates upon the roof decking assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: John V. Bernardi, Paul M. Larson, Frank J. Villari, Manuel C. Enriquez, Daniel Todd Schmidt, Cheryl L. Panasik
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Patent number: 6609358Abstract: A mower deck having movable chamber gate members that permit the deck to selectively operate in either a discharge or mulching mode of operation. The deck includes a control structure that operates the gate members to permit the operator to quickly and easily switch between the discharge mode and the mulching mode while mowing.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Michael Todd Schmidt, Brian Charles Kelly, James Anthony Palmer, Brian Matthew Adkins
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Patent number: 6494026Abstract: A belt drive arrangement for a cutting implement having multiple pivotally connected decks. The arrangement consists of pulley carrying arms, whereby each of the arms carries a plurality of drive and driven pulleys having respective belts thereon for the transfer of power to the blades carried within each of the decks. Each arm has an end mounted with the deck whereby the arrangement is pivotal to permit the axes about which each of the pulleys rotate to remain substantially parallel to each other as a particular deck flexes relative to an adjacent deck. The belts then generally maintain alignment with the grooves of the pulleys. Consequently, the belts are less stressed as they rotate since they do not have to twist and/or bend when entering or exiting the pulleys.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: Michael Todd Schmidt
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Patent number: 5619751Abstract: A marine vest 10 designed to be worn by an operator of a personal watercraft while wearing a life jacket. The vest 10 includes a back section comprising a pair of shoulder straps positioned to fit over the shoulders of the operator. The straps are attached to a waist section which wraps around the operator's waist. This waist section has free ends which terminate near the middle of the front upper torso of the operator. Each free end has attached to it one component of a two-component buckle, so that the operator can manually buckle and unbuckle the two-component buckle while the vest is being worn. A pair of handles are attached to the waist section, each handle at one side of the operator. A second rider immediately seated behind the operator can thus grasp firmly these handles and more securely maintain his or her seated position on the watercraft. The vest 10 being sized to fit over the life jacket and is made of buoyant materials so that it will float in water.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Todd SchmidtInventors: Eric Ray, Todd Schmidt