Patents by Inventor Alan D. Bengtson

Alan D. Bengtson 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: 20100024662
    Abstract: A waffle maker comprises a grill that is rotatable with respect to a base about a rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ALAN D. BENGTSON, MICHAEL K. PATTON, ROSARIO CIANCIMINO, JOHN B. LEDINGHAM
  • Patent number: 7348527
    Abstract: A microwave oven for use in cooking food having a door and door mounted controls and a cooling system where the door mounted controls are disclosed. The microwave oven having an external enclosure defining an outer cabinet and an oven cavity supported within the external enclosure where the oven cavity has a front access opening. The door is rotatably supported adjacent the external enclosure for selectively closing the access opening. A control unit is mounted within the door and a ventilation cooling path is formed within the door for cooling the control unit mounted with the door. A blower is supported within the external enclosure for directing an air flow toward the door and into the ventilation cooling path. The microwave can further include a housing which is supported within the door for enclosing the control unit and where the housing forms part of the ventilation cooling path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Eckart Braunisch, Ulf Nordh, Per Torngren, Anders Zeijlon, Hakan Lundstrom, Hans Lindgren, Hakan Carlsson, Alan D. Bengtson, Renee M. Garnham, Laura E. Petzke
  • Patent number: 7193195
    Abstract: A filter system for a wall mounted type microwave oven, which has an external enclosure surrounding an oven cavity. The external enclosure includes a bottom closure wall having a suction opening. The external enclosure also includes a top vent opening. An air exhaust path is formed between the external enclosure and the oven cavity wherein air drawn into the suction opening passes through the air exhaust path and is exhausted through the top vent opening. A first filter is provided on the suction side of the air exhaust path and a second filter may be provided on the exhaust side of the air exhaust path. In particular, the first filter may be provided adjacent the suction opening and a second filter may be provided adjacent the top vent opening, such that the first filter is provided at the inlet of the air exhaust path and the second filter is provided at the outlet of the air exhaust path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Hakan Lundstrom, Per Törngren, Hans Lindgren, Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: 6322151
    Abstract: A power buggy is configured to be safe, stable, easy to control, and comfortable. Frequently-used controls such as dump controls, a speed control, and a directional control, arc located at or very near handgrips of the operator's handle so as to permit the operator to control the vehicle without releasing either of the handgrips. For instance, speed and direction arc both controlled by a bidirectional twist grip forming one of the handgrips. The twist grip must rotate through a neutral position before changing directional control from forward to reverse so that an operator cannot reverse the vehicle's direction of travel without first rather gradually reducing vehicle speed. Operator comfort is also enhanced by a fuel tank that shields the operator from the engine. The fuel tank also has a large capacity while simultaneously functioning as a support for side shrouds of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Wacker Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory S. Dombek, Steven E. Jansen, Alan D. Bengtson, Robert M. Motl
  • Patent number: D510229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Mark W. Baldwin, Steve S. Lee, Philip M. Thompson, Jamian Cobbett
  • Patent number: D511955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Alan D. Bengtson, Steve S. Lee, Philip M. Thompson, Jamian Cobbett
  • Patent number: D525476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Kevin J. Gilboe
  • Patent number: D527948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: D533013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Philip M. Thompson
  • Patent number: D539591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Mark W. Baldwin, Steve S. Lee, Philip M. Thompson, Jamian Cobbett
  • Patent number: D485117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: D577255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: D602738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Timothy T. Murphy
  • Patent number: D604404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Timothy T. Murphy
  • Patent number: D605456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Timothy T. Murphy
  • Patent number: D609966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Timothy T. Murphy
  • Patent number: D628457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: D634602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: D637886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Bengtson
  • Patent number: D670969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson, Timothy T. Murphy