Patents by Inventor Albert Ford Adcock

Albert Ford Adcock 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).

  • Control system for measuring load imbalance and optimizing spin speed in a laundry washing machine
    Patent number: 6564592
    Abstract: A control system for measuring load imbalance in a laundry washing machine having a non-vertical axis of drum rotation, and then using the value obtained for the load imbalance to calculate a maximum permissible angular velocity for the drum during the water extraction cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: ISPO-USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Mats Gunnar Bruce, Christopher Andrew Oswald, Albert Ford Adcock
  • Control system for measuring load imbalance and optimizing spin speed in a laundry washing machine
    Publication number: 20030000262
    Abstract: A control system for measuring load imbalance in a laundry washing machine having a non-vertical axis of drum rotation, and then using the value obtained for the load imbalance to calculate a maximum permissible angular velocity for the drum during the water extraction cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Mats Gunnar Bruce, Christopher Andrew Oswald, Albert Ford Adcock
  • Control system for measuring load imbalance and optimizing spin speed in a laundry washing machine
    Patent number: 6418581
    Abstract: A control system for measuring load imbalance in a laundry washing machine having a non-vertical axis of drum rotation, and then using the value obtained for the load imbalance to calculate a maximum permissible angular velocity for the drum during the water extraction cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Ipso-USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Mats Gunnar Bruce, Christopher Andrew Oswald, Albert Ford Adcock