Patents by Inventor Andrew Pierce

Andrew Pierce 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).

  • Patent number: 12660961
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance includes a casing including a base and a column extending from the base along the vertical direction, the casing defining an interior surface directed toward an interior cavity and an exterior surface directed away from the interior cavity, a pair of tabs protruding from the interior surface of the casing along the vertical direction toward the interior cavity of the casing, the pair of tabs being spaced apart from each other along the lateral direction to define a horizontal channel for receiving a load cell therein, and a pin protruding from the interior surface of the casing along the vertical direction toward the interior cavity of the casing, the pin being spaced apart from the pair of tabs along the transverse direction and disposed along the horizontal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Eric Matthew Lewis
  • Patent number: 12546531
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet and a liner disposed within the cabinet. The liner defines a keyed aperture and a lateral slot. The refrigerator includes a lighting assembly disposed within the cabinet. The lighting assembly includes a housing that includes a body extending laterally between a first end and a second end. The housing includes a rim coupled with the body. The rim extends laterally between the first end and the second end. The rim is configured to be received by the keyed aperture. The rim received by the keyed aperture restricts transverse movement of the housing. The housing includes a lateral locator extending from the body toward the liner. The lateral locator is configured to be received by the keyed aperture to restrict lateral movement of the housing. The refrigerator includes a light coupled with the housing. The light is directed into the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Adrián Levi González Rostro
  • Patent number: 12535221
    Abstract: A cooktop appliance includes a panel defining a plurality of openings. The panel may also include a plurality of clearance holes or a plurality of alignment slots, with each hole or slot positioned adjacent one respective opening. The cooktop appliance also includes a plurality of control valves mounted to the panel, each including a spark switch and a stem. The stem of each control valve extends through the panel at one corresponding opening. The cooktop appliance further includes a plurality of knobs, each knob mounted to a respective one control valve. The cooktop appliance also includes a unifying bracket positioned between the spark switches of the control valves and the panel. The unifying bracket includes a plurality of protrusions. Each protrusion may extend through a respective one alignment slot or through a respective one clearance hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 12507831
    Abstract: A stand mixer appliance includes a motor within a motor housing and a power take-off hub extending from a front portion of the motor housing. An insert includes at least one fastener hole with a fastener received within the at least one fastener hole and configured for securing the insert within the power take-off hub. The power take-off hub includes a cover rotatably coupled to the insert. The cover is adjustable between an open position and a closed position. The cover includes a magnet and a tab extending from an inner surface of the cover. The magnet is configured to engage with the fastener in the at least one fastener hole to selectively hold the cover in the closed position. The tab is configured to engage with a recess in the power take-off hub in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Matthew R. Hunter
  • Patent number: 12440067
    Abstract: A stand mixer includes a casing that includes a base, a column mounted to the base, and a motor housing mounted to the column. The motor housing extends outwardly above the base. A motor is within the motor housing, and the motor housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes a standoff. The first portion includes a slot. The standoff of the second portion is configured to engage with the slot of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Matthew R. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20250248567
    Abstract: A stand mixer includes a housing and a motor disposed in the housing. The stand mixer also includes a mixing shaft operably coupled to the motor and a gear cover coupled around the mixing shaft. A wiper attachment is removably coupled to the gear cover. The wiper attachment includes a seat portion and a blade extending from one end of the seat portion. The seat portion includes a floor extending between a pair of opposing sidewalls. The floor defines a semicircular opening at a distal end of the seat portion from the blade. The pair of opposing sidewalls and the semicircular opening of the seat portion of the wiper attachment are configured to engage with the gear cover in order to securely couple the wiper attachment to the gear cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Joseph Mazzella
  • Publication number: 20240277186
    Abstract: A stand mixer appliance includes a casing that includes a base, a column mounted to the base, and a motor housing mounted to the column that extends outwardly above the base. A motor is positioned within the motor housing. The motor includes three pins. The motor housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes three slots where one of the three slots is elongated along a transverse direction of the motor, and the other two of the three slots are elongated along a lateral direction of the motor. The three pins of the motor extend perpendicular to the transverse direction, and each of the three pins of the motor are disposed within a respective one of the three slots of the second portion of the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Edward Simeon Chupka
  • Publication number: 20240215765
    Abstract: A stand mixer appliance includes a motor within a motor housing and a power take-off hub extending from a front portion of the motor housing. An insert includes at least one fastener hole with a fastener received within the at least one fastener hole and configured for securing the insert within the power take-off hub. The power take-off hub includes a cover rotatably coupled to the insert. The cover is adjustable between an open position and a closed position. The cover includes a magnet and a tab extending from an inner surface of the cover. The magnet is configured to engage with the fastener in the at least one fastener hole to selectively hold the cover in the closed position. The tab is configured to engage with a recess in the power take-off hub in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Matthew R. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20240090704
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance includes a casing including a base and a column extending from the base along the vertical direction, the casing defining an interior surface directed toward an interior cavity and an exterior surface directed away from the interior cavity, a pair of tabs protruding from the interior surface of the casing along the vertical direction toward the interior cavity of the casing, the pair of tabs being spaced apart from each other along the lateral direction to define a horizontal channel for receiving a load cell therein, and a pin protruding from the interior surface of the casing along the vertical direction toward the interior cavity of the casing, the pin being spaced apart from the pair of tabs along the transverse direction and disposed along the horizontal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Eric Matthew Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240066482
    Abstract: A stand mixer appliance includes a casing that includes a base, a column mounted to the base, and a motor housing mounted to the column that extends outwardly above the base. A motor is positioned within the motor housing. The motor includes two pins. The motor housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes both a hole and a slot. The slot is elongated along a transverse direction of the motor, and the two pins of the motor extend perpendicularly to the transverse direction. Each of the two pins of the motor are disposed within a respective one of the hole and the slot of the second portion of the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Edward Simeon Chupka
  • Publication number: 20240041260
    Abstract: A stand mixer appliance includes a casing that includes a base, a column mounted to the base, and a motor housing mounted to the column and extending outwardly above the base. The column includes a slide rail mounted to the column. The slide rail includes a pin configured to engage with an aperture of the column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Danister Abeygunawardana
  • Publication number: 20240041259
    Abstract: A stand mixer appliance includes a casing that includes a second base portion, a main body mounted to the second base portion, and a motor housing mounted to the main body, extending outwardly above the second base portion. The main body includes a column portion and a first base portion. The second base portion includes an aperture, and the first base portion of the main body includes a pin configured to engage with the aperture of the second base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Eric Matthew Lewis
  • Patent number: 11874052
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet forming a refrigerating compartment defining a plurality of cooling zones, an air circulation duct in fluid communication with the refrigerating compartment, an evaporator provided in the air circulation duct, and a damper assembly in fluid communication with the air circulation duct and the refrigerating compartment. The damper assembly includes a plurality of doors to selectively allow air to enter into selected cooling zones within the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Jonah Connelly, Stephanos Kyriacou
  • Publication number: 20230337860
    Abstract: A stand mixer includes a casing that includes a base, a column mounted to the base, and a motor housing mounted to the column. The motor housing extends outwardly above the base. A motor is within the motor housing, and the motor housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes a standoff. The first portion includes a slot. The standoff of the second portion is configured to engage with the slot of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Matthew R. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20230296255
    Abstract: A cooktop appliance includes a panel defining a plurality of openings. Alignment slots defined in the panel and are positioned adjacent one opening of the plurality of openings. The cooktop appliance also includes a plurality of control valves mounted to the panel, each including a spark switch and a stem. The stem of each control valve extends through the panel at one corresponding opening. The cooktop appliance further includes a plurality of knobs, each knob mounted to a respective one control valve. The cooktop appliance also includes an alignment bracket positioned between the spark switch of one control valve and the panel. The alignment bracket includes a plurality of protrusions. Each protrusion extends through a respective one of the plurality of alignment slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20230136332
    Abstract: A cooktop appliance includes a panel defining a plurality of openings. The panel may also include a plurality of clearance holes or a plurality of alignment slots, with each hole or slot positioned adjacent one respective opening. The cooktop appliance also includes a plurality of control valves mounted to the panel, each including a spark switch and a stem. The stem of each control valve extends through the panel at one corresponding opening. The cooktop appliance further includes a plurality of knobs, each knob mounted to a respective one control valve. The cooktop appliance also includes a unifying bracket positioned between the spark switches of the control valves and the panel. The unifying bracket includes a plurality of protrusions. Each protrusion may extend through a respective one alignment slot or through a respective one clearance hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 11603690
    Abstract: A hinge structure includes a cabinet plate defining a first face and a second face, the cabinet plate including a first fastening hole, a stiffener plate in planar contact with the first face of the cabinet plate along the Z-axis, the stiffener plate including a second fastening hole, a hinge plate in planar contact with the second face of the cabinet plate along the Z-axis, the hinge plate including a locating hole, and a fastener for fastening the cabinet plate to the stiffener plate, the fastener protruding through the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole along the Z-axis and including a fastener head, wherein the fastener head is cylindrical and accepted within the locating hole of the hinge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20230063487
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet forming a refrigerating compartment defining a plurality of cooling zones, an air circulation duct in fluid communication with the refrigerating compartment, an evaporator provided in the air circulation duct, and a damper assembly in fluid communication with the air circulation duct and the refrigerating compartment. The damper assembly includes a plurality of doors to selectively allow air to enter into selected cooling zones within the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Pierce, Jonah Connelly, Stephanos Kyriacou
  • Publication number: 20220341232
    Abstract: A hinge structure includes a cabinet plate defining a first face and a second face, the cabinet plate including a first fastening hole, a stiffener plate in planar contact with the first face of the cabinet plate along the Z-axis, the stiffener plate including a second fastening hole, a hinge plate in planar contact with the second face of the cabinet plate along the Z-axis, the hinge plate including a locating hole, and a fastener for fastening the cabinet plate to the stiffener plate, the fastener protruding through the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole along the Z-axis and including a fastener head, wherein the fastener head is cylindrical and accepted within the locating hole of the hinge plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 11305012
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind the extracellular domain of the HER3 receptor and inhibit various HER3 receptor related functions via ligand-dependent and/or ligand-independent mechanisms. Also provided are compositions with increased half-life, as well as compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER3 mediated signal transduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MedImmune, LLC
    Inventors: Partha S. Chowdhury, David Tice, Zhan Xiao, Philipp Steiner, Krista Kinneer, Marlon Rebelatto, Andrew Pierce