Patents by Inventor Bennett James Cook

Bennett James Cook 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).

  • Apparatus for determining load size in a washing machine
    Patent number: 8468857
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jenn-Yeu Nieh, Bennett James Cook, James Andrew Oskins
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20120279262
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENN-YEU NIEH, BENNETT JAMES COOK, JAMES ANDREW OSKINS
  • Method for determining load size in a washing machine
    Patent number: 8245342
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jenn-Yeu Nieh, Bennett James Cook, James Andrew Oskins
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20100024490
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENN-YEU NIEH, BENNETT JAMES COOK, JAMES ANDREW OSKINS