Patents by Inventor BRADLEY D. MORROW

BRADLEY D. MORROW 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).

  • METHOD OF DETERMINING INERTIA IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20160281288
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method of determining inertia of a laundry load may comprise an extraction stabilization phase, where liquid is extracted from the laundry load by rotating the basket at first rotational speed, and a sensing phase. The sensing phase may include a deceleration phase, where the basket speed decreases to a second rotational speed, followed by an acceleration phase, where the basket speed increases back toward the first rotational speed. The inertia of the laundry load may be determined from data sensed during the deceleration and acceleration phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RAFAEL CABRAL MELO, FERNANDO ELIAS DE OLIVEIRA, BRADLEY D. MORROW, MAURILIO FABIO RODRIQUES CATHARINO, YINGQIN YUAN
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH A SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY AND A SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20160083888
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a cabinet, a wash tub located within the cabinet and defining an interior, a wash basket mounted within the wash tub and defining a laundry treating chamber, and at least one suspension assembly operably coupled to a portion of the cabinet and a portion of the tub such that the tub is suspended from the cabinet and where the suspension assembly includes a suspension rod for attaching to a portion of the tub in a lower part of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: BENJAMIN E. ALEXANDER, BRADLEY D. MORROW, BRENNER M. SHARP
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH A STATIC TUB
    Publication number: 20150176166
    Abstract: A method of controlling a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable wash basket defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry items for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, the method comprising supplying liquid to the wash basket, draining liquid from the wash basket by gravity, and filling the wash basket to a predetermined fill level based on an amount of laundry, a type of laundry, a selected cycle of operation, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: BENJAMIN E. ALEXANDER, BRENT M. BURGESS, MICHAEL K. CLUSKEY, DONALD E. ERICKSON, CHRISTOPHER A. JONES, AARON A. LINDEN, KENNETH L. MCCONNELL, BRADLEY D. MORROW, DALE E. MUELLER, MICHELE A. PAUSTIAN, BRENNER M. SHARP, CHRISTINE L. STRAIN, DEAN L. TIETZ, LAUREN M. LALONDE
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH A STATIC TUB
    Publication number: 20150052953
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a cabinet, a static wash tub fixed in position relative to the cabinet, a wash basket mounted within the wash tub for rotation about a vertical axis and having at least one drain hole, a drive motor within the cabinet for rotating the wash basket, a catch basin fixed to the wash tub and spaced from the drive motor, a recirculation pump, and a closure between the drive motor and the catch basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: DONALD E. ERICKSON, JOHN M. HUNNELL, LAUREN M. LALONDE, KENNETH L. MCCONNELL, BRADLEY D. MORROW, DAVID SCHARICH, III, BRENNER M. SHARP, CHRISTINE L. STRAIN, DEAN L. TIETZ
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH METHOD TO REDUCE DRUM EXCURSIONS
    Publication number: 20130000053
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and method for reducing drum excursions associated with the forming a liquid inertial mass in the tub prior to an extraction phase during a cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH J. MILLER, BRADLEY D. MORROW