Patents by Inventor BRET WAMHOFF

BRET WAMHOFF 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: 20260265990
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet including an appliance base and a basement. The basement includes a basement inlet and a basement outlet. A drum is rotatably supported in the cabinet. A drum motor is operatively connected to rotate the drum. A heat exchanger is arranged in the basement between the basement inlet and the basement outlet. A refrigerant system is connected to the heat exchanger. The refrigerant system includes a compressor configured to circulate an amount of flammable refrigerant through the heat exchanger. A boost heater is arranged at the basement outlet between the heat exchanger and the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul Chhajed, Bret Wamhoff, Timothy N. Blatchley, Ryan R. Bellinger, William L. Frantz, Vrishtee Divakar Rane
  • Patent number: 10364524
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David Goshgarian, Vetrivel Kanagaraj, Bradley Morrow, Kartik Vastrad, Bret Wamhoff
  • Patent number: 10087566
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David Carr, Eric Farrington, David Goshgarian, Vetrivel Kanagaraj, Narendra Kapure, Abhijeet Nalawade, Kartik Vastrad, Bret Wamhoff
  • Publication number: 20170292216
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID GOSHGARIAN, VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ, BRADLEY MORROW, KARTIK VASTRAD, BRET WAMHOFF
  • Publication number: 20170260679
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID CARR, ERIC FARRINGTON, DAVID GOSHGARIAN, VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ, NARENDRA KAPURE, ABHIJEET NALAWADE, KARTIK VASTRAD, BRET WAMHOFF