Patents by Inventor Brian Langness
Brian Langness 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).
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Patent number: 12584678Abstract: A dynamic multi-zone anti-sweat heating system may be used in a refrigerator to reduce moisture on various surfaces of the refrigerator. Moreover, in some instances, the determination of when moisture is present and/or absent from a surface may be made based at least in part on detection of the presence or absence of an elevated thermal load on the surface while a heater is activated.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness
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Publication number: 20260020118Abstract: An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet. The cabinet bracket includes a first and second cooperating latch member, where the first cooperating latch member is mounted on the underside of the cabinet and the second cooperating latch member is mounted on the top-facing side of the enclosure. The cooperating latch members are respectively configured to latch to one another when the enclosure is supported on the wall bracket proximate the bottom of the rear-facing side thereof and tilted upwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2025Publication date: January 15, 2026Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
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Patent number: 12446120Abstract: An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet. The cabinet bracket includes a first and second cooperating latch member, where the first cooperating latch member is mounted on the underside of the cabinet and the second cooperating latch member is mounted on the top-facing side of the enclosure. The cooperating latch members are respectively configured to latch to one another when the enclosure is supported on the wall bracket proximate the bottom of the rear-facing side thereof and tilted upwardly.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2023Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
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Patent number: 12382554Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance having power management. The appliance may include at least one cord positionable between at least one stowed position to at least one deployed position. The appliance may include one or more strain relief members stopping the deployment of the cord. The microwave cooking appliance may include a cord housing. The microwave cooking appliance may include a pulley engaging the cord. The microwave cooking appliance may include a biasing member engaging the pulley and/or cord. The microwave cooking appliance may include a pin and slot engagement engaging the pulley and/or cord.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Eric Scalf
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Publication number: 20250221564Abstract: A drip coffee maker includes a controller that regulates a water/coffee contact time for coffee produced in a brew basket by controlling an electronically-controllable dispense valve disposed downstream of the brew basket in response to an output of a dispense rate sensor that senses dispense rate from a brew basket. In addition, in some instances the dispense rate sensor may be implemented as a weight sensor that senses the weight of the brew basket, and may additionally be used to sense the amount of coffee grounds dispensed into the brew basket by a grinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Simon Fowler, Ryan Persaud, Brian Langness
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Patent number: 12239223Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
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Patent number: 12225652Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
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Patent number: 12200849Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame. The door may include a leak detection device. The leak detection device may be adjacent the conductive and/or sealing engagement. The door may include a user interface display and/or a touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
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Publication number: 20250009129Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
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Patent number: 12166357Abstract: An under-cabinet wireless power system is mountable to an underside of a wall cabinet that is positioned over a countertop and includes a wireless power transmitter capable of powering a wirelessly powered appliance positioned proximate thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Clayton James O′Donoghue, John Kenneth Hooker
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Patent number: 12064033Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
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Patent number: 12038196Abstract: An anti-tip bracket assembly for a window air conditioning unit is disclosed, and more particularly, an anti-tip bracket assembly that pertains to securing a window air conditioning unit within a window assembly while allowing a user to open and close the window assembly in a safe and convenient manner is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
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Publication number: 20240213801Abstract: An under-cabinet wireless power system is mountable to an underside of a wall cabinet that is positioned over a countertop and includes a wireless power transmitter capable of powering a wirelessly powered appliance positioned proximate thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Clayton James O'Donoghue, John Kenneth Hooker
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Publication number: 20240147584Abstract: An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet. The cabinet bracket includes a first and second cooperating latch member, where the first cooperating latch member is mounted on the underside of the cabinet and the second cooperating latch member is mounted on the top-facing side of the enclosure. The cooperating latch members are respectively configured to latch to one another when the enclosure is supported on the wall bracket proximate the bottom of the rear-facing side thereof and tilted upwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
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Publication number: 20240108161Abstract: A drip coffee maker includes an electronically-controllable variable valve to regulate water/coffee contact time in a brew basket. In some instances, the electronically-controllable variable valve may be movable within a continuous range of positions and may be disposed downstream of the brew basket to regulate the flow rate of coffee produced in the brew basket to a brewing container. In addition, in some instances, the electronically-controllable variable valve may include a valve member that projects through a port and moves along a first axis to vary a fluid flow rate through the port, and a wedge body that moves along a second axis and includes an inclined surface capable of causing movement of the valve member along the first axis in response to movement of the wedge body along the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Simon Fowler, Brian Langness
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Publication number: 20240080949Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
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Publication number: 20240015861Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame. The door may include a leak detection device. The leak detection device may be adjacent the conductive and/or sealing engagement. The door may include a user interface display and/or a touch screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce R. Woodling
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Patent number: 11864296Abstract: An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet. The cabinet bracket includes a first and second cooperating latch member, where the first cooperating latch member is mounted on the underside of the cabinet and the second cooperating latch member is mounted on the top-facing side of the enclosure. The cooperating latch members are respectively configured to latch to one another when the enclosure is supported on the wall bracket proximate the bottom of the rear-facing side thereof and tilted upwardly.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
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Publication number: 20230404260Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
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Patent number: 11849526Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling