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).

  • Patent number: 12239223
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 12225652
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Patent number: 12200849
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Publication number: 20250009129
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 12166357
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Clayton James O′Donoghue, John Kenneth Hooker
  • Patent number: 12064033
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 12038196
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20240213801
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Clayton James O'Donoghue, John Kenneth Hooker
  • Publication number: 20240147584
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
  • Publication number: 20240108161
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Fowler, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20240080949
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Publication number: 20240015861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce R. Woodling
  • Patent number: 11864296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
  • Publication number: 20230404260
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 11849526
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Publication number: 20230375222
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 11770882
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Patent number: 11765796
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guo Jun Zhang, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Pierce Woodling
  • Patent number: 11739979
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20220404030
    Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance having a connector system connecting the appliance to an external vent configuration. The connector system may include an adaptor. The connector system may include a mounting bracket to mount the microwave cooking appliance. The adaptor and/or mounting bracket may include one or more magnets to magnetically connect the adaptor with the mounting bracket. The connector system may include a sealing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Eric Scalf