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).

  • Publication number: 20220400860
    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 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20220307756
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20220304119
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Eric Scalf
  • Publication number: 20220141927
    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: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
  • Publication number: 20220057109
    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: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 11168920
    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: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20210341175
    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: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20210307130
    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 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Publication number: 20210307129
    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 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Guo Jun Zhang, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Pierce Woodling
  • Publication number: 20210307128
    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: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Patent number: 11109712
    Abstract: An appliance includes a microwave oven and a toaster oven apparatus in combination, the toaster oven being contained entirely within the interior of the microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Paul R. Staun, Brian Langness
  • Publication number: 20200178732
    Abstract: An appliance includes a microwave oven and a toaster oven apparatus in combination, the toaster oven being contained entirely within the interior of the microwave oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. Staun, Brian Langness