Patents by Inventor CLAUDIA SCHULER

CLAUDIA SCHULER 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 FOR CONTROLLING A HOUSEHOLD WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210062390
    Abstract: A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: THOMAS BENNE, MATTHEW T. DOLL, CAROLYN Y. GROPPEL, CLAUDIA SCHULER, CASEY J. TUBMAN
  • Method for controlling a household washing machine
    Patent number: 10844533
    Abstract: A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Benne, Matthew T. Doll, Carolyn Y. Groppel, Claudia Schuler, Casey J. Tubman
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HOUSEHOLD WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20170306549
    Abstract: A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas BENNE, Matthew T. DOLL, Carolyn Y. GROPPEL, Claudia SCHULER, Casey J. TUBMAN
  • Fabric treatment appliance control panel and associated steam operations
    Patent number: 9732460
    Abstract: A fabric treatment appliance capable of indicating when a fabric load is sanitized, implementing a sanitizing by modifying a predetermined operation cycle, or implementing a sanitizing cycle after the completion of a predetermined operation cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Benne, Matthew T. Doll, Carolyn Y. Groppel, Claudia Schuler, Casey J. Tubman
  • Method for treating clothes in a dryer
    Patent number: 9605375
    Abstract: A method for treating clothes in a dryer, particularly for removing wrinkles from clothes at the end of a clothes drying program or a clothes refreshing program, in which the flow rate of process air circulated in a closed loop is decreased by reversing the rotation of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Frank, Ralf Haselmeier, Claudia Schuler
  • METHOD FOR TREATING CLOTHES IN A DRYER
    Publication number: 20150259848
    Abstract: A method for treating clothes in a dryer, particularly for removing wrinkles from clothes at the end of a clothes drying program or a clothes refreshing program, in which the flow rate of process air circulated in a closed loop is decreased by reversing the rotation of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL FRANK, RALF HASELMEIER, CLAUDIA SCHULER