Patents by Inventor Dan Christian Barfuss, JR.

Dan Christian Barfuss, JR. 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: 20240074617
    Abstract: A stand mixer includes a motor output shaft and a locking planetary output. The locking planetary output has a center shaft operably connected with the output shaft for driven rotation about a fixed axis, an agitator shaft mounted to the center shaft such that the agitator shaft moves around the fixed axis of the center shaft in a planetary arrangement, and a planetary gear centrally arranged about the fixed axis of the center shaft. A gear unit is rotatably fixed on the agitator shaft and is slidably mounted therewith to be moveable between a first position, in which the gear unit is engaged with the planetary gear, and a second position in which the gear unit is disengaged from the planetary gear and is engaged with a locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dan Christian Barfuss, JR., Timothy E. Heater, Naveen Jayabalan