Patents by Inventor David W. Carr

David W. Carr 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: 10704176
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait
  • Patent number: 10450686
    Abstract: A laundry mover for a laundry treating appliance may include a protrusion located on an upper side of the laundry mover and forming an open-bottom cavity. The protrusion may have at least one opening fluidly communicating the cavity with a portion of the treating chamber above the protrusion. A diverter may be located on a lower side of the laundry mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Mary E. Zeitler
  • Publication number: 20190093272
    Abstract: A laundry mover for a laundry treating appliance may include a protrusion located on an upper side of the laundry mover and forming an open-bottom cavity. The protrusion may have at least one opening fluidly communicating the cavity with a portion of the treating chamber above the protrusion. A diverter may be located on a lower side of the laundry mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, MARY E. ZEITLER
  • Patent number: 10179962
    Abstract: A laundry mover for a laundry treating appliance may include a protrusion located on an upper side of the laundry mover and forming an open-bottom cavity. The protrusion may have at least one opening fluidly communicating the cavity with a portion of the treating chamber above the protrusion. A diverter may be located on a lower side of the laundry mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Mary E. Zeitler
  • Patent number: 9926658
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl C. Bodine, David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait
  • Publication number: 20170342620
    Abstract: A laundry mover for a laundry treating appliance may include a protrusion located on an upper side of the laundry mover and forming an open-bottom cavity. The protrusion may have at least one opening fluidly communicating the cavity with a portion of the treating chamber above the protrusion. A diverter may be located on a lower side of the laundry mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, MARY E. ZEITLER
  • Patent number: 9777418
    Abstract: A laundry mover for a laundry treating appliance may include a protrusion located on an upper side of the laundry mover and forming an open-bottom cavity. The protrusion may have at least one opening fluidly communicating the cavity with a portion of the treating chamber above the protrusion. A diverter may be located on a lower side of the laundry mover such that rotation of the laundry mover brings the diverter into contact with liquid in a portion of the treating chamber underneath the laundry mover, and the diverter directs the liquid through the cavity to expel the liquid through the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Mary E. Zeitler
  • Patent number: 9739003
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance may include a treating chamber receiving laundry for treatment and a laundry mover mounted within the treating chamber for rotation about a rotation axis. The laundry mover may have a base made of a first material and a plurality of protrusions made of a different second material. At least portions of the upper surfaces of the base and the protrusions collectively form an upper surface of the laundry mover such that the laundry mover upper surface is at least partially formed of the differing first and second materials. The first material may be metal, and the second material may be plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, John W. McConnell, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait
  • Publication number: 20170088993
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: DARRYL C. BODINE, DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, BASAK OGUZ, JON D. STRAIT
  • Patent number: 9556549
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl C. Bodine, David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait
  • Publication number: 20160230327
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, BASAK OGUZ, JON D. STRAIT
  • Patent number: 9347166
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, Dale E. Mueller, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait
  • Publication number: 20150337474
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DARRYL C. BODINE, DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, BASAK OGUZ, JON D. STRAIT
  • Patent number: 9115452
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance may include a drum and an impeller. The impeller may have a raised center, a bottom plate, a transition region between the bottom plate and the raised center, a center post extending upward from the raised center, and a plurality of radial protrusions extending along the raised center, the bottom plate, and the transition region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Carr, Joseph L. Moulton, Dale E. Mueller, Jon D. Strait
  • Publication number: 20150033803
    Abstract: A laundry mover for a laundry treating appliance may include a protrusion located on an upper side of the laundry mover and forming an open-bottom cavity. The protrusion may have at least one opening fluidly communicating the cavity with a portion of the treating chamber above the protrusion. A diverter may be located on a lower side of the laundry mover such that rotation of the laundry mover brings the diverter into contact with liquid in a portion of the treating chamber underneath the laundry mover, and the diverter directs the liquid through the cavity to expel the liquid through the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, MARY E. ZEITLER
  • Publication number: 20150000352
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance may include a treating chamber receiving laundry for treatment and a laundry mover mounted within the treating chamber for rotation about a rotation axis. The laundry mover may have a base made of a first material and a plurality of protrusions made of a different second material. At least portions of the upper surfaces of the base and the protrusions collectively form an upper surface of the laundry mover such that the laundry mover upper surface is at least partially formed of the differing first and second materials. The first material may be metal, and the second material may be plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, JOHN W. MCCONNELL, BASAK OGUZ, JON D. STRAIT
  • Patent number: 8886677
    Abstract: A pipelined search engine supports a tree of search keys therein that utilizes span prefix masks to assist in longest prefix match (LPM) detection when the tree is searched. Each of a plurality of the span prefix masks encodes a prefix length of a search key to which the span prefix mask is associated and a value of another search key in the tree that is a prefix match to the search key to which the span prefix mask is associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Depelteau, David W. Carr
  • Publication number: 20140096568
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance may include a drum and an impeller. The impeller may have a raised center, a bottom plate, a transition region between the bottom plate and the raised center, a center post extending upward from the raised center, and a plurality of radial protrusions extending along the raised center, the bottom plate, and the transition region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, JOSEPH L. MOULTON, DALE E. MUELLER, JON D. STRAIT
  • Publication number: 20130326822
    Abstract: A washing machine for treating laundry comprising a basket rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber; a clothes mover proximate the bottom wall, having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; and at least one vane having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the clothes mover to terminate in a tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID W. CARR, DALE E. MUELLER, BASAK OGUZ, JON D. STRAIT
  • Patent number: 7725450
    Abstract: A search engine includes a pipelined arrangement of a plurality of search and tree maintenance sub-engines therein, which are configured to support the performance of search operations on exclusively valid multi-way trees of search prefixes concurrently with the performance of update operations on the multi-way trees as they are being searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Depelteau, David W. Carr