Patents by Inventor Donald Ganiere

Donald Ganiere 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).

  • Standby power reduction
    Patent number: 8624430
    Abstract: A standby power system for an appliance having a power input coupled to a main power source includes a power enabling device coupled between the main power source and power input of the appliance, a standby power state sensing device coupled to the power enabling device, and a power restore device coupled to the power enabling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric K. Watson, Steven Keith Root, Jeff Donald Drake, Ashley Wayne Burt, Jeffrey S. Weber, Donald Ganiere
  • Appliance monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 8599008
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring an appliance is disclosed. The method includes establishing a wireless communication connection between a communication module in an appliance and a communication network, transmitting operational data in real-time from the appliance to an external monitoring system over the communication network, determining a status of a component of the appliance from the real-time operational data, and if a failure mode of the component is detected, initiating a service protocol corresponding to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric K. Watson, Timothy A. Hamel, Richard DeVos, Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Charles Dawes, Michael Kello, Rajendra Prasad Gottipati, Donald Ganiere, Steven Keith Root
  • APPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120019378
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring an appliance is disclosed. The method includes establishing a wireless communication connection between a communication module in an appliance and a communication network, transmitting operational data in real-time from the appliance to an external monitoring system over the communication network, determining a status of a component of the appliance from the real-time operational data, and if a failure mode of the component is detected, initiating a service protocol corresponding to the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Eric K. WATSON, Timothy A. Hamel, Richard DeVos, Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Charles Dawes, Michael Kello, Rajendra Prasad Gottipati, Donald Ganiere, Steven Keith Root
  • STANDY POWER REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20110115296
    Abstract: A standby power system for an appliance having a power input coupled to a main power source includes a power enabling device coupled between the main power source and power input of the appliance, a standby power state sensing device coupled to the power enabling device, and a power restore device coupled to the power enabling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Eric K. Watson, Steven Keith Root, Jeff Donald Drake, Ashley Wayne Burt, Jeffrey S. Weber, Donald Ganiere