Patents by Inventor DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN

DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN 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: 10036114
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior. A tub is provided in the interior defining a liquid chamber. A rotatable drum is located within the tub to define a treating chamber for treating laundry articles according to a cycle of operation. A rear drive plate is provided at one end of the drum. A motor is provided within in the liquid chamber of the tub and extends through the rear drive plate to rotate the drum according to the cycle of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Douglas Mikkelsen
  • Publication number: 20180066391
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance door assembly comprises a plastic fishbowl. Typically, laundry treating appliances, such as dryers, have door assemblies comprising glass fishbowls. Utilizing plastic enables a fishbowl to have a sharper radius of curvature than that of a glass fishbowl due to manufacturing constraints of glass. A shaper radius of curvature allows for greater capacity in the treating chamber in a laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: ETHAN HARBRECHT, DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN, CHRISTOPH MILLER, JOEL SELLS, PRASATH M. THIRUKONDA
  • Publication number: 20170306550
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet where it moves along a path of travel to selectively close an access opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser formed integrally with the rear face of the door. The dispenser includes a plurality of reservoirs. Each reservoir utilizes a siphon that has a siphon cap with at least one baffle extending laterally relative to the rear face to retard the flow of liquid within the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: ETHAN HARBRECHT, DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN
  • Publication number: 20170152625
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior. A tub is provided in the interior defining a liquid chamber. An exoskeleton is disposed within the liquid chamber and houses a drum defining a treating chamber for treating an article of laundry. A rear drive plate is provided at one end of the drum and at least partially defines the exoskeleton. One or more braces can couple to the rear drive plate to improve structural integrity of the exoskeleton housing the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN, CHRISTOPH J. MILLER, ERIC J. WALSH
  • Publication number: 20170152623
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior. A tub is provided in the interior defining a liquid chamber. A rotatable drum is located within the tub to define a treating chamber for treating laundry articles according to a cycle of operation. A rear drive plate is provided at one end of the drum. A motor is provided within in the liquid chamber of the tub and extends through the rear drive plate to rotate the drum according to the cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: DONALD ERICKSON, DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN
  • Publication number: 20170152622
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance for treating an article according to a cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior with a tub disposed in the interior, the tub defining a liquid chamber. A drum is provided within the liquid chamber to define a treating chamber. An exoskeleton is disposed within the liquid chamber and houses the drum. A front frame mounts to the drum and forms at least a portion of the exoskeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN, CHRISTOPH J. MILLER, ERIC J. WALSH