Patents by Inventor Drummond Bryant

Drummond Bryant 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).

  • Grommet for cook top
    Patent number: 10712015
    Abstract: A grommet is provided for use with a gas valve assembly on a domestic kitchen appliance. The grommet has a collar portion configured to contact a shaft of a gas valve around a complete circumference of the shaft; an upper maintop contacting portion; a lower maintop contacting portion; and a central portion extending between the collar portion and the upper maintop contacting portion and having an inner diameter that increases with distance from the collar portion, the central portion having an inner surface configured to face the shaft. An air space is created in a radial direction between opposite sides of the inner surface of the central portion, the central portion being configured such that the air space exists between the inner surface of the central portion and the shaft in a radial direction, the radial direction being perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte
    Inventors: Drummond Bryant, Michael Petrino
  • GROMMET FOR COOK TOP
    Publication number: 20190338955
    Abstract: A grommet is provided for use with a gas valve assembly on a domestic kitchen appliance. The grommet has a collar portion configured to contact a shaft of a gas valve around a complete circumference of the shaft; an upper maintop contacting portion; a lower maintop contacting portion; and a central portion extending between the collar portion and the upper maintop contacting portion and having an inner diameter that increases with distance from the collar portion, the central portion having an inner surface configured to face the shaft. An air space is created in a radial direction between opposite sides of the inner surface of the central portion, the central portion being configured such that the air space exists between the inner surface of the central portion and the shaft in a radial direction, the radial direction being perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Drummond Bryant, Michael Petrino