Patents by Inventor Edward Herman Decker

Edward Herman Decker 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).

  • Hybrid RF/conventional clothes dryer
    Patent number: 11680360
    Abstract: The present application encompasses methods and apparatus for heating a load such as clothes immersed in a medium such as water during a heating period. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises heating the load and medium within an enclosure by subjecting said load and medium to heated air originated from a conventional energy source; and applying heat to said load and medium within the enclosure via an AC electrical field, embodied as a capacitor, originated from an RF power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Pablo E. D'Anna, David S. Wisherd, Michael Andrew Wohl, Edward Herman Decker, Gary Lynn Cox
  • HYBRID RF/CONVENTIONAL CLOTHES DRYER
    Publication number: 20210277585
    Abstract: The present application encompasses methods and apparatus for heating a load such as clothes immersed in a medium such as water during a heating period. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises heating the load and medium within an enclosure by subjecting said load and medium to heated air originated from a conventional energy source; and applying heat to said load and medium within the enclosure via an AC electrical field, embodied as a capacitor, originated from an RF power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Pablo E. D'Anna, David S. Wisherd, Michael Andrew Wohl, Edward Herman Decker, Gary Lynn Cox
  • Hybrid RF/conventional clothes dryer
    Patent number: 11066778
    Abstract: The present application encompasses methods and apparatus for heating a load such as clothes immersed in a medium such as water during a heating period. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises heating the load and medium within an enclosure by subjecting said load and medium to heated air originated from a conventional energy source; and applying heat to said load and medium within the enclosure via an AC electrical field, embodied as a capacitor, originated from an RF power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Cool Dry, Inc., LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo E. D'Anna, David S. Wisherd, Michael Andrew Wohl, Edward Herman Decker, Gary Lynn Cox
  • HYBRID RF/CONVENTIONAL CLOTHES DRYER
    Publication number: 20200087843
    Abstract: The present application encompasses methods and apparatus for heating a load such as clothes immersed in a medium such as water during a heating period. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises heating the load and medium within an enclosure by subjecting said load and medium to heated air originated from a conventional energy source; and applying heat to said load and medium within the enclosure via an AC electrical field, embodied as a capacitor, originated from an RF power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Pablo E. D'Anna, David S. Wisherd, Michael Andrew Wohl, Edward Herman Decker, Gary Lynn Cox
  • Hybrid RF/conventional clothes dryer
    Patent number: 10487443
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods and apparati for heating a load (9) such as clothes immersed in a medium (such as water) during a heating period. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises heating the load (9) and medium within an enclosure (10) by subjecting said load (9) and medium to heated air (104) originated from a conventional energy source (1); and applying heat to said load (9) and medium within the enclosure (10) via an AC electrical field, embodied as a capacitor, originated from an RF power source (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Cool Dry, Inc., LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Eugenio D'Anna, David S. Wisherd, Michael Andrew Wohl, Edward Herman Decker, Gary Lynn Cox