Patents by Inventor Edwin Glenn ZEHR

Edwin Glenn ZEHR 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: 10024541
    Abstract: A double oven appliance having an upper and lower oven positioned below the upper oven along a vertical direction such that a gap is defined between a top wall of the lower oven and a bottom wall of the upper oven. A bracket having a mounting platform positioned within the gap and spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction. The double oven appliance further including a circuit board coupled to the mounting platform such that the circuit board may be spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction. Further, the circuit board may be cooled by a cooling medium flowing across the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Wojick, William Byron Wiggins, Edwin Glenn Zehr, Kenneth Willard Johnson
  • Publication number: 20170328573
    Abstract: A double oven appliance having an upper and lower oven positioned below the upper oven along a vertical direction such that a gap is defined between a top wall of the lower oven and a bottom wall of the upper oven. A bracket having a mounting platform positioned within the gap and spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction. The double oven appliance further including a circuit board coupled to the mounting platform such that the circuit board may be spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction. Further, the circuit board may be cooled by a cooling medium flowing across the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Walter Wojick, William Byron Wiggins, Edwin Glenn Zehr, Kenneth Willard Johnson
  • Patent number: 9551494
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oven appliance with a bracket for attaching a component such as a fan motor to the oven appliance. One or more features are provided for minimizing the transfer of heat from the oven appliance, through the bracket, to the component. In certain embodiments, a bracket having a plurality of bracket attachment elements, a plurality of motor attachment elements, and a plurality of slots is configured to define a nonlinear path for the transfer of heat from the oven appliance to the fan motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin Glenn Zehr
  • Publication number: 20150267921
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oven appliance with a bracket for attaching a component such as a fan motor to the oven appliance. One or more features are provided for minimizing the transfer of heat from the oven appliance, through the bracket, to the component. In certain embodiments, a bracket having a plurality of bracket attachment elements, a plurality of motor attachment elements, and a plurality of slots is configured to define a nonlinear path for the transfer of heat from the oven appliance to the fan motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Edwin Glenn Zehr
  • Publication number: 20130312731
    Abstract: A fan apparency arrangement for an appliance having a cooling fan for moving cooling air through an airflow pathway is disclosed. The arrangement includes a bracket mounted to the appliance's interior frame and one or more thermal switches mounted to the bracket. The thermal switches have an activation temperature at which they signal a malfunction of the fan when the fan fails to move sufficient cooling air through the airflow pathway. The bracket is configured to secure the switches within the airflow pathway to maintain the switches at a temperature below their respective activation temperatures when the fan is operating properly. Additionally, the bracket conducts heat directly from the frame to the switches so that when the fan malfunctions, the reaction time of the switches in reaching their respective activation temperatures is reduced. An appliance incorporating such a fan apparency arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Edwin Glenn ZEHR