Patents by Inventor Eric Farrington

Eric Farrington 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: 10087566
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David Carr, Eric Farrington, David Goshgarian, Vetrivel Kanagaraj, Narendra Kapure, Abhijeet Nalawade, Kartik Vastrad, Bret Wamhoff
  • Publication number: 20170260679
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID CARR, ERIC FARRINGTON, DAVID GOSHGARIAN, VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ, NARENDRA KAPURE, ABHIJEET NALAWADE, KARTIK VASTRAD, BRET WAMHOFF
  • Patent number: 6851400
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having inline opposing pistons stationarily mounted to a frame. A finned cylinder having a divider therein forming two chambers reciprocates upon the two stationary pistons during operation of the engine to provide power to a device requiring translational or rotational power connected externally. Optionally, the pistons can be formed of front and rear components with the front component being replaceable by mounting it to the rear. A case mounted about the exterior can be vented by an impeller to cool the finned cylinder along with lubricating fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventor: Eric Farrington