Patents by Inventor FARSHAD FARID

FARSHAD FARID 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).

  • Publication number: 20120144881
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a drum, defining a treating chamber, with a lifter and a balancing system having at least one balancing ring and a reservoir located in the lifter and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the reservoir. Liquid may be supplied to the ring and to the reservoir through the ring to offset an imbalance in a laundry load located within the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Farshad Farid, Vishal Verma
  • Publication number: 20120144874
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a drum, defining a treating chamber, with a lifter and a balancing system having at least one balancing ring and a reservoir located in the lifter and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the reservoir. Liquid may be supplied to the ring and to the reservoir through the ring to offset an imbalance in a laundry load located within the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DONALD E. ERICKSON, FARSHAD FARID, STEPHEN D. OSTDIEK, VISHAL VERMA, MARK M. XIE
  • Publication number: 20120144880
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a drum, defining a treating chamber, with a lifter and a balancing system having at least one balancing ring and a reservoir located in the lifter and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the reservoir. Liquid may be supplied to the ring and to the reservoir through the ring to offset an imbalance in a laundry load located within the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald E. Erickson, Farshad Farid, Dennis L. Kehl, Vishal Verma
  • Publication number: 20120073062
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance resting on a floor and having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber that includes creating an imbalance in the drum, rotating the drum at least one predetermined speed, determining an out of balance parameter, determining a floor parameter of the floor based on the out of balance parameter, and setting at least one operating parameter based on the floor parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FARSHAD FARID, DENNIS L. KEHL, KENNETH P. MITERA