Patents by Inventor Gary Bundy

Gary Bundy 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: 12674270
    Abstract: A door assembly for a laundry appliance, the laundry appliance including a tub positioned within a cabinet and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a chamber for receiving of a load of clothes. The door assembly includes an outer door frame defining a frame pin that extends from an inner surface of the outer door frame, a reinforcement bracket positioned on the inner surface of the door assembly, the reinforcement bracket defining a frame pin aperture and a hinge bracket pin aperture, wherein the frame pin aperture is elongated along the lateral direction and configured to receive the frame pin, and a hinge bracket defining a hinge bracket aperture configured to receive the frame pin of the outer door frame and a hinge bracket pin configured for receipt within the hinge bracket pin aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Kyle Weidner, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Gary Bundy, Christopher Gene Vowels
  • Publication number: 20260022510
    Abstract: A door assembly for a laundry appliance, the laundry appliance including a tub positioned within a cabinet and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a chamber for receiving of a load of clothes. The door assembly includes an outer door frame defining a frame pin that extends from an inner surface of the outer door frame, a reinforcement bracket positioned on the inner surface of the door assembly, the reinforcement bracket defining a frame pin aperture and a handle pin aperture, wherein the frame pin aperture is elongated along the lateral direction and configured to receive the frame pin, and a door handle defining a handle pin configured for receipt within the handle pin aperture and a handle body aperture that is configured to receive the frame pin of the outer door frame, the door handle further comprising a contact surface that conceals the handle body aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Jordan Kyle Weidner, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Gary Bundy, Christopher Gene Vowels
  • Publication number: 20260022508
    Abstract: A door assembly for a laundry appliance, the laundry appliance including a tub positioned within a cabinet and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a chamber for receiving of a load of clothes. The door assembly includes an outer door frame defining a first frame pin and a second frame pin that extend from an inner surface of the outer door frame and a reinforcement bracket positioned on the inner surface of the outer door frame, the reinforcement bracket defining a first pin aperture and a second pin aperture, wherein the first pin aperture is configured to receive the first frame pin and the second pin aperture is elongated along the vertical direction and configured to receive the second frame pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Jordan Kyle Weidner, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Gary Bundy, Christopher Gene Vowels
  • Publication number: 20260022509
    Abstract: A door assembly for a laundry appliance, the laundry appliance including a tub positioned within a cabinet and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a chamber for receiving of a load of clothes. The door assembly includes an outer door frame defining a frame pin that extends from an inner surface of the outer door frame, a reinforcement bracket positioned on the inner surface of the door assembly, the reinforcement bracket defining a frame pin aperture and a hinge bracket pin aperture, wherein the frame pin aperture is elongated along the lateral direction and configured to receive the frame pin, and a hinge bracket defining a hinge bracket aperture configured to receive the frame pin of the outer door frame and a hinge bracket pin configured for receipt within the hinge bracket pin aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Jordan Kyle Weidner, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Gary Bundy, Christopher Gene Vowels
  • Publication number: 20240230106
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber; a control panel provided on the cabinet; a fuel supply line provided at the cabinet; and a bracket. The bracket includes a first flange selectively coupled to the fuel supply line; a second flange extending from the first flange at a predetermined angle, the second flange being selectively coupled to the control panel; a vertical protrusion protruding from the first flange along the vertical direction toward the fuel supply line to locate the bracket with respect to the fuel supply line; and a horizontal locating protrusion protruding from the second flange away from the fuel supply line to locate the bracket with respect to the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Andrew Bierbaum, Gary Bundy