Patents by Inventor Gregory Maples

Gregory Maples 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).

  • Refrigerated appliance with automatically adjustable setpoint
    Patent number: 12571583
    Abstract: A method of using a refrigerated appliance can include regulating a temperature of a first insulated enclosure of a first refrigerated portion of the appliance within a first predetermined temperature range, the appliance including the first refrigerated portion and a second refrigerated portion positioned below the first refrigerated portion; moving a closure device of the first refrigerated portion from an open position to a closed position, the closure device configured to selectively cover and limit leakage of air from an ambient environment to and from a second insulated enclosure of the second refrigerated portion; and adjusting a predetermined temperature range of the first insulated enclosure by a predetermined offset value based on a sensor signaling that the closure device is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tambasco, Gregory Maples, Cole Whitehurst, Kevin Huckaby, Jeremy Neill
  • Refrigerated appliance with automatically adjustable setpoint
    Patent number: 12416446
    Abstract: A method of using a refrigerated appliance can include regulating a temperature of a first insulated enclosure of a first refrigerated portion of the appliance within a first predetermined temperature range, the appliance including the first refrigerated portion and a second refrigerated portion positioned below the first refrigerated portion; moving a closure device of the first refrigerated portion from an open position to a closed position, the closure device configured to selectively cover and limit leakage of air from an ambient environment to and from a second insulated enclosure of the second refrigerated portion; and adjusting a predetermined temperature range of the first insulated enclosure by a predetermined offset value based on a sensor signaling that the closure device is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tambasco, Gregory Maples, Cole Whitehurst, Kevin Huckaby, Jeremy Neill
  • REFRIGERATED APPLIANCE WITH AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE SETPOINT
    Publication number: 20240060712
    Abstract: A method of using a refrigerated appliance can include regulating a temperature of a first insulated enclosure of a first refrigerated portion of the appliance within a first predetermined temperature range, the appliance including the first refrigerated portion and a second refrigerated portion positioned below the first refrigerated portion; moving a closure device of the first refrigerated portion from an open position to a closed position, the closure device configured to selectively cover and limit leakage of air from an ambient environment to and from a second insulated enclosure of the second refrigerated portion; and adjusting a predetermined temperature range of the first insulated enclosure by a predetermined offset value based on a sensor signaling that the closure device is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Tambasco, Gregory Maples, Cole Whitehurst, Kevin Huckaby, Jeremy Neill