Patents by Inventor GREGORY T. HEINE

GREGORY T. HEINE 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: 20200270796
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum at least partially defining a laundry treating chamber, a fan fluidly coupled with the laundry treating chamber and a controller. The controller is configured to operate an automatic cycle of operation for the laundry treating appliance. The controller is also adapted to send an alert signal to an electronic device remote from the laundry treating appliance, during the cycle of operation, indicative of an ending of the cycle of operation. Upon receiving an authorization signal to enable an anti-sour cycle from the remote electronic device prior to the ending of the cycle of operation, the controller automatically initiates the anti-sour cycle for the laundry treating appliance. The anti-sour cycle comprises energizing the fan to flow air through the laundry treating chamber. Upon failing to receive the authorization signal from the remote electronic device, the controller does not initiate the anti-sour cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: STEVEN D. FICKE, GREGORY T. HEINE, GREGORY S. LIETO
  • Patent number: 10697104
    Abstract: The souring of wet laundry in a laundry treating appliance may be retarded by sending an alert signal indicative of an ending of a cycle of operation from the laundry treating appliance to a remote electronic device. The appliance may receive an authorization signal from the electronic device indicative of an instruction to execute an anti-sour cycle. An anti-sour cycle comprising the energizing of a fan to flow air through a laundry treating chamber may be automatically initiated for the laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven D. Ficke, Gregory T. Heine, Gregory S. Lieto
  • Publication number: 20170350058
    Abstract: The souring of wet laundry in a laundry treating appliance may be retarded by sending an alert signal indicative of an ending of a cycle of operation from the laundry treating appliance to a remote electronic device. The appliance may receive an authorization signal from the electronic device indicative of an instruction to execute an anti-sour cycle. An anti-sour cycle comprising the energizing of a fan to flow air through a laundry treating chamber may be automatically initiated for the laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: STEVEN D. FICKE, GREGORY T. HEINE, GREGORY S. LIETO
  • Patent number: 9765469
    Abstract: The souring of wet laundry in a laundry treating appliance may be retarded by sending an alert signal indicative of an ending of a cycle of operation from the laundry treating appliance to a remote electronic device. The appliance may receive an authorization signal from the electronic device indicative of an instruction to execute an anti-sour cycle. An anti-sour cycle comprising the energizing of a fan to flow air through a laundry treating chamber may be automatically initiated for the laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven D. Ficke, Gregory T. Heine, Gregory S. Lieto
  • Publication number: 20150013074
    Abstract: The souring of wet laundry in a laundry treating appliance may be retarded by sending an alert signal indicative of an ending of a cycle of operation from the laundry treating appliance to a remote electronic device. The appliance may receive an authorization signal from the electronic device indicative of an instruction to execute an anti-sour cycle. An anti-sour cycle comprising the energizing of a fan to flow air through a laundry treating chamber may be automatically initiated for the laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: STEVEN D. FICKE, GREGORY T. HEINE, GREGORY S. LIETO