Patents by Inventor GUILHERME BENCKE TEIXEIRA DA SILVA

GUILHERME BENCKE TEIXEIRA DA SILVA 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).

  • Laundry treating appliance and methods of operation
    Patent number: 11739466
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Borlin, Brian P. Janke, Joseph M. Keres, Stephen L. Keres, Guilherme Bencke Teixeira Da Silva, Adrian A. Rodriguez
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20230019059
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER L. BORLIN, BRIAN P. JANKE, JOSEPH M. KERES, STEPHEN L. KERES, GUILHERME BENCKE TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, ADRIAN A. RODRIGUEZ
  • Laundry treating appliance and methods of operation
    Patent number: 11486074
    Abstract: Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Borlin, Brian P. Janke, Joseph M. Keres, Stephen L. Keres, Guilherme Bencke Teixeira Da Silva, Adrian A. Rodriguez
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20200256000
    Abstract: Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER L. BORLIN, BRIAN P. JANKE, JOSEPH M. KERES, STEPHEN L. KERES, GUILHERME BENCKE TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, ADRIAN A. RODRIGUEZ
  • Laundry treating appliance and methods of operation
    Patent number: 10669663
    Abstract: Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Borlin, Brian P. Janke, Joseph M. Keres, Stephen L. Keres, Guilherme Bencke Teixeira Da Silva, Adrian A. Rodriguez
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20190203398
    Abstract: Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER L. BORLIN, BRIAN P. JANKE, JOSEPH M. KERES, STEPHEN L. KERES, GUILHERME BENCKE TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, ADRIAN A. RODRIGUEZ
  • Laundry treating appliance and methods of operation
    Patent number: 10273621
    Abstract: Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Borlin, Brian P. Janke, Joseph M. Keres, Stephen L. Keres, Guilherme Bencke Teixeira Da Silva, Adrian A. Rodriguez
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20170096760
    Abstract: Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER L. BORLIN, BRIAN P. JANKE, JOSEPH M. KERES, STEPHEN L. KERES, GUILHERME BENCKE TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, ADRIAN A. RODRIGUEZ