Patents by Inventor Jack R. Thomas

Jack R. Thomas 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).

  • Cooking appliance and method of reducing cooking appliance console temperature
    Patent number: 10371387
    Abstract: A cooking appliance comprises a cooktop, an oven cavity and a console. The console includes a user interface for the cooking appliance. Air exiting the oven cavity passes through a flue, and a deflector reduces heat transfer between this air and the console. The cooking appliance further comprises a back panel including a first hole. Air traveling along a first airflow path defined by the cooking appliance exits the flue and is deflected rearward through the first hole by the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Jack R. Thomas
  • Cooking Appliance and Method of Reducing Cooking Appliance Console Temperature
    Publication number: 20180038595
    Abstract: A cooking appliance comprises a cooktop, an oven cavity and a console. The console includes a user interface for the cooking appliance. Air exiting the oven cavity passes through a flue, and a deflector reduces heat transfer between this air and the console. The cooking appliance further comprises a back panel including a first hole. Air traveling along a first airflow path defined by the cooking appliance exits the flue and is deflected rearward through the first hole by the deflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Jack R. Thomas