Patents by Inventor James Andrew Oskins

James Andrew Oskins 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).

  • Apparatus for determining load size in a washing machine
    Patent number: 8468857
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jenn-Yeu Nieh, Bennett James Cook, James Andrew Oskins
  • Method and apparatus for determining load size in a washing machine
    Patent number: 8381341
    Abstract: A method and apparatus according to one embodiment for determining laundry load size in an automatic clothes washer includes supplying water to predetermined water levels higher than a saturate water level and determining the amount of water supplied to reach each predetermined water level from a prior water level, and determining a load size based on the determined amount of water supplied between the current predetermined water level and the prior water level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jenn-Yeu Nieh, James Andrew Oskins
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20120279262
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENN-YEU NIEH, BENNETT JAMES COOK, JAMES ANDREW OSKINS
  • Method for determining load size in a washing machine
    Patent number: 8245342
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jenn-Yeu Nieh, Bennett James Cook, James Andrew Oskins
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20100064445
    Abstract: A method and apparatus according to one embodiment for determining laundry load size in an automatic clothes washer includes supplying water to predetermined water levels higher than a saturate water level and determining the amount of water supplied to reach each predetermined water level from a prior water level, and determining a load size based on the determined amount of water supplied between the current predetermined water level and the prior water level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENN-YEU NIEH, JAMES ANDREW OSKINS
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20100024490
    Abstract: A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: JENN-YEU NIEH, BENNETT JAMES COOK, JAMES ANDREW OSKINS