Patents by Inventor JAMES BEAUDREAULT

JAMES BEAUDREAULT 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: 20240352647
    Abstract: A dispenser for a laundry appliance includes a housing and a lid. The housing defines a chamber configured to received laundry treatment chemicals. The lid is secured to the housing. The lid has an external cover and an insert. The lid is configured to cover the chamber in a closed position. The lid is configured to provide access to the chamber in an open position. The external cover has an internal surface configured to engage the housing when the lid is in the closed position. The insert is sandwiched between the internal surface and the housing when the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Anthony Gates, Eamon Lyons, Neha Patil, Ravindra B. Salunkhe
  • Patent number: 10309052
    Abstract: An air flow pressure compensator system maintains substantially constants air flow within a clothes dryer system and adjusts the speed of one or more exhaust fans by monitoring one or more sensors/transmitters positioned in one or more exhaust ducts and/or one or more incoming air ducts. The system includes a compensator controller; a variable frequency drive electrically coupled to the compensator controller; and an anemometer and/or a differential pressure sensor/transmitter electrically coupled to the compensator controller that allow for real-time monitoring and system adjusting, which improve clothing drying time and dryer efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce R. Villella, James Beaudreault
  • Publication number: 20160244907
    Abstract: An air flow pressure compensator system maintains substantially constants air flow within a clothes dryer system and adjusts the speed of one or more exhaust fans by monitoring one or more sensors/transmitters positioned in one or more exhaust ducts and/or one or more incoming air ducts. The system includes a compensator controller; a variable frequency drive electrically coupled to the compensator controller; and an anemometer and/or a differential pressure sensor/transmitter electrically coupled to the compensator controller that allow for real-time monitoring and system adjusting, which improve clothing drying time and dryer efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: BRUCE R. VILLELLA, JAMES BEAUDREAULT
  • Patent number: D826490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Lucien Bourbeau, Matthew B. Conn, Gregory A. Ferro, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz, Adam Richard Brown
  • Patent number: D858915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Adam Richard Brown, Lucien Bourbeau, Matthew B. Conn, Gregory A. Ferro, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz
  • Patent number: D878687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz
  • Patent number: D878688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Eamon C. Lyons, Adam Richard Brown
  • Patent number: D943223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz
  • Patent number: D1004234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Beaudreault, Matthew B. Conn, Christopher A. Gregory, Nicholas Koukourakis, Andrew S. Lawrence, Eamon C. Lyons, Mark W. Schulz