Patents by Inventor Jean C. Geay

Jean C. Geay 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).

  • Washing and/or drying machine having means for determining a load of clothes in a rotary drum
    Patent number: 4741182
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the load of clothes in a rotating drum including determining the moment of inertia of the mass of clothes in the drum which is the image of the load of clothes, from data relating to the drive torque of the drum, the friction torque of the drum, the moment of inertia of this drum and the acceleration of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Esswein S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Didier, Jean C. Geay
  • Method for determining a moment of inertia of clothes in a washing and/or drying machine
    Patent number: 4607408
    Abstract: A process for determining the load of clothes in a rotating drum includes determining the moment of inertia of the mass of clothes in the drum, which is the image of the load of clothes, from data relating to the drive torque of the drum, the friction torque of the drum, the moment of inertia of this drum and the acceleration of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Es swein S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Didier, Jean C. Geay