Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Ray Baxter

Jeffrey Ray Baxter 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).

  • Water heater and method of customizing the water heater
    Patent number: 7822325
    Abstract: A water heater including a vessel, a heating fixture (e.g., an electric-resistance heating element, a gas burner) having a rated maximum heating output, and a controller. The controller includes an interface and a temperature sensor. The controller can control the heating output of the heating element based on a sensed temperature of the temperature sensors. The heating output is a defined maximum heating output for the heating fixture. Also disclosed are methods of defining the capabilities of a water hater heater and methods of operating a water heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Allan Murphy, Jeffrey Ray Baxter
  • WATER HEATER AND METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING THE WATER HEATER
    Publication number: 20090126652
    Abstract: A water heater including a vessel, a heating fixture (e.g., an electric-resistance heating element, a gas burner) having a rated maximum heating output, and a controller. The controller includes an interface and a temperature sensor. The controller can control the heating output of the heating element based on a sensed temperature of the temperature sensors. The heating output is a defined maximum heating output for the heating fixture. Also disclosed are methods of defining the capabilities of a water hater heater and methods of operating a water heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Allan Murphy, Jeffrey Ray Baxter