Patents by Inventor Jerome D. Huener

Jerome D. Huener 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).

  • Over temperature condition sensing method and apparatus for a domestic appliance
    Patent number: 6043461
    Abstract: A cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance and method of controlling the same including a remote control unit which has a built-in temperature sensor, positional switch and low-battery detection circuit is in two-way intermittent wireless communication with the appliance control unit of the present invention. The appliance control unit includes a switch means for controlling the heating elements of the cooking appliance wherein the switch means for each heating element includes two power switches connected in series and coupled with a redundancy detection circuit for the detection of a failure of one of the two power switches. Two-way communication between the two control units of the present invention is constantly monitored to ensure proper operation of the cooking appliance and to provide a mechanism to report errors to the user or to shut down the cooking appliance, as appropriate, soon after an error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald W. Holling, Patrick J. Glotzbach, Jerome D. Huener
  • Diagnostic method and apparatus for a domestic appliance
    Patent number: 5378874
    Abstract: The present invention is a cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance and method of controlling the same. A remote control unit having a built-in temperature sensor, positional switch and low-battery detection circuit is in two-way intermittent wireless communication with the appliance control unit of the present invention. The appliance control unit includes a switch means for controlling the heating elements of the cooking appliance wherein the switch means for each heating element includes two power switches connected in series and coupled with a redundancy detection circuit for the detection of a failure of one of the two power switches. Two-way communication between the two control units of the present invention is constantly monitored to ensure proper operation of the cooking appliance and to provide a mechanism to report errors to the user or to shut down the cooking appliance, as appropriate, soon after an error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald W. Holling, Patrick J. Glotzbach, Jerome D. Huener
  • Remote control for a domestic appliance
    Patent number: 5321229
    Abstract: A cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance and method of controlling the same includes a remote control unit having a built-in temperature sensor, positional switch and low-battery detection circuit is in two-way intermittent wireless communication with the appliance control unit. The appliance control unit includes a switch means for controlling the heating elements of the cooking appliance wherein the switch means for each heating element includes two power switches connected in series and coupled with a redundancy detection circuit for the detection of a failure of one of the two power switches. Two-way communication between the two control units of the present invention is constantly monitored to ensure proper operation of the cooking appliance and to provide a mechanism to report errors to the user or to shut down the cooking appliance, as appropriate, soon after an error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald W. Holling, Jerome D. Huener, Larry J. Manson