Patents by Inventor JOAO EUADRO SANTANA-BORGES

JOAO EUADRO SANTANA-BORGES 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE HOME APPLIANCE CABINET TEMPERATURE USING A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED)
    Publication number: 20150055680
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine home appliance cabinet temperatures using light emitting diodes (LEDs) are disclosed. An example home appliance includes a cabinet, a lighting system disposed in the cabinet having one or more LEDs to provide lighting in the interior of the cabinet, and a circuit electrically coupled to the lighting system and programmed to determine a temperature inside the cabinet based on a characteristic of the one or more LEDs of the lighting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: JOSE PAULO REMOR, JOAO EUADRO SANTANA-BORGES