Patents by Inventor Joel Fletty

Joel Fletty 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).

  • COOKING APPLIANCE WITH ACCELERATED PRE-HEATING OF OVEN CAVITY
    Publication number: 20250027653
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including: (a) an oven liner at least partially defining an oven cavity; (b) a first heating element positioned to increase temperature of air within the oven cavity; (c) a second heating element, separate from the first heating element, positioned to increase the temperature of the air within the oven cavity; (d) another cooking area outside of the oven cavity; (e) a third heating element positioned to generate heat at the other cooking area; and (f) a controller in communication with the first heating element, the second heating element, and the third heating element, the controller configured (i) to activate both the first heating element and the second heating element to generate heat simultaneously during an accelerated preheating operation to preheat the oven cavity and (ii) subsequently to deactivate either the first heating element or the second heating element after the third heating element is commanded to activate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Gerald Yanos, David Vehslage, Joel Fletty, Traci Lee Kachorek, Avery Josephine Saylor, Michael Charles Allen, Keila Mara Borsari Luiz De Araujo
  • Automatic oven
    Patent number: 11767983
    Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Vince Huang, Xiangxu Liu, Ken Lei, Hanks Hu, Juan Chen, Tracy Yu, Jack Li, Roy Qiu, Seth Herndon, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Dick Ge, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce M. Wiatrak, Andrea Ferrise, Blake Cartwright, Richard J. Hughes, Joel Fletty, Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Joshua G. Abdoo, Collin A. Stipe, Nicholas Brenn, Casey L. McCuan, Christopher L. Carpenter
  • Automatic oven
    Patent number: 11047578
    Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Vince Huang, Xiangxu Li, Ken Lei, Hanks Hu, Juan Chen, Tracy Yu, Jack Li, Roy Qiu, Seth Herndon, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Dick Ge, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce M. Wiatrak, Andrea Ferrise, Blake Cartwright, Richard J. Hughes, Joel Fletty, Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Joshua G. Abdoo, Collin A. Stipe, Nicholas Brenn, Casey L. McCuan, Christopher L. Carpenter
  • METHODS OF OPERATING DISHWASHER WITH ILLUMINABLE USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20180160877
    Abstract: A method of operating a dish treating appliance includes a user interface disposed along the top edge of a door for selectively opening and closing access to a treating chamber. The user interface can be illuminated and operating the user interface can include operating a user input mode when the door is open and a status mode when the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Joel Fletty, Eric A. Hill
  • Methods of operating dishwasher with illuminable user interface
    Patent number: 9955844
    Abstract: A method of operating a dish treating appliance includes a user interface disposed along the top edge of a door for selectively opening and closing access to a treating chamber. The user interface can be illuminated and operating the user interface can include operating a user input mode when the door is open and a status mode when the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Fletty, Eric A. Hill
  • METHODS OF OPERATING DISHWASHER WITH ILLUMINABLE USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20170258290
    Abstract: A method of operating a dish treating appliance includes a user interface disposed along the top edge of a door for selectively opening and closing access to a treating chamber. The user interface can be illuminated and operating the user interface can include operating a user input mode when the door is open and a status mode when the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Joel Fletty, Eric A. Hill
  • Dishwasher with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D776703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Anthony Shoemaker, Jason Silverstein, Trevor Haney, Joel Fletty
  • Dishwasher
    Patent number: D802230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Anthony Shoemaker, Jason Silverstein, Daniel Green, Roddy Burgess, Trevor Haney, Joel Fletty