Patents by Inventor Joel Graham Van Faasen

Joel Graham Van Faasen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230073826
    Abstract: A seating structure includes a base, a seat supported by the base, and a backrest having a frame and a suspension material supported by the frame. The frame includes an upper end and a lower end opposite the upper end. The seating structure also includes an upper thoracic support assembly supported by the frame adjacent the upper end. The upper thoracic support assembly including a thoracic support pad positioned between the frame and the suspension material. The thoracic support pad configured to engage the suspension material to support an upper thoracic region of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Graham Van Faasen, Jim D. Slagh, Lauren Mary LaLonde, Jonathan Curtis Campbell, John F. Aldrich, Timothy Allen Hoogland, Robert W. Roth, Brock M. Walker
  • Publication number: 20220395090
    Abstract: A table includes a plurality of legs, a work surface supported by the plurality of legs, a lower rail spaced apart from the work surface and extending between the plurality of legs, and a cable clip. The lower rail includes a channel disposed in an underside of the lower rail. The cable clip is receivable by the channel of the lower rail. The cable clip includes a deformable channel configured to receive wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Graham Van Faasen, John Matthai
  • Patent number: 11246190
    Abstract: A cooking hob includes a cooktop defining a major surface extending between a plurality of sides and a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the major surface at respective sides thereof and a plurality of burner units disposed at the major surface within respective sections of the major surface. The cooktop further includes a lighting assembly affixed with the cooktop opposite the major surface and extending adjacent at least two of the sections of the major surface and including a plurality of lighting elements respectively exposed at respective portions of the edge surfaces corresponding with the sections of the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fernanda M. de Morais, Monica C. Monteiro, Thayna Oening, Nilvania Stefanello, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Publication number: 20200359470
    Abstract: A cooking hob includes a cooktop defining a major surface extending between a plurality of sides and a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the major surface at respective sides thereof and a plurality of burner units disposed at the major surface within respective sections of the major surface. The cooktop further includes a lighting assembly affixed with the cooktop opposite the major surface and extending adjacent at least two of the sections of the major surface and including a plurality of lighting elements respectively exposed at respective portions of the edge surfaces corresponding with the sections of the major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fernanda M. de Morais, Monica C. Monteiro, Thayna Oening, Nilvania Stefanello, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: 10799069
    Abstract: A mixing appliance assembly includes a housing, which includes a motor and shaft operably coupled with the motor and extending outwardly from the housing. A top handle is operably coupled with a top end of the housing and includes a pulse button and a continuous run switch. A side port is disposed in the housing and configured to receive a port connecting member and includes an interlocking feature. An interlock switch is disposed inside the side port. A switch engagement member is configured to engage the interlock switch such that the continuous run switch can be depressed. A bowl clamp is engageable with the side port and configured to removably secure the housing to a bowl and includes the switch engagement member. A side handle is engageable with the side port and is configured to be removably coupled with the housing and aid a user in handling the mixing appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Bournay, Jr., John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Publication number: 20190125133
    Abstract: A mixing appliance assembly includes a housing, which includes a motor and shaft operably coupled with the motor and extending outwardly from the housing. A top handle is operably coupled with a top end of the housing and includes a pulse button and a continuous run switch. A side port is disposed in the housing and configured to receive a port connecting member and includes an interlocking feature. An interlock switch is disposed inside the side port. A switch engagement member is configured to engage the interlock switch such that the continuous run switch can be depressed. A bowl clamp is engageable with the side port and configured to removably secure the housing to a bowl and includes the switch engagement member. A side handle is engageable with the side port and is configured to be removably coupled with the housing and aid a user in handling the mixing appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fred Bournay, JR., John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Patent number: 10165899
    Abstract: A mixing appliance assembly includes a housing, which includes a motor and shaft operably coupled with the motor and extending outwardly from the housing. A top handle is operably coupled with a top end of the housing and includes a pulse button and a continuous run switch. A side port is disposed in the housing and configured to receive a port connecting member and includes an interlocking feature. An interlock switch is disposed inside the side port. A switch engagement member is configured to engage the interlock switch such that the continuous run switch can be depressed. A bowl clamp is engageable with the side port and configured to removably secure the housing to a bowl and includes the switch engagement member. A side handle is engageable with the side port and is configured to be removably coupled with the housing and aid a user in handling the mixing appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Bournay, Jr., John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Patent number: D774757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Bournay, Jr., John W. McConnell, Leif A. Norland, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Patent number: D777499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: John W. McConnell, Daniel Rellis, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D793152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gushwa, John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D798098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Bournay, Jr., John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Patent number: D804890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kaitlyn M. Benoit, Alexander L. Clayton, Michael I. Hirsh, John W. McConnell, Leif A. Norland, Joel Graham Van Faasen, Zhaoyi Yin
  • Patent number: D810492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Carpenter, John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D819386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gushwa, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D825245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Patent number: D827356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gushwa, Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D911762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
    Inventor: Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D925958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
    Inventor: Joel Graham Van Faasen
  • Patent number: D926504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Graham Van Faasen, Joshua DeWys
  • Patent number: D945194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Graham Van Faasen, John Matthai