Patents by Inventor John Marshall Hooker

John Marshall Hooker 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).

  • Washing machine having a variable speed motor
    Patent number: 6516485
    Abstract: A washing machine having a variable speed motor. The washing machine has a basket for holding articles to be washed and has a first axis of rotation. A basket drive shaft connected to the basket drives the basket. An agitator disposed in the basket along the first axis of rotation agitates the article in the basket. An agitator drive shaft connected to the agitator drives the agitator. A variable speed motor, having a second axis of rotation which is not coincident with the first axis of rotation, drives the basket drive shaft and the agitator drive shaft. A coupler couples motion of the variable speed motor to the agitator drive shaft and basket drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sudhir Dattatraya Savkar, Richard Leland Butsch, John Marshall Hooker, Richard Edward Hornung, Walter Whipple, III
  • Washing machine having a variable speed motor
    Patent number: 6189171
    Abstract: A washing machine having a variable speed motor. The washing machine has a basket for holding articles to be washed and has a first axis of rotation. A basket drive shaft connected to the basket drives the basket. An agitator disposed in the basket along the first axis of rotation agitates the article in the basket. An agitator drive shaft connected to the agitator drives the agitator. A variable speed motor, having a second axis of rotation which is not coincident with the first axis of rotation, drives the basket drive shaft and the agitator drive shaft. A coupler couples motion of the variable speed motor to the agitator drive shaft and basket drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sudhir Dattatraya Savkar, Richard Leland Butsch, John Marshall Hooker, Richard Edward Hornung, Walter Whipple, III