Patents by Inventor John Phillip Myers
John Phillip Myers 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).
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Patent number: 10480843Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) controlling a vibrator to produce an acoustic wave in accordance with a signal that includes (i) an on-time during which a packet of pulses is generated, followed by (ii) an off-time during which no pulses are generated, and thus includes (iii) a frequency component, (b) receiving an electrical representation of the acoustic wave that has been detected from a body of water that is being frozen on a structure, (c) extracting, from the electrical representation, (i) the frequency component, and (ii) a magnitude of the frequency component, (d) recognizing that the magnitude of the frequency component exceeds a threshold value, thus yielding a recognition, and (e) issuing a command to remove the body of water from the structure, in response to the recognition. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage device containing instructions for the method.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE COMPANIES, LLCInventors: Daniel Lee Short, Christopher Greicar, Richard T. Miller, William Eugene Olson, Jr., Brian Gerald Polly, John Phillip Myers
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Publication number: 20190226739Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) controlling a vibrator to produce an acoustic wave in accordance with a signal that includes (i) an on-time during which a packet of pulses is generated, followed by (ii) an off-time during which no pulses are generated, and thus includes (iii) a frequency component, (b) receiving an electrical representation of the acoustic wave that has been detected from a body of water that is being frozen on a structure, (c) extracting, from the electrical representation, (i) the frequency component, and (ii) a magnitude of the frequency component, (d) recognizing that the magnitude of the frequency component exceeds a threshold value, thus yielding a recognition, and (e) issuing a command to remove the body of water from the structure, in response to the recognition. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage device containing instructions for the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Daniel Lee Short, Christopher Greicar, Richard T. Miller, William Eugene Olson, JR., Brian Gerald Polly, John Phillip Myers
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Patent number: 7665810Abstract: A glass panel assembly for kitchen appliances includes a glass panel and a plurality of spacers. The spacers are mounted to an outer surface of the appliance and an inner surface of the glass panel. Preferably, the spacers are adhesively secured to the glass panel and are not visible when viewing the kitchen appliance from the front. Trim pieces fit between the glass panel and the appliance door to cover and further hide the spacers from view. The glass panel can be mounted to any outer surface of the appliance such as an appliance door, side walls or even a top wall. The particular construction of the spacers, in combination with the trim pieces creates an illusion that glass panel appears to float relative to the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: Edward Crompton, John Phillip Myers
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Publication number: 20080252186Abstract: A glass panel assembly for kitchen appliances includes a glass panel and a plurality of spacers. The spacers are mounted to an outer surface of the appliance and an inner surface of the glass panel. Preferably, the spacers are adhesively secured to the glass panel and are not visible when viewing the kitchen appliance from the front. Trim pieces fit between the glass panel and the appliance door to cover and further hide the spacers from view. The glass panel can be mounted to any outer surface of the appliance such as an appliance door, side walls or even a top wall. The particular construction of the spacers, in combination with the trim pieces creates an illusion that glass panel appears to float relative to the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Edward Crompton, John Phillip Myers
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Publication number: 20080036349Abstract: A refrigerator includes cabinet shell including a pair of laterally spaced, upright side walls and a top wall, each of which includes a respective forward portion. A face frame, integrally formed from a single, bent material sheet, is mounted to the forward portion of each of the opposing side and top walls. The face frame includes top, bottom and opposing side frame members, along with a mullion member that extends between either the top and bottom frame members or the opposing side frame members, depending upon desired refrigerator configuration. The mullion member establishes first and second openings that lead into first and second refrigerated compartments or the refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Edward Crompton, John Phillip Myers, Eugene H. Schuchert
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Patent number: 7293848Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet includes a shell having first and second laterally spaced, upstanding side walls that are interconnected by a top wall, each of the walls includes an in-turned front edge portion defining a liner receiving cavity. The shell further includes a mullion bar, which partitions the shell into first and second liner cavities, and a base member. Both the mullion bar and base member have respective liner receiving portions. With this arrangement, first and second liners are adapted to be inserted into their respective cavities and flexed such that three sides are inserted into the liner receiving cavities, while the remaining side is positioned against a land of the mullion bar or base member. Once in place, the liners are secured through a mullion bar cover and a base member cover. This construction combines the benefits of a front-load process with that of a flex-load process, lowering assembly time without the need to reinforce the liner.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: John Phillip Myers, Douglas A. Pohl, Richard D. Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: 7108341Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet includes a shell having first and second laterally spaced, upstanding side walls that are interconnected by a top wall, each of the walls includes an in-turned front edge portion defining a liner receiving cavity. The shell further includes a mullion bar, which partitions the shell into first and second liner cavities, and a base member. Both the mullion bar and base member have respective liner receiving portions. With this arrangement, first and second liners are adapted to be inserted into their respective cavities and flexed such that three sides are inserted into the liner receiving cavities, while the remaining side is positioned against a land of the mullion bar or base member. Once in place, the liners are secured through a mullion bar cover and a base member cover. This construction combines the benefits of a front-load process with that of a flex-load process, lowering assembly time without the need to reinforce the liner.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: John Phillip Myers, Douglas A. Pohl, Richard D. Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: 6672094Abstract: To allow for easier opening of a refrigerator door, a pressure relief system is provided to relieve a pressure differential or vacuum that develops due to operation and use of the refrigerator. The pressure relief system includes a check valve having an orifice with a flexible membrane. An insulation portion of the pressure relief valve, which is foamed into the cabinet, spans from the fresh food compartment to a top of the cabinet and directs air towards the rear cabinet liner for moisture condensing measures. The pressure relief assembly also includes an adapter which mounts to the cabinet top and provides a mounting surface for an air return assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: Michael Scot Carden, John Phillip Myers
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Patent number: 5899546Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a shell formed by opposed, upright side walls and a top wall, all of which have in-turned front and rear face portions with each of the front face portions terminating in a return flange defining a liner receiving cavity opening forwardly of the shell. Each liner receiving cavity is spaced inwardly of a respective side and top wall such that a channel, which is readily accessible from within the shell, is defined. A rear wall is interconnected to the side and top walls by being arranged between and forced to intimately contact a pair of spaced layers defining the rear face portions of each of these walls. A plurality of reinforcement members, including a pair of upper corner plates and a pair of side reinforcement bars adapted to be arranged in the channel, as well as upper and lower crossbars in one preferred embodiment that interconnect the side reinforcement members, are attached to the shell, along with a mullion plate and a faceplate.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1997Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: Jose G. Avendano, Edward Everett Crompton, III, Richard James Miller, John Phillip Myers, John C. Rue, Sr., Robert A. Christenson, Sheldon W. Mandel, Michael A. Mohrfeld, Robert M. Riley, Scott Robert Voll
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Patent number: 5897181Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a shell formed by opposed, upright side walls and a top wall, all of which have in-turned front and rear face portions with each of the front face portions terminating in a return flange defining a liner receiving cavity opening forwardly of the shell. Each liner receiving cavity is spaced inwardly of a respective side and top wall such that a channel, which is readily accessible from within the shell, is defined. A rear wall is interconnected to the side and top walls by being arranged between and forced to intimately contact a pair of spaced layers defining the rear face portions of each of these walls. A plurality of reinforcement members, including a pair of upper corner plates and a pair of side reinforcement bars adapted to be arranged in the channel, as well as upper and lower crossbars in one preferred embodiment that interconnect the side reinforcement members, are attached to the shell, along with a mullion plate and a faceplate.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1998Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: Jose G. Avendano, Edward Everett Crompton, III, Richard James Miller, John Phillip Myers, John C. Rue, Sr., Robert A. Christenson, Sheldon W. Mandel, Michael A. Mohrfeld, Robert M. Riley, Scott Robert Voll
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Patent number: D690743Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLCInventors: Marty James Lafond, Mark Paul Giebel, Steve David Herning, John Phillip Myers, Paula Forseth Dick, Curt Richard Cayemberg
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Patent number: D692032Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLCInventors: Marty James LaFond, Mark Paul Giebel, Steve David Herning, John Phillip Myers, Paula Forseth Dick, Curt Richard Cayemberg, Dean Marvin Petersen
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Patent number: D705825Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLCInventors: Marty James Lafond, Mark Paul Giebel, Steve David Herning, John Phillip Myers, Paula Forseth Dick, Curt Richard Cayemberg