Patents by Inventor Joshua Stephen Wiseman

Joshua Stephen Wiseman 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).

  • Self-cleaning over the range oven
    Patent number: 8173942
    Abstract: An over the range oven includes a main body defining a cooking cavity therein, wherein the cooking cavity includes a front edge surrounding an opening. An RF generation module is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity. At least one radiant heat source is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity. The oven is configured to operate in a radiant heat mode of operation, a microwave mode of operation, a dual mode of operation, and a self clean mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Christopher E. O'Malley, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Charles Ray Smith, Karen Marie Edberg, Jay Andrew Broniak
  • Power management systems and methods
    Patent number: 7041940
    Abstract: A cooking platform includes at least one surface heating element having a first power consumption level and an oven located under the surface heating element. The oven includes a first heating element having a second power consumption level and a second heating element having a third power consumption level. The second heating element has at least two heating sub-elements. One of the two heating sub-elements is configured to be deenergized when a sum of the first, second, and third power consumption levels exceeds a power consumption limit of the cooking platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Timothy Francis Powell, Mark Patrick Schoenegge, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Charles Ray Smith, Cecilia Maria Blanchard
  • Icemaker fill tube assembly
    Patent number: 6574982
    Abstract: In one aspect, a fill tube assembly for supplying water to an icemaker is described. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a grommet comprising and inlet and an outlet, and a fill tube configured for coupling to the grommet outlet. The fill tube comprises a slot extending from one end thereof. In another embodiment, the assembly comprises tape at least partially wrapped around a portion of the fill tube for facilitating heating at least the fill tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • ICEMAKER FILL TUBE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20030101741
    Abstract: In one aspect, a fill tube assembly for supplying water to an icemaker is described. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a grommet comprising and inlet and an outlet, and a fill tube configured for coupling to the grommet outlet. The fill tube comprises a slot extending from one end thereof. In another embodiment, the assembly comprises tape at least partially wrapped around a portion of the fill tube for facilitating heating at least the fill tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Stephen Bernard Froelicher