Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Mally

Kenneth P. Mally 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).

  • Blender with crushed ice functionality
    Patent number: 7581688
    Abstract: Processing food items in a blender by operating the cutter assembly at a predetermined operating speed, reducing the operating speed of the cutter assembly t, and accelerating the operating speed of the cutter assembly in response to the items in the container having settled around the cutter assembly until the food items are suspended above the cutter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Mally
  • BLENDER WITH CRUSHED ICE FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20080223963
    Abstract: Processing food items in a blender by operating the cutter assembly at a predetermined operating speed, reducing the operating speed of the cutter assembly t, and accelerating the operating speed of the cutter assembly in response to the items in the container having settled around the cutter assembly until the food items are suspended above the cutter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: KENNETH P. MALLY
  • Drive coupler for a food preparation device
    Patent number: 7387269
    Abstract: A food preparation device has a base with a motor located within the base and having an output shaft defining a first axis of rotation. A jar is removably coupled with the base. A food processing assembly is coupled with the jar and has a drive shaft defining a second axis of rotation. A drive coupler comprises a splined socket coupled with one of the output shaft and the drive shaft, and a splined insert coupled with the other of the output shaft and the drive shaft. The splined insert is sized to be received within the splined socket when the jar is mounted to the base to operably couple the output shaft and the drive shaft, the splines of the splined insert having an arcuate profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Mally
  • Blender with crushed ice functionality
    Patent number: RE48465
    Abstract: Processing food items in a blender by operating the cutter assembly at a predetermined operating speed, reducing the operating speed of the cutter assembly t, and accelerating the operating speed of the cutter assembly in response to the items in the container having settled around the cutter assembly until the food items are suspended above the cutter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Mally