Patents by Inventor KENNETH P. MITERA

KENNETH P. MITERA 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).

  • Method for controlling a laundry treating appliance based on a floor parameter
    Patent number: 8468631
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance resting on a floor and having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber that includes creating an imbalance in the drum, rotating the drum at least one predetermined speed, determining an out of balance parameter, determining a floor parameter of the floor based on the out of balance parameter, and setting at least one operating parameter based on the floor parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Farshad Farid, Dennis L. Kehl, Kenneth P. Mitera
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE BASED ON A FLOOR PARAMETER
    Publication number: 20120073062
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance resting on a floor and having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber that includes creating an imbalance in the drum, rotating the drum at least one predetermined speed, determining an out of balance parameter, determining a floor parameter of the floor based on the out of balance parameter, and setting at least one operating parameter based on the floor parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FARSHAD FARID, DENNIS L. KEHL, KENNETH P. MITERA