Patents by Inventor KEVIN T. KUTTO
KEVIN T. KUTTO 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: 10674888Abstract: A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can comprise a tub defining a treating chamber with an access opening. A door can be selectively moveable to a closed position to close the access opening and can have a metal inner panel with a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the door is in the closed position. The door can have a lower edge overlying a portion of the tub when the door is in the closed position. A ventilating strip can be provided along the lower edge and can have vent openings passing through the strip. A seal can extend between the tub and the ventilating strip when the door is closed to form a liquid seal between the ventilating strip and the tub.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Kelly J. Smith, Anthony B. Welsh
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Patent number: 10022037Abstract: A dish rack is supported for vertical movement relative to a dishwasher tub between lowered and raised positions. To raise the rack, spring biased locking levers provided on side walls of the dish rack are pivoted to cause wing members of the locking levers to release locking tabs, extending in a cantilevered fashion from locking straps secured to the rack, from locking openings provided in adjuster arms which are fixed vertically relative to the tub, thereby disengaging the locking straps from the adjuster arms to enable the rack to be lifted to the raised position. To lower the rack, the locking levers are again pivoted to reposition support members of the locking straps into positions offset from the adjuster arms, thereby enabling the rack to be guided to the lowered position where the locking tabs automatically engage the adjuster arms.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Ronald M. Nowell, Jr., Kapil Gupta, Matthew M. Hansen, Sujay S. Dabade, Harshal J. Bhajak, Richard Lawrence Kretz
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Publication number: 20180132696Abstract: A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can comprise a tub defining a treating chamber with an access opening. A door can be selectively moveable to a closed position to close the access opening and can have a metal inner panel with a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the door is in the closed position. The door can have a lower edge overlying a portion of the tub when the door is in the closed position. A ventilating strip can be provided along the lower edge and can have vent openings passing through the strip. A seal can extend between the tub and the ventilating strip when the door is closed to form a liquid seal between the ventilating strip and the tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Kelly J. Smith, Anthony B. Welsh
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Publication number: 20180028045Abstract: A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can comprise a tub defining a treating chamber with an access opening. A door can be selectively moveable to a closed position to close the access opening and can have a metal inner panel with a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the door is in the closed position. The door can have a lower edge overlying a portion of the tub when the door is in the closed position. A ventilating strip can be provided along the lower edge and can have vent openings passing through the strip. A seal can extend between the tub and the ventilating strip when the door is closed to form a liquid seal between the ventilating strip and the tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Kelly J. Smith, Anthony B. Welch
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Patent number: 9763553Abstract: A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly having an interior door panel, an exterior door panel, a window assembly and a window assembly support frame provided on the interior door panel to support the window assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Frederick A. Millett, Anthony B. Welsh
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Patent number: 9675231Abstract: A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly comprising a window assembly comprising first and second spaced window panes defining an intervening vacuum sealed chamber, a window assembly support frame provided on the door panel, and a seal provided between the window assembly support frame and the first and second panes and encapsulated by the window assembly support frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Frederick A. Millett, Anthony B. Welsh
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Patent number: 9579009Abstract: A dish rack is supported for vertical movement relative to a dishwasher tub between lowered and raised positions. To raise the rack, spring biased locking levers provided on side walls of the dish rack are pivoted to cause wing members of the locking levers to release locking tabs, extending in a cantilevered fashion from locking straps secured to the rack, from locking openings provided in adjuster arms which are fixed vertically relative to the tub, thereby disengaging the locking straps from the adjuster arms to enable the rack to be lifted to the raised position. To lower the rack, the locking levers are again pivoted to reposition support members of the locking straps into positions offset from the adjuster arms, thereby enabling the rack to be guided to the lowered position where the locking tabs automatically engage the adjuster arms.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Harshal J. Bhajak, Kevin T. Kutto
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Publication number: 20170020361Abstract: A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly having an interior door panel, an exterior door panel, a window assembly and a window assembly support frame provided on the interior door panel to support the window assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: KEVIN T. KUTTO, FREDERICK A. MILLETT, ANTHONY B. WELSH
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Patent number: 9538900Abstract: A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly having an interior door panel, an exterior door panel, a window assembly and a window assembly support frame provided on the interior door panel to support the window assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Frederick A. Millett, Anthony B. Welsh
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Patent number: 9526397Abstract: Dishwasher doors with multiple silverware baskets are disclosed. A disclosed example dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber having an opening, a door movably mounted to the tub to selectively open and close the opening, and two or more silverware baskets mounted one above the other on an interior of the door.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Dinesh Kulkarni, Kevin T. Kutto
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Publication number: 20160331204Abstract: A dish rack is supported for vertical movement relative to a dishwasher tub between lowered and raised positions. To raise the rack, spring biased locking levers provided on side walls of the dish rack are pivoted to cause wing members of the locking levers to release locking tabs, extending in a cantilevered fashion from locking straps secured to the rack, from locking openings provided in adjuster arms which are fixed vertically relative to the tub, thereby disengaging the locking straps from the adjuster arms to enable the rack to be lifted to the raised position. To lower the rack, the locking levers are again pivoted to reposition support members of the locking straps into positions offset from the adjuster arms, thereby enabling the rack to be guided to the lowered position where the locking tabs automatically engage the adjuster arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Kevin T. Kutto, Ronald M. Nowell, JR., Kapil Gupta, Matthew M. Hansen, Sujay S. Dabade, Harshal J. Bhajak, Richard Lawrence Kretz
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Publication number: 20160066766Abstract: Dishwasher doors with multiple silverware baskets are disclosed. A disclosed example dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber having an opening, a door movably mounted to the tub to selectively open and close the opening, and two or more silverware baskets mounted one above the other on an interior of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: DINESH KULKARNI, KEVIN T. KUTTO
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Publication number: 20150374200Abstract: A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly comprising a window assembly comprising first and second spaced window panes defining an intervening vacuum sealed chamber, a window assembly support frame provided on the door panel, and a seal provided between the window assembly support frame and the first and second panes and encapsulated by the window assembly support frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: KEVIN T. KUTTO, FREDERICK A. MILLETT, ANTHONY B. WELSH
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Publication number: 20150173586Abstract: A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly having an interior door panel, an exterior door panel, a window assembly and a window assembly support frame provided on the interior door panel to support the window assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: KEVIN T. KUTTO, FREDERICK A. MILLETT, ANTHONY B. WELSH
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Publication number: 20140217868Abstract: A dish rack is supported for vertical movement relative to a dishwasher tub between lowered and raised positions. To raise the rack, spring biased locking levers provided on side walls of the dish rack are pivoted to cause wing members of the locking levers to release locking tabs, extending in a cantilevered fashion from locking straps secured to the rack, from locking openings provided in adjuster arms which are fixed vertically relative to the tub, thereby disengaging the locking straps from the adjuster arms to enable the rack to be lifted to the raised position. To lower the rack, the locking levers are again pivoted to reposition support members of the locking straps into positions offset from the adjuster arms, thereby enabling the rack to be guided to the lowered position where the locking tabs automatically engage the adjuster arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: HARSHAL J. BHAJAK, KEVIN T. KUTTO