Patents by Inventor Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth 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: 11598567Abstract: An ice maker assembly includes an ice making apparatus for an appliance with an ice making tray having a water basin formed by a metallic ice forming plate and at least one perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from a top surface of the ice forming plate. The ice making tray also has a grid with at least one dividing wall. The at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall and the top surface of the ice forming plate form at least one ice compartment having an upper surface and a lower surface. An ice body is formed in the at least one ice compartment. Moreover, the at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall form a draft angle with the top surface of the ice forming plate, of about 17 degrees to about 25 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Mark E. Thomas, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: 11486622Abstract: An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Publication number: 20210048234Abstract: An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: PATRICK J. BOARMAN, LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH
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Publication number: 20200393182Abstract: An ice maker assembly includes an ice making apparatus for an appliance with an ice making tray having a water basin formed by a metallic ice forming plate and at least one perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from a top surface of the ice forming plate. The ice making tray also has a grid with at least one dividing wall. The at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall and the top surface of the ice forming plate form at least one ice compartment having an upper surface and a lower surface. An ice body is formed in the at least one ice compartment. Moreover, the at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall form a draft angle with the top surface of the ice forming plate, of about 17 degrees to about 25 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Mark E. Thomas, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: 10845111Abstract: An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: 10788251Abstract: An ice maker assembly includes an ice making apparatus for an appliance with an ice making tray having a water basin formed by a metallic ice forming plate and at least one perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from a top surface of the ice forming plate. The ice making tray also has a grid with at least one dividing wall. The at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall and the top surface of the ice forming plate form at least one ice compartment having an upper surface and a lower surface. An ice body is formed in the at least one ice compartment. Moreover, the at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall form a draft angle with the top surface of the ice forming plate, of about 17 degrees to about 25 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Mark E. Thomas, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: 10648116Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub with a tub interior that defines a liquid chamber, a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis that at least partially defines a treating chamber, and a lifter housing carried by the drum and located within the treating chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas Leep, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: 10551107Abstract: An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Daniel L. Sigmund, Jerry M. Visin, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth, Carolina Arriaga
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Publication number: 20190271496Abstract: An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel L. Sigmund, Jerry M. Visin, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth, Carolina Arriaga
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Patent number: 10309707Abstract: An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jerry M. Visin, Lindsey Wohlgamuth
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Publication number: 20190145682Abstract: An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: PATRICK J. BOARMAN, LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH
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Publication number: 20190100865Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub with a tub interior that defines a liquid chamber, a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis that at least partially defines a treating chamber, and a lifter housing carried by the drum and located within the treating chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, SCOTT E. CARPENTER, PETER N. HOWES, NICHOLAS LEEP, LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH
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Publication number: 20180023873Abstract: An ice maker assembly includes an ice making apparatus for an appliance with an ice making tray having a water basin formed by a metallic ice forming plate and at least one perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from a top surface of the ice forming plate. The ice making tray also has a grid with at least one dividing wall. The at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall and the top surface of the ice forming plate form at least one ice compartment having an upper surface and a lower surface. An ice body is formed in the at least one ice compartment. Moreover, the at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall form a draft angle with the top surface of the ice forming plate, of about 17 degrees to about 25 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Mark E. Thomas, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Publication number: 20170336124Abstract: An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jerry M. Visin, Lindsey Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: 9746229Abstract: An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Whilpool CorporationInventors: Jerry M. Visin, Lindsey Wohlgamuth
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Publication number: 20160258664Abstract: An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jerry M. Visin, Lindsey Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: D852441Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas E. Leep, Eric J. Walsh, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: D876737Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas E. Leep, Eric J. Walsh, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
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Patent number: D897060Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas E. Leep, Eric J. Walsh, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth