Patents by Inventor Mark Edward Brewer

Mark Edward Brewer 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).

  • Smart ice machine with separately fabricated cups for the ice tray
    Patent number: 11598568
    Abstract: An ice-tray for ice-making machines is formed by modular fabricated cups that can assembled together within a frame to create an ice-tray of arbitrary dimensions allowing a sharing of components among a variety of ice-tray sizes. Individual cups may include ice formation sensors or heaters or may be heated by an induction heating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Eric K. Larson, William D. Chatelle, Juan Barrena, Mark Edward Brewer, Dharman B. Kothari, Jarod Sulik
  • Ice-maker with weight-sensitive ice bin
    Patent number: 10663205
    Abstract: An ice-maker (12) provides a weight-sensing ice bin (16) that provides multiple levels of ice measurement thereby allowing improved control strategies that reduce ice making or ice making rate in accordance with anticipated ice usage to eliminate energy costs and the need to discard stale ice cubes. The weight sensor may be an induction sensor where the coil also serves a heating function for defrosting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Brewer, Eric K. Larson, William Dante Chatelle
  • Smart Ice Machine
    Publication number: 20190011167
    Abstract: An ice-tray for ice-making machines is formed by modular fabricated cups that can assembled together within a frame to create an ice-tray of arbitrary dimensions allowing a sharing of components among a variety of ice-tray sizes. Individual cups may include ice formation sensors or heaters or may be heated by an induction heating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: ERIC K. LARSON, WILLIAM D. CHATELLE, JUAN BARRENA, Mark Edward Brewer, Dharman B. Kothari, Jarod Sulik
  • Ice-Maker with Weight-Sensitive Ice Bin
    Publication number: 20180245833
    Abstract: An ice-maker (12) provides a weight-sensing ice bin (16) that provides multiple levels of ice measurement thereby allowing improved control strategies that reduce ice making or ice making rate in accordance with anticipated ice usage to eliminate energy costs and the need to discard stale ice cubes. The weight sensor may be an induction sensor where the coil also serves a heating function for defrosting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Edward Brewer, Eric K. Larson, William Dante Chatelle
  • Humidity reducing exhaust duct for dishwasher
    Patent number: 7909939
    Abstract: A vent system for a dishwasher provides a mixing chamber receiving high humidity air from a downdraft dishwasher vent system or the like and mixes this air with dry air before discharging it from the dishwasher to reduce the humidity of the discharged air moderating condensation problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Brewer, Walter G. Stelzer, Kenyon A. Hapke
  • HUMIDITY REDUCING EXHAUST DUCT FOR DISHWASHER
    Publication number: 20080264455
    Abstract: A vent system for a dishwasher provides a mixing chamber receiving high humidity air from a downdraft dishwasher vent system or the like and mixes this air with dry air before discharging it from the dishwasher to reduce the humidity of the discharged air moderating condensation problems
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Edward Brewer, Walter G. Stelzer, Kenyon A. Hapke