Patents by Inventor Matthew Johnsen

Matthew Johnsen 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 and apparatus for beverage carafe detection
    Patent number: 9173519
    Abstract: A beverage forming method and system in which a carafe with an associated magnetic element is positionable at a carafe receiving area. One of a protrusion and a first recess is associated with the carafe and the other of the protrusion and the first recess is associated with a housing. The housing includes a detector arranged to detect the presence of the magnetic element when the protrusion is inserted into the first recess. Beverage formation of an amount greater than a threshold volume is enabled when the detector detects the magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Tinkler, James E. Shepard, Gregory Hurley, Matthew Johnsen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEVERAGE CARAFE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20150201795
    Abstract: A beverage forming method and system in which a carafe with an associated magnetic element is positionable at a carafe receiving area. One of a protrusion and a first recess is associated with the carafe and the other of the protrusion and the first recess is associated with a housing. The housing includes a detector arranged to detect the presence of the magnetic element when the protrusion is inserted into the first recess. Beverage formation of an amount greater than a threshold volume is enabled when the detector detects the magnetic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Tinkler, James E. Shepard, Gregory Hurley, Matthew Johnsen