Patents by Inventor Michael J. Bauman
Michael J. Bauman 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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Publication number: 20230349088Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub, a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser comprising multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber. The method comprises performing a first wash cycle and dispensing a first dose of treating chemistry from one of the treating chemistry cups, receiving at a controller a user selection of an activation of a performance enhancement selector, and upon activation of the performance enhancement selector, activating a second wash cycle comprising dispensing a second dose of treating chemistry from another of treating chemistry cups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: AMBERDEEP S. AURORA, MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, DONALD ERICKSON, SARAH E. IHNE, NICHOLAS LEEP, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, DANIEL POLONSKY, RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST
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Patent number: 11725326Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub, a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser comprising multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber. The method comprises performing a first wash cycle and dispensing a first dose of treating chemistry from one of the treating chemistry cups, receiving at a controller a user selection of an activation of a performance enhancement selector, and upon activation of the performance enhancement selector, activating a second wash cycle comprising dispensing a second dose of treating chemistry from another of treating chemistry cups.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Amberdeep S. Aurora, Michael J. Bauman, Donald Erickson, Sarah E. Ihne, Nicholas Leep, Karl David McAllister, Daniel Polonsky, Ryan James Van Zoest
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Publication number: 20210214873Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub, a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser comprising multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber. The method comprises performing a first wash cycle and dispensing a first dose of treating chemistry from one of the treating chemistry cups, receiving at a controller a user selection of an activation of a performance enhancement selector, and upon activation of the performance enhancement selector, activating a second wash cycle comprising dispensing a second dose of treating chemistry from another of treating chemistry cups.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: AMBERDEEP S. AURORA, MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, DONALD ERICKSON, SARAH E. IHNE, NICHOLAS LEEP, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, DANIEL POLONSKY, RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST
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Patent number: 10988881Abstract: The laundry treating device has a user interface configured to receive a user selection of a preprogrammed wash cycle. A treating chemistry dispenser has multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the selected washing cycle. A controller configured to activate dispensing from each of the treating chemistry cups at preprogrammed times during the wash cycle. A performance enhancement selector configured to receive a user selection such that activation of the performance enhancement selector causes the controller to dispense one of the treating chemistry cups at a different time than the preprogrammed time during the wash cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Amberdeep S. Aurora, Michael J. Bauman, Donald Erickson, Sarah E. Ihne, Nicholas Leep, Karl David McAllister, Daniel Polonsky, Ryan James Van Zoest
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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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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: 20190010647Abstract: The laundry treating device has a user interface configured to receive a user selection of a preprogrammed wash cycle. A treating chemistry dispenser has multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the selected washing cycle. A controller configured to activate dispensing from each of the treating chemistry cups at preprogrammed times during the wash cycle. A performance enhancement selector configured to receive a user selection such that activation of the performance enhancement selector causes the controller to dispense one of the treating chemistry cups at a different time than the preprogrammed time during the wash cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: AMBERDEEP S. AURORA, MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, DONALD ERICKSON, SARAH E. IHNE, NICHOLAS LEEP, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, DANIEL POLONSKY, RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST
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Patent number: 10030902Abstract: An ice maker is provided that includes a tray having recesses that can include ice-phobic surfaces. The ice-phobic surfaces may include ice-phobic coatings, textured metal surfaces, hydrophobic coatings or other surfaces configured to repel water and ice. The tray can be formed from metal material and may exhibit a fatigue limit greater than about 150 Megapascals (MPa) at 105 cycles. The ice maker further includes a frame body coupled to the tray, and a driving body that is rotatably coupled to the tray. The driving body is further adapted to rotate the tray in a clockwise and/or counter-clockwise cycle such that the tray presses against the frame body in a manner that flexes the tray to dislodge ice pieces formed in the recesses of the tray.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
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Publication number: 20170045281Abstract: An ice maker is provided that includes a tray having recesses that can include ice-phobic surfaces. The ice-phobic surfaces may include ice-phobic coatings, textured metal surfaces, hydrophobic coatings or other surfaces configured to repel water and ice. The tray can be formed from metal material and may exhibit a fatigue limit greater than about 150 Megapascals (MPa) at 105 cycles. The ice maker further includes a frame body coupled to the tray, and a driving body that is rotatably coupled to the tray. The driving body is further adapted to rotate the tray in a clockwise and/or counter-clockwise cycle such that the tray presses against the frame body in a manner that flexes the tray to dislodge ice pieces formed in the recesses of the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
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Patent number: 9518771Abstract: An ice maker is provided that includes a tray having recesses that can include ice-phobic surfaces. The ice-phobic surfaces may include ice-phobic coatings, textured metal surfaces, hydrophobic coatings or other surfaces configured to repel water and ice. The tray can be formed from metal material and may exhibit a fatigue limit greater than about 150 Megapascals (MPa) at 105 cycles. The ice maker further includes a frame body coupled to the tray, and a driving body that is rotatably coupled to the tray. The driving body is further adapted to rotate the tray in a clockwise and/or counter-clockwise cycle such that the tray presses against the frame body in a manner that flexes the tray to dislodge ice pieces formed in the recesses of the tray.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
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Publication number: 20130291583Abstract: An ice maker is provided that includes a tray having recesses that can include ice-phobic surfaces. The ice-phobic surfaces may include ice-phobic coatings, textured metal surfaces, hydrophobic coatings or other surfaces configured to repel water and ice. The tray can be formed from metal material and may exhibit a fatigue limit greater than about 150 Megapascals (MPa) at 105 cycles. The ice maker further includes a frame body coupled to the tray, and a driving body that is rotatably coupled to the tray. The driving body is further adapted to rotate the tray in a clockwise and/or counter-clockwise cycle such that the tray presses against the frame body in a manner that flexes the tray to dislodge ice pieces formed in the recesses of the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
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Publication number: 20130025072Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and method for increasing chemical action in a load of laundry associated with the supplying water and treating chemistry to the load of laundry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, AMY CHEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ANDREW J. LEITERT, TREMITCHELL WRIGHT
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Patent number: 6412400Abstract: A baking assembly for preparing a baked filled waffle is disclosed. The baking assembly comprises an upper plate and a lower plate each of the plates having a baking surface with a plurality of outer pyramids and a plurality of inner pyramids. Each of the outer pyramids have a height that is greater than the height of the inner pyramids. The upper plate is receivable on the lower plate and when so received the outer pyramids of the upper plate align with the outer pyramids of the inner plate to form a plurality of pinch points. The inner pyramids of the upper plate align with the inner pyramids of the lower plate when the upper plate is received on the lower plate and thereby form a pocket region defined between the inner pyramids of the upper plate and the inner pyramids of the lower plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Kellogg CompanyInventors: Charles Gambino, Mark King, Michael J. Bauman
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Patent number: D649723Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Ann Marie Przepasniak, David A. Smith, Daniel I. Saper, Michael J. Bauman, Travis D. Wesley, Douglas A. Soller, Wendy A. Weeks
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Patent number: D655466Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Ann Marie Przepasniak, David A. Smith, Daniel I. Saper, Michael J. Bauman, Travis D. Wesley, Douglas A. Soller, Wendy A. Weeks
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Patent number: D657099Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Zach, John C. Taylor, Nancy L. Broen, Ann Marie Przepasniak, David A. Smith, Daniel I. Saper, Michael J. Bauman, Travis D. Wesley, Douglas A. Soller, Wendy A. Weeks
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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