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).

  • Publication number: 20230349088
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: AMBERDEEP S. AURORA, MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, DONALD ERICKSON, SARAH E. IHNE, NICHOLAS LEEP, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, DANIEL POLONSKY, RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST
  • Patent number: 11725326
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Amberdeep S. Aurora, Michael J. Bauman, Donald Erickson, Sarah E. Ihne, Nicholas Leep, Karl David McAllister, Daniel Polonsky, Ryan James Van Zoest
  • Publication number: 20210214873
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: AMBERDEEP S. AURORA, MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, DONALD ERICKSON, SARAH E. IHNE, NICHOLAS LEEP, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, DANIEL POLONSKY, RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST
  • Patent number: 10988881
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Amberdeep S. Aurora, Michael J. Bauman, Donald Erickson, Sarah E. Ihne, Nicholas Leep, Karl David McAllister, Daniel Polonsky, Ryan James Van Zoest
  • Patent number: 10648116
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas Leep, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
  • Publication number: 20190100865
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, SCOTT E. CARPENTER, PETER N. HOWES, NICHOLAS LEEP, LINDSEY A. WOHLGAMUTH
  • Publication number: 20190010647
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: AMBERDEEP S. AURORA, MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, DONALD ERICKSON, SARAH E. IHNE, NICHOLAS LEEP, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, DANIEL POLONSKY, RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST
  • Patent number: 10030902
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
  • Publication number: 20170045281
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
  • Patent number: 9518771
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
  • Publication number: 20130291583
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, James C. Guarino, Steven J. Kuehl, Yen-Hsi Lin
  • Publication number: 20130025072
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. BAUMAN, AMY CHEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ANDREW J. LEITERT, TREMITCHELL WRIGHT
  • Patent number: 6412400
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Charles Gambino, Mark King, Michael J. Bauman
  • Patent number: D649723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: D655466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: D657099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: D852441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas E. Leep, Eric J. Walsh, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
  • Patent number: D876737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas E. Leep, Eric J. Walsh, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth
  • Patent number: D897060
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bauman, Scott E. Carpenter, Peter N. Howes, Nicholas E. Leep, Eric J. Walsh, Lindsey A. Wohlgamuth