Patents by Inventor PATRICK J. MARCINIAK

PATRICK J. MARCINIAK 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).

  • Oven control utilizing data-driven logic
    Patent number: 8692162
    Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking appliance is disclosed which includes receiving an input corresponding to a staged cooking function, retrieving a preselected parameter set from a data library, the preselected parameter set defining the staged cooking function and including a first heating element behavior parameter and a first temperature parameter, selecting a first heating element behavior from a control library based upon the first heating element behavior parameter, and operating one or more heating elements according to the first heating element behavior and the first temperature parameter. An oven and a tangible, machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Wallace J. Elston, Anthony E. Jenkins, Patrick J. Marciniak
  • Oven control utilizing data-driven logic
    Patent number: 8426777
    Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking appliance is disclosed which includes receiving an input corresponding to a staged cooking function, retrieving a preselected parameter set from a data library, the preselected parameter set defining the staged cooking function and including a first heating element behavior parameter and a first temperature parameter, selecting a first heating element behavior from a control library based upon the first heating element behavior parameter, and operating one or more heating elements according to the first heating element behavior and the first temperature parameter. An oven and a tangible, machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Wallace J. Elston, III, Anthony E. Jenkins, Patrick J. Marciniak
  • OVEN CONTROL UTILIZING DATA-DRIVEN LOGIC
    Publication number: 20110284518
    Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking appliance is disclosed which includes receiving an input corresponding to a staged cooking function, retrieving a preselected parameter set from a data library, the preselected parameter set defining the staged cooking function and including a first heating element behavior parameter and a first temperature parameter, selecting a first heating element behavior from a control library based upon the first heating element behavior parameter, and operating one or more heating elements according to the first heating element behavior and the first temperature parameter. An oven and a tangible, machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: WALLACE J. ELSTON, III, ANTHONY E. JENKINS, PATRICK J. MARCINIAK