Patents by Inventor RAFAEL CABRAL MELO

RAFAEL CABRAL MELO 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 of determining inertia in a laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 9890492
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method of determining inertia of a laundry load may comprise an extraction stabilization phase, where liquid is extracted from the laundry load by rotating the basket at first rotational speed, and a sensing phase. The sensing phase may include a deceleration phase, where the basket speed decreases to a second rotational speed, followed by an acceleration phase, where the basket speed increases back toward the first rotational speed. The inertia of the laundry load may be determined from data sensed during the deceleration and acceleration phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rafael Cabral Melo, Fernando Elias De Oliveira, Bradley D. Morrow, Maurilio Fabio Rodriques Catharino, Yingqin Yuan
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING INERTIA IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20160281288
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method of determining inertia of a laundry load may comprise an extraction stabilization phase, where liquid is extracted from the laundry load by rotating the basket at first rotational speed, and a sensing phase. The sensing phase may include a deceleration phase, where the basket speed decreases to a second rotational speed, followed by an acceleration phase, where the basket speed increases back toward the first rotational speed. The inertia of the laundry load may be determined from data sensed during the deceleration and acceleration phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RAFAEL CABRAL MELO, FERNANDO ELIAS DE OLIVEIRA, BRADLEY D. MORROW, MAURILIO FABIO RODRIQUES CATHARINO, YINGQIN YUAN