Patents by Inventor Richard A. KICE
Richard A. KICE 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: 20230114913Abstract: A compressor includes first and second scroll members and a bearing housing. The first scroll member includes a first end plate and a first scroll wrap. The second scroll member includes a second end plate that has a first surface, a second surface, and an oil passage. The first surface has a second scroll wrap meshingly engaging the first scroll wrap. The second surface includes an oil aperture. The oil passage is in fluid communication with the oil aperture. The bearing housing cooperates with the second scroll member to define an interior volume. Lubricant in the interior volume is selectively allowed to flow into the oil passage via the oil aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen M. SEIBEL, Natalie M. GEHRET, Richard A. KICE
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Patent number: 11566624Abstract: A compressor includes first and second scroll members and a bearing housing. The first scroll member includes a first end plate and a first scroll wrap. The second scroll member includes a second end plate that has a first surface, a second surface, and an oil passage. The first surface has a second scroll wrap meshingly engaging the first scroll wrap. The second surface includes an oil slot. The oil passage is in fluid communication with the oil slot. The bearing housing cooperates with the second scroll member to define an interior volume. The second scroll member is movable between a first position in which lubricant in the interior volume is allowed to flow into the oil passage via the oil slot, and a second position in which working fluid in the chamber is allowed to flow into the oil passage via the oil slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen M. Seibel, Natalie M. Gehret, Richard A. Kice
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Publication number: 20220120277Abstract: A compressor includes first and second scroll members and a bearing housing. The first scroll member includes a first end plate and a first scroll wrap. The second scroll member includes a second end plate that has a first surface, a second surface, and an oil passage. The first surface has a second scroll wrap meshingly engaging the first scroll wrap. The second surface includes an oil slot. The oil passage is in fluid communication with the oil slot. The bearing housing cooperates with the second scroll member to define an interior volume. The second scroll member is movable between a first position in which lubricant in the interior volume is allowed to flow into the oil passage via the oil slot, and a second position in which working fluid in the chamber is allowed to flow into the oil passage via the oil slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen M. SEIBEL, Natalie M. GEHRET, Richard A. KICE
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Patent number: 10057946Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions associated with a cooking program directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller includes processing circuitry configured to monitor energy added to the food product via the first energy source in accordance with the cooking program, receive an indication of a change to a cooking parameter associated with a second energy source, and determine a modification to the cooking program by employing a modification algorithm based on the cooking parameter change.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Nigel G. Mills, Richard W. Cartwright, Richard A. Kice
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Patent number: 9182126Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to receive an indication of cooking parameters defining at least a food product category of the food product and select a cooking signature corresponding to the food product category. The cooking signature may include information descriptive of inherent properties of the food product category and input response properties defining one or more sets of instructions associated with a cooking sequence for the food product based on the cooking parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Richard A. Kice
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Publication number: 20130092680Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to receive an indication of cooking parameters defining at least a food product category of the food product and select a cooking signature corresponding to the food product category. The cooking signature may include information descriptive of inherent properties of the food product category and input response properties defining one or more sets of instructions associated with a cooking sequence for the food product based on the cooking parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Richard W. CARTWRIGHT, Richard A. KICE
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Publication number: 20130092682Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions associated with a cooking program directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller includes processing circuitry configured to monitor energy added to the food product via the first energy source in accordance with the cooking program, receive an indication of a change to a cooking parameter associated with a second energy source, and determine a modification to the cooking program by employing a modification algorithm based on the cooking parameter change.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Nigel G. MILLS, Richard W. CARTWRIGHT, Richard A. KICE