Patents by Inventor Ryan R. Bellinger

Ryan R. Bellinger 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).

  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE HEATER THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140033559
    Abstract: A method of operating a household appliance to vary the thermal output of the electric heater by selectively coupling heating elements between power supply mains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, BRIAN A. BLACK
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH CONTROLLED MECHANICAL ENERGY
    Publication number: 20140033556
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a chamber for receiving laundry. The operation of the laundry treating appliance may be based on the mechanical energy due to the falling action of the laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, RYAN R. BELLINGER, DUANE M. KOBOS, RICHARD A. SUNSHINE
  • Laundry treating appliance with tumble pattern control
    Patent number: 8631527
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of operating a laundry treating appliance treating laundry according to a cycle of operation having by determining a parameter indicative of a change in packing density of the laundry in a treating chamber and taking an operating action based on the determined parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ryan R. Bellinger
  • Laundry treating appliance with controlled mechanical energy
    Patent number: 8578532
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a chamber for receiving laundry. The operation of the laundry treating appliance may be based on the mechanical energy due to the falling action of the laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ryan R. Bellinger, Duane M. Kobos, Richard A. Sunshine
  • Laundry treating appliance with inlet temperature compensation
    Patent number: 8555522
    Abstract: A method for operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a clothes dryer, having a treating chamber, an air system for supplying and exiting air from the treating chamber, a heating element for heating the air to the treating chamber, and a controller determining an inlet temperature used as a control input for a cycle of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Bellinger, James P. Carow, Michele A. Paustian, David M. Williams
  • Apparatus and method of drying laundry with drying uniformity determination
    Patent number: 8549770
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of drying laundry in a treating chamber with a partially dry laundry load determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Bellinger, Andrew E. Spangler, Christopher J. Woerdehoff
  • Method to detect an empty load in a clothes dryer
    Patent number: 8474152
    Abstract: A method for determining an empty load in a clothes dryer having a drying chamber with an air inlet, an air outlet and operable according to a predetermined cycle of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Bellinger, David M. Williams, Christopher J. Woerdehoff
  • Method to detect an end of cycle in a clothes dryer
    Patent number: 8468717
    Abstract: A method for determining an end of cycle in a clothes dryer having a drying chamber with an air inlet, an air outlet and operable according to a predetermined cycle of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Bellinger, David M. Williams, Christopher J. Woerdehoff
  • METHOD TO CONTROL A DRYING CYCLE OF A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20130086812
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a drying cycle of a laundry treating appliance by monitoring a temperature of the exhaust air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, DAVID J. KMET, PETER J. RICHMOND
  • Dispensing dryer dosing sensing
    Patent number: 8365434
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a dryer comprising dispensing a treating chemistry from a dispensing system into a treating chamber of the dryer based on an output from the environmental drying sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Carow, Ryan R. Bellinger, Francesco Jatta
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A CLOTHES DRYER USING AN INFRARED SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120285035
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a clothes dryer by determining a load size estimation based on at least one of a temperature variation of the laundry load and a delay time wherein the delay time is a time it takes for the temperature variation to satisfy a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: RYAN R. BELLINGER
  • Method for determining load size in a clothes dryer using an infrared sensor
    Patent number: 8245415
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a clothes dryer by determining a load size estimation based on at least one of a temperature variation of the laundry load and a delay time wherein the delay time is a time it takes for the temperature variation to satisfy a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Ryan R. Bellinger
  • END OF CYCLE DETECTION FOR A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120110869
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable treating chamber for receiving laundry to be dried according to a predetermined cycle of operation and determining when the laundry is dry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, CHRISTOPHER J. WOERDEHOFF
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH CONTROLLED CYCLE TIME
    Publication number: 20120096736
    Abstract: A method of operating a clothes dryer having a treating chamber for receiving a laundry load, an air system for supplying and exhausting air from the treating chamber, a heating element for heating the air supplied to the treating chamber, and a controller implementing a cycle of operation, wherein the controller estimates a cycle time of a drying cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, DAVID J. KMET, SCOTT D. PARDE, MICHELE A. PAUSTIAN, JOSEPH M. SHAW, DAVID M. WILLIAMS
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH INLET TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION
    Publication number: 20120096738
    Abstract: A method for operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a clothes dryer, having a treating chamber, an air system for supplying and exiting air from the treating chamber, a heating element for heating the air to the treating chamber, and a controller determining an inlet temperature used as a control input for a cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, JAMES P. CAROW, MICHELE A. PAUSTIAN, DAVID M. WILLIAMS
  • METHOD TO DETECT AN END OF CYCLE IN A CLOTHES DRYER
    Publication number: 20120084997
    Abstract: A method for determining an end of cycle in a clothes dryer having a drying chamber with an air inlet, an air outlet and operable according to a predetermined cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, DAVID M. WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER J. WOERDEHOFF
  • METHOD TO DETECT AN EMPTY LOAD IN A CLOTHES DRYER
    Publication number: 20120084996
    Abstract: A method for determining an empty load in a clothes dryer having a drying chamber with an air inlet, an air outlet and operable according to a predetermined cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, DAVID M. WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER J. WOERDEHOFF
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRYING LAUNDRY WITH DRYING UNIFORMITY DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20110308103
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of drying laundry in a treating chamber with a partially dry laundry load determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, ANDREW E. SPANGLER, CHRISTOPHER J. WOERDEHOFF
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLOTHES DRYER USING LOAD TEMPERATURE DETERMINED BY AN INFRARED SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110146101
    Abstract: A method for controlling a clothes dryer based on a characteristic of the load determined by temperatures provided by an infrared sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: RYAN R. BELLINGER, FREDRICK E. CHERNETSKI, CHRISTOPHER J. WOERDEHOFF
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A CLOTHES DRYER USING AN INFRARED SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110153086
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a clothes dryer by determining a load size estimation based on at least one of a temperature variation of the laundry load and a delay time wherein the delay time is a time it takes for the temperature variation to satisfy a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: RYAN R. BELLINGER