Patents by Inventor Thomas Charles Zimmer

Thomas Charles Zimmer 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).

  • Patent number: 9702568
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a water heater appliance are provided. The method and system include initiating a vacation mode of the water heater appliance. An operating temperature of the water heater appliance is reduced from a normal operating temperature to a vacation operating temperature in the vacation mode of the water heater appliance. The method and system also include sanitizing the water heater appliance by raising the operating temperature of the water heater appliance from the vacation operating temperature to a sanitization operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solution, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Michael Miller, Michael Thomas Beyerle, Thomas Charles Zimmer, Robert Marten Bultman, Myles Caley
  • Publication number: 20140169773
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a water heater appliance are provided. The method and system include initiating a vacation mode of the water heater appliance. An operating temperature of the water heater appliance is reduced from a normal operating temperature to a vacation operating temperature in the vacation mode of the water heater appliance. The method and system also include sanitizing the water heater appliance by raising the operating temperature of the water heater appliance from the vacation operating temperature to a sanitization operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeremy Michael Miller, Michael Thomas Beyerle, Thomas Charles Zimmer, Robert Marten Bultman, Myles Caley
  • Patent number: 5720536
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet has an outer case with lateral walls and a continuous front flange. A pair of liners are nested in the case and have lateral walls with a front edge positioned rearward of the case front flange. A resilient breaker strip connects the case walls to corresponding liner walls. The strip front wall extends inward from the case flange to a point inward of the liner wall and a side wall extends rearward to overlap the liner wall. A bifurcated edge of the strip receives the case flange. The strip side wall is return bent to form an inner wall engaging the inner surface and a resilient finger engaging the outer surface of the liner wall. A resilient mullion, connecting the adjacent inner lateral walls of the liners, has a front wall extending across the space between the liners and a side wall projecting rearward from each edge of the front wall to overlap the liner lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Jenkins, Thomas Charles Zimmer, Darrell Wayne Shewmaker, Ronald Gary Foster