Patents by Inventor Thomas Kessler

Thomas Kessler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240247809
    Abstract: An electric grill includes a firebox divided into a plurality of zones. Each zones has an electric heating element, and a temperature probe. A controller having operative control to detect temperatures using the temperature probes adjusts power to the electric heating element for each of the plurality of zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, Seth Sawyer, Thomas Kessler
  • Publication number: 20240237160
    Abstract: An outdoor cooking grill has a cooking surface and at least one induction coil below the cooking surface. A power supply provides current to the at least one induction coil heating the cooking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, SLEIMAN ABDALLAH, Thomas Kessler, Jonathan Whitten
  • Publication number: 20240196914
    Abstract: A cold smoke system having a smoke chamber member mounted to a frame. The chamber member defines a receptacle for receiving a combustible fuel source for producing smoke. An ignitor ignites the fuel source. A fan moves air and smoke through the receptacle and into, e.g., a grill cooking chamber. A floor of the chamber member defines an ignitor slot for receiving the ignitor and defines ash openings for allowing to fall out of the receptacle into a tray. The smoke chamber member may be rotationally mounted to the frame. The receptacle has an increasing cross-sectional area in a direction of air flow through the receptacle. A fuel container containing the fuel source is received in the receptacle of the chamber member. The fuel container may have a shape that corresponds to the shape of the receptacle and may be constructed of the same material as the fuel source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, Thomas Kessler, DANIEL DEMARS, Dylan Horton, Seth Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20240179809
    Abstract: A coil system for inductive heating of a cooking surface including at least one coil having a continuous winding from a center region to an outer region. A spacing within adjacent wires in the winding varies between a center of the winding and an outer portion of the winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, Thomas Kessler, Jonathan Whitten, Bryan Solomon
  • Publication number: 20240138036
    Abstract: An outdoor cooking grill has a cooking surface and at least one induction coil below the cooking surface. A power supply provides current to the at least one induction coil heating the cooking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, SLEIMAN ABDALLAH, Thomas Kessler, Jonathan Whitten
  • Publication number: 20230375183
    Abstract: A cooking system including a cooking chamber with a cooking surface therein, at least one resistive heating element providing heat to the cooking surface, an alternating current connection for powering the resistive heating element, and a direct current source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, SLEIMAN ABDALLAH, Thomas Kessler
  • Publication number: 20230280038
    Abstract: A burner system for use in a gas cooking grill has a primary burner in a firebox providing heat to a cooking surface above the primary burner and a secondary burner in the firebox selectively providing heat to a cooking grate such that ignition of the secondary burner provides an additional degree of heat to the cooking surface above the primary burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bennett, SLEIMAN ABDALLAH, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, Thomas Kessler, BRUCE ROBERTS
  • Patent number: 11739472
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air. A lint disposal mechanism removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Jones, Roy E. Masters, Jr., Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh, Erica L. Roberts, Thomas Kessler
  • Patent number: 11708656
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Steven Fricke, Christian Gianni, Thomas Kessler, Praveen Poojary, Erica Roberts, Jaime Rodriguez, Peter Wagoner
  • Publication number: 20230104726
    Abstract: A cooking grill utilizes at least one resistive heating element below a cooking grate and radiating heat to the cooking grate when a voltage is applied thereto. A first power source provides an alternating current, and a second power source provides a direct current. First and second power sources provide voltage to the at least one resistive heating element individually or simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: JAMES D. KRING, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, Thomas Kessler
  • Publication number: 20230073346
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: DONALD ERICKSON, STEVEN FRICKE, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, THOMAS KESSLER, PRAVEEN POOJARY, ERICA ROBERTS, JAIME RODRIGUEZ, PETER WAGONER
  • Patent number: 11585258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a loading of a soot filter with soot particles from an exhaust gas mass flow of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, a control device for an internal combustion engine having a soot filter, and a computer program product for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Schwarzmann, Thomas Binnewies, Thomas Kessler, Florian Brunner
  • Patent number: 11512421
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Steven Fricke, Christian Gianni, Thomas Kessler, Praveen Poojary, Erica Roberts, Jaime Rodriguez, Peter Wagoner
  • Patent number: 11386372
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a system for monitoring the usage of a functional facility, the system comprising (i) a plurality of detectors for detecting the presence of at least one client device in the functional facility and which detectors are geographically mapped in the functional facility; and (ii) a client device mapping module for determining the location of the at least one client device detected by one or more of the plurality of detectors. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method for monitoring the usage of a functional facility including one or more detectors, comprising the steps (1) detecting an operable engagement made between a detector deployed in the functional facility and a computerized client device; (2) determining a location point of the computerized client device; and (3) providing an output which is descriptive of the detected operable engagement along with information relating to the determined location point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LOCATEE AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Andreas Koppel, Thomas Kessler, Alexander Fabian Mulli, Georg Nebehay
  • Publication number: 20220142405
    Abstract: A pellet fuel delivery channel spans between a pellet fuel hopper and a firepot. A door selectively blocks fuel pellets from leaving the hopper and entering the fuel delivery channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kessler, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, ANTHONY HAMILTON
  • Publication number: 20220031107
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a first electric heating element, a reflective surface below the first electric heating element, and a cooking surface above the first electric heating element. The cooking surface is heated by radiant energy from the electric heating element and becomes heated to emit heat to food on the cooking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: WILLIAM DIXON, ALEX GAFFORD, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, SLEIMAN ABDALLAH, THOMAS KESSLER
  • Patent number: 11080634
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a system for monitoring the usage of a functional facility, the system comprising (i) a plurality of detectors for detecting the presence of at least one client device in the functional facility and which detectors are geographically mapped in the functional facility; and (ii) a client device mapping module for determining the location of the at least one client device detected by one or more of the plurality of detectors. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method for monitoring the usage of a functional facility including one or more detectors, comprising the steps (1) detecting an operable engagement made between a detector deployed in the functional facility and a computerized client device; (2) determining a location point of the computerized client device; and (3) providing an output which is descriptive of the detected operable engagement along with information relating to the determined location point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LOCATEE AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Andreas Koppel, Thomas Kessler, Alexander Fabian Mulli, Georg Nebehay
  • Publication number: 20210214882
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air. A lint disposal mechanism removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jordan Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Jones, Roy E. Masters, JR., Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh, Erica L. Roberts, Thomas Kessler
  • Patent number: 11015281
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air. A lint disposal mechanism removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Jones, Roy E. Masters, Jr., Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh, Erica L. Roberts, Thomas Kessler
  • Publication number: 20210117894
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a system for monitoring the usage of a functional facility, the system comprising (i) a plurality of detectors for detecting the presence of at least one client device in the functional facility and which detectors are geographically mapped in the functional facility; and (ii) a client device mapping module for determining the location of the at least one client device detected by one or more of the plurality of detectors. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method for monitoring the usage of a functional facility including one or more detectors, comprising the steps (1) detecting an operable engagement made between a detector deployed in the functional facility and a computerized client device; (2) determining a location point of the computerized client device; and (3) providing an output which is descriptive of the detected operable engagement along with information relating to the determined location point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Benedikt Andreas KOPPEL, Thomas KESSLER, Alexander Fabian MULLI, Georg NEBEHAY