Patents by Inventor Tim Holder

Tim Holder 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).

  • Electronics architecture for a refrigerator quick chill and quick thaw system
    Patent number: 7644590
    Abstract: A control system for a refrigeration system having a refrigeration compartment and a quick chill/thaw pan. A main controller board, electrically connected to a temperature adjustment board and a dispenser board through the serial communications bus, controls the temperature of the refrigeration compartment and the quick chill/thaw pan. The control system accepts a plurality of inputs to determine a refrigeration mode and to execute a plurality of software algorithms to control the refrigeration compartment as both a chill pan to rapidly chill food and beverage items without freezing and a thaw pan to timely thaw frozen items at controlled temperature levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John S. Holmes, Jerry J. Queen, II, Rollie R. Herzog, Mark Robert Mathews, Robert M. Bultman, Tim Holder, Wolfgang Daum
  • Refrigerator-electronics architecture
    Publication number: 20050011205
    Abstract: A control system for a refrigeration system having a refrigeration compartment and a quick chill/thaw pan. A main controller board, electrically connected to a temperature adjustment board and a dispenser board through the serial communications bus, controls the temperature of the refrigeration compartment and the quick chill/thaw pan. The control system accepts a plurality of inputs to determine a refrigeration mode and to execute a plurality of software algorithms to control the refrigeration compartment as both a chill pan to rapidly chill food and beverage items without freezing and a thaw pan to timely thaw frozen items at controlled temperature levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: John Holmes, Jerry Queen, Rollie Herzog, Mark Mathews, Robert Bultman, Tim Holder, Wolfgang Daum
  • Refrigerator—electronics architecture
    Patent number: 6782706
    Abstract: A control system for a refrigeration system having a refrigeration compartment and a quick chill/thaw pan. A main controller board, electrically connected to a temperature adjustment board and a dispenser board through the serial communications bus, controls the temperature of the refrigeration compartment and the quick chill/thaw pan. The control system accepts a plurality of inputs to determine a refrigeration mode and to execute a plurality of software algorithms to control the refrigeration compartment as both a chill pan to rapidly chill food and beverage items without freezing and a thaw pan to timely thaw frozen items at controlled temperature levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John S. Holmes, Jerry J. Queen, II, Rollie R. Herzog, Mark Robert Mathews, Robert M. Bultman, Tim Holder, Wolfgang Daum
  • Refrigerator - electronics architecture
    Publication number: 20030056526
    Abstract: A control system for a refrigeration system having a refrigeration compartment and a quick chill/thaw pan. A main controller board, electrically connected to a temperature adjustment board and a dispenser board through the serial communications bus, controls the temperature of the refrigeration compartment and the quick chill/thaw pan. The control system accepts a plurality of inputs to determine a refrigeration mode and to execute a plurality of software algorithms to control the refrigeration compartment as both a chill pan to rapidly chill food and beverage items without freezing and a thaw pan to timely thaw frozen items at controlled temperature levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: John S. Holmes, Jerry Queen, Rollie Herzog, Mark Mathews, Robert Bultman, Tim Holder, Wolfgang Daum