Patents by Inventor Tony Durfee

Tony Durfee 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).

  • Device for detecting the unbalance of a rotatable component of a domestic appliance
    Patent number: 7926313
    Abstract: Device and method for detecting the unbalance of a rotatable component of a domestic appliance, in which device and method a mass, which is movable in dependence on motions of the rotatable component that are caused by unbalance, and/or a spring force which acts upon the mass, and/or a fluidic damping which acts upon the mass, is/are so defined that, above a predefined frequency, movements of the mass are substantially non-dependent on frequency, or frequency-dependent components of movements of the mass are within a predefined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: EMZ-Hanauer GmbH & Co., KGAA
    Inventors: Johann Schenkl, Tony Durfee
  • Device for detecting the unbalance of a rotatable component of a domestic appliance
    Publication number: 20070006619
    Abstract: Device and method for detecting the unbalance of a rotatable component of a domestic appliance, in which device and method a mass, which is movable in dependence on motions of the rotatable component that are caused by unbalance, and/or a spring force which acts upon the mass, and/or a fluidic damping which acts upon the mass, is/are so defined that, above a predefined frequency, movements of the mass are substantially non-dependent on frequency, or frequency-dependent components of movements of the mass are within a predefined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Johann Schenkl, Tony Durfee