Controller

- Dometic Sweden AB
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a design of a controller;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the controller of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the controller of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a first side view of the controller of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a second side view of the controller of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the controller of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the controller of FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for a controller as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4140996 February 20, 1979 Leitch et al.
4844565 July 4, 1989 Brafford et al.
D316681 May 7, 1991 Takasuna et al.
D319403 August 27, 1991 Tiedemann
D333792 March 9, 1993 Odom, Jr.
5931151 August 3, 1999 Van Dore et al.
6137686 October 24, 2000 Saye
6434459 August 13, 2002 Wong et al.
6539027 March 25, 2003 Cambron
6696963 February 24, 2004 Chapman et al.
D492684 July 6, 2004 Ozolins et al.
D495259 August 31, 2004 Starck
6965818 November 15, 2005 Haupt et al.
D518744 April 11, 2006 Rosen
7061391 June 13, 2006 Jepsen et al.
7075769 July 11, 2006 Rupert et al.
7107160 September 12, 2006 Bean
7259953 August 21, 2007 Salerno
D582802 December 16, 2008 Branson et al.
D610355 February 23, 2010 Chigira et al.
D614871 May 4, 2010 Tang et al.
7899631 March 1, 2011 Iwane
7908990 March 22, 2011 Strahm et al.
7937216 May 3, 2011 Humphrey
7940508 May 10, 2011 Helfrick et al.
D640992 July 5, 2011 Margolin
D648641 November 15, 2011 Wallaert et al.
8085168 December 27, 2011 Bethel
8149222 April 3, 2012 Hsieh et al.
8249829 August 21, 2012 Sal Bin et al.
8291851 October 23, 2012 Strahm et al.
8364546 January 29, 2013 Yenni et al.
D678218 March 19, 2013 Sheen
D684872 June 25, 2013 Bias et al.
8490005 July 16, 2013 Tarte
D690661 October 1, 2013 Wisniewski et al.
D694195 November 26, 2013 Gammon et al.
8577487 November 5, 2013 Tarte et al.
8666576 March 4, 2014 Kim
8682503 March 25, 2014 Bosch et al.
8706318 April 22, 2014 Jauch et al.
D705746 May 27, 2014 Lin et al.
D705776 May 27, 2014 Groene et al.
D705777 May 27, 2014 Groene et al.
8755994 June 17, 2014 Bodnar et al.
8767379 July 1, 2014 Whitaker
8773250 July 8, 2014 Sitarski et al.
8798913 August 5, 2014 Humphrey
8802981 August 12, 2014 Wallaert et al.
8803676 August 12, 2014 Sitarski et al.
8928465 January 6, 2015 Frye et al.
8979353 March 17, 2015 Wilson et al.
D727271 April 21, 2015 Shi et al.
D727857 April 28, 2015 Acera et al.
9000730 April 7, 2015 Murawaka
D729793 May 19, 2015 Hickok et al.
D733591 July 7, 2015 Golden et al.
D734179 July 14, 2015 Golden et al.
D736721 August 18, 2015 Gassner
D738355 September 8, 2015 Smith et al.
D738756 September 15, 2015 Jiang et al.
D738830 September 15, 2015 Suthmann
9135770 September 15, 2015 Alberth
9171270 October 27, 2015 Wada et al.
D743349 November 17, 2015 Leeland
9243755 January 26, 2016 Zultowski et al.
9254750 February 9, 2016 Tarte et al.
D751063 March 8, 2016 Lin
D754655 April 26, 2016 Groene et al.
D756333 May 17, 2016 Smith et al.
D757691 May 31, 2016 Smith et al.
9349306 May 24, 2016 Hall
9352687 May 31, 2016 Zakhem et al.
D758217 June 7, 2016 Kumfer et al.
D761232 July 12, 2016 Smith et al.
D761741 July 19, 2016 Santiago et al.
D766217 September 13, 2016 Smith et al.
9435675 September 6, 2016 Wise
9454897 September 27, 2016 Cattermole et al.
9488697 November 8, 2016 Harman
D773328 December 6, 2016 DeLeon
D780131 February 28, 2017 Kashimoto
9586579 March 7, 2017 Miller et al.
9604541 March 28, 2017 Anter
9612130 April 4, 2017 Loftus et al.
D786199 May 9, 2017 Suthmann
9643515 May 9, 2017 Wagner et al.
9644969 May 9, 2017 Oakden et al.
D792789 July 25, 2017 Read et al.
9701200 July 11, 2017 Dhillon et al.
9744852 August 29, 2017 Buttolo et al.
D797580 September 19, 2017 Read et al.
9791514 October 17, 2017 Nishizawa
9797744 October 24, 2017 Bethel
D801833 November 7, 2017 Jiang
D803705 November 28, 2017 Read et al.
9863854 January 9, 2018 Axness et al.
9911095 March 6, 2018 Kemper et al.
9953471 April 24, 2018 Tieman
D821904 July 3, 2018 Kang
D821984 July 3, 2018 Mori
D822621 July 10, 2018 Guan et al.
D823265 July 17, 2018 Meda et al.
10045147 August 7, 2018 Dickow et al.
10046637 August 14, 2018 Buttolo et al.
10053112 August 21, 2018 Goldman-Shenhar et al.
10059219 August 28, 2018 Qiu et al.
10093286 October 9, 2018 Lehman et al.
10144290 December 4, 2018 Jang et al.
D839318 January 29, 2019 Meda et al.
10168180 January 1, 2019 Bethel
10173689 January 8, 2019 Bullock et al.
D842149 March 5, 2019 Haag
D843239 March 19, 2019 Read et al.
10220706 March 5, 2019 Anter
10227006 March 12, 2019 Chol et al.
10229654 March 12, 2019 Kim et al.
D850415 June 4, 2019 Kashimoto
D854429 July 23, 2019 Gentle et al.
10420228 September 17, 2019 Liu
D862400 October 8, 2019 Chretien
D862909 October 15, 2019 Zhou
D865914 November 5, 2019 Snyder
D886749 June 9, 2020 Emigh
D888589 June 30, 2020 Menden
10696129 June 30, 2020 Bergin
10779419 September 15, 2020 Giorio et al.
D901314 November 10, 2020 Atwood
D920261 May 25, 2021 Isshiki et al.
11107390 August 31, 2021 Taylor, Jr. et al.
D935333 November 9, 2021 Bai
D942282 February 1, 2022 Gong
D942283 February 1, 2022 Anno et al.
D947699 April 5, 2022 Schuh et al.
D947832 April 5, 2022 Bolmstrand
D952476 May 24, 2022 Jhun et al.
D964185 September 20, 2022 Yu
D968974 November 8, 2022 Yu
D968975 November 8, 2022 Pan et al.
D969621 November 15, 2022 Zheng et al.
D969622 November 15, 2022 Slate et al.
D984914 May 2, 2023 Hu
D990336 June 27, 2023 Xu
D990337 June 27, 2023 Xu
D991192 July 4, 2023 Kagami et al.
D991425 July 4, 2023 Tian
20020072988 June 13, 2002 Aram
20050141154 June 30, 2005 Consadori et al.
20050162583 July 28, 2005 Ozolins et al.
20060218244 September 28, 2006 Rasmussen et al.
20080299961 December 4, 2008 Muller et al.
20090005930 January 1, 2009 Koebrick
20100115925 May 13, 2010 Charbonneau
20110132991 June 9, 2011 Moody et al.
20110209079 August 25, 2011 Tarte et al.
20110234003 September 29, 2011 Helfrick et al.
20120091214 April 19, 2012 Rixen
20120221188 August 30, 2012 Kelly, III
20130124247 May 16, 2013 Yenni et al.
20130161489 June 27, 2013 Gardner
20130279142 October 24, 2013 Wang
20140043256 February 13, 2014 Wu et al.
20140046488 February 13, 2014 Tarte et al.
20140052484 February 20, 2014 Bellamy
20140121956 May 1, 2014 Jastrzebski
20140180761 June 26, 2014 Flanzer et al.
20140184978 July 3, 2014 Yu et al.
20140253050 September 11, 2014 Whitaker
20140265941 September 18, 2014 Robinson et al.
20140324299 October 30, 2014 Sørensen
20150088570 March 26, 2015 Yenni et al.
20150253778 September 10, 2015 Rothoff et al.
20150269150 September 24, 2015 Sou et al.
20150379533 December 31, 2015 Cipolla et al.
20160061610 March 3, 2016 Sangameswaran et al.
20160192509 June 30, 2016 Hacking
20160291806 October 6, 2016 Civiero et al.
20160377471 December 29, 2016 Wise
20170017315 January 19, 2017 Laflamme et al.
20170028850 February 2, 2017 Miller et al.
20170028866 February 2, 2017 Miller et al.
20170038561 February 9, 2017 Harman
20170046578 February 16, 2017 Phillips
20170105293 April 13, 2017 Kim
20170124035 May 4, 2017 Buttolo et al.
20170227997 August 10, 2017 Godfrey et al.
20170257146 September 7, 2017 Szeto
20170285712 October 5, 2017 Veloso et al.
20170351422 December 7, 2017 Wild et al.
20170359519 December 14, 2017 Hardy
20170369008 December 28, 2017 Carlesimo et al.
20180052025 February 22, 2018 Gao et al.
20180075399 March 15, 2018 Perdue et al.
20180147913 May 31, 2018 Bergin
20180225624 August 9, 2018 Mashburn et al.
20180253990 September 6, 2018 Skaff et al.
20180293819 October 11, 2018 Ross
20180343303 November 29, 2018 Dudar et al.
20180350161 December 6, 2018 Wallis et al.
20180354777 December 13, 2018 Slater et al.
20190019093 January 17, 2019 Murakami
20190031158 January 31, 2019 Lehman et al.
20190043270 February 7, 2019 Hemes et al.
20190070959 March 7, 2019 Hamasaki et al.
20190077279 March 14, 2019 Malcolm et al.
20190079717 March 14, 2019 Lee et al.
20190128551 May 2, 2019 Heral
20210372645 December 2, 2021 Harder
Foreign Patent Documents
201710975 March 2017 AU
201710976 March 2017 AU
201712767 May 2017 AU
201811509 April 2018 AU
201811512 April 2018 AU
304191093 June 2017 CN
207190899 April 2018 CN
305159643 May 2019 CN
305471153 December 2019 CN
305826916 June 2020 CN
306678208 July 2021 CN
306678231 July 2021 CN
306784992 August 2021 CN
307324196 May 2022 CN
307781960 July 2022 CN
307555064 September 2022 CN
307622039 October 2022 CN
307977416 October 2022 CN
307969854 January 2023 CN
10161576 June 2003 DE
3988369 April 2022 EP
1543972 February 2016 JP
1605366 June 2018 JP
1672172 November 2020 JP
D1712561 August 2021 JP
D1713279 August 2021 JP
2017190595 November 2017 WO
2019082168 May 2019 WO
2020183367 September 2020 WO
2020183368 September 2020 WO
Other references
  • US D887,373 S, 06/2020, Becker (withdrawn)
  • Non-Final Office Action issued in Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/767,088 mailed on Sep. 15, 2022.
  • Notice of Allowance Issued in U.S. Appl. No. 29/683,099 mailed on Nov. 24, 2021.
  • Restriction Requirement for Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/683,099 mailed on Aug. 18, 2021.
  • Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/683,099, filed Mar. 11, 2019 titled “Controller”.
  • Non-Final Office Action issued in U.S. Appl. No. 17/438,034 mailed on Oct. 30, 2023.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 16/641,581 entitled “Recreational Vehicle, Cooling Device, Controlling System and Method for Controlling the Cooling Device” filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
  • Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/641,674, filed Mar. 23, 2018 titled “Control Panel”.
  • Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/767,088, filed Jan. 20, 2021 titled “Control Panel”.
  • European Design Application No. 008053383-0001-0003 filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
  • Notice of Allowance Issued in U.S. Appl. No. 29/832,443 mailed on Sep. 1, 2023.
  • Notice of Allowability Issued in U.S. Appl. No. 29/832,443 mailed on Nov. 27, 2023.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 62/816,534 entitled “Multiplex Controller Assembly” filed Mar. 11, 2019.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 62/816,561 entitled “Predictive Analysis System for Recreational Vehicle” filled Mar. 11, 2019.
  • Schuh, E., “Hardware Specification for Tesla/Dometic Interact,” p. 15 (Feb. 12, 2019).
  • DE Patent Application No. 112020000798.7 titled “Multiplex Controller Assembly” filed on Sep. 10, 2021 (national stage entry application from PCT/IB2020/052065-WO/2020/183367A1).
  • International Preliminary Report on Patentability issued in PCT Application No. PCT/IB2020/052065 mailed on Aug. 25, 2021.
  • International Preliminary Report on Patentability issued in PCT Application No. PCT/IB2020/052066 mailed on Aug. 25, 2021.
  • Notification of Registration Issued in European Union Application No. 008053383-0001-0003 mailed on Jul. 31, 2020.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 17/438,034 titled “Predictive Analysis System for Recreational Vehicle” filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 17/438,032 titled “Multiplex Controller Assembly” filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
  • Micro-Air; Easy Touch RV Comfort, Date first available from wayback date Aug. 7, 2020. [online]retrieved Oct. 25, 2021, available from wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040244/https://micro-air.com/products_easytouch_rv_thermostat_touchscreen.cfm (Year: 2020).
  • Honeywell Home Store, WIFI Thermostat, Date first available May 6, 2019, [online]retrieved Oct. 25, 2021, available from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RLXQYX3/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?pd_rd_i=B07RLXQYX3&pd_rd_w=NmxYH&pf_rd_p=54ed5474-54a8-4c7f-a88a-451748d18166&pd_rd_wg=unRQH&pt_rd_r=WD0HFJQT06J8CDF6J9Z2&pd_rd_r=c (Year: 2019).
  • Honeywell Home Store, Programmable Thermostat, Date first available Aug. 30, 2017. [online]retrieved Oct. 25, 2021,available from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07589KPQ3/ref=sspa_dk_detail_7?pd_rd_i=B07589KPQ3&pd_rd_w=ICbmw&pt_rd_p=9fd3ea7c-b77c-42ac-b43b-c872d3f37c38&pd_rd_wg=zfCto&pf_rd_r=RZTS7FFB2F87GYE7 (Year: 2017).
  • Dometic Store, Thermostat Control Kit, Date first available May 14, 2012, [online]retrieved Aug. 24, 2021; available from https://www.amazon.com/Dometic-3316230-014-Thermostat-Control-Kit/dp/B072QFK2XH/ref=psdc_15725471_t5_B00CXB7BVU (Year: 2012).
  • Briidea Store, RV Thermostat, Date first available May 31, 2021, [online]retrieved Aug. 24, 2021,available from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093LHWQSH/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B093LHWQSH&pd_rd_w=iXINc&pf_rd_p=6977686b-f796-42ac-b080-763d5d9173298pd rd wg=wlbjL&pf rd r=CTRSMEZA2MMCZFD5E3RE&pd rd r=e (Year: 2021).
  • Dometic Store,3314082000 Thermostat, Date first available May 22, 2013; [online]retrieved Aug. 24, 2021,available from https://www.amazon.com/Dometic-3314082000-Thermostat/dp/B00CXB7BVU/ref=psdc 15725471 t4 B093LHWQSH (Year: 2013).
  • Non-Final Office Action issued in Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/767,088 mailed on Apr. 28, 2023.
  • Non-Final Office Action issued in U.S. Appl. No. 17/438,032 mailed on Jun. 22, 2023.
  • Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/832,443, filed Mar. 28, 2022 titled Controller.
  • Australian Patent/Design Application No. 201915241, of Schuh, E., et al., filed Sep. 11, 2019.
  • European Union Patent/Design Application No. 006852919-001, of Schuh, E., et al., filed Sep. 11, 2019.
  • International Application No. PCT/IB2020/052065, of Schuh, E., et al., filed Mar. 10, 2020.
  • Examination Report mailed on Sep. 18, 2019 received for European Union Patent/Design Application No. 006852919-001, of Schuh, E., et al., filed Sep. 11, 2019.
  • Certification of Registration mailed on Dec. 13, 2019 received for Australian Patent/Design Application No. 201915241, of Schuh, E., et al., filed Sep. 11, 2019.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion for International Application No. PCT/IB2020/052066 mailed on May 19, 2020, 12 pages.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion for International Application No. PCT/IB2020/052065 mailed on Jun. 22, 2020, 8 pages.
  • Non-Final Office Action issued in U.S. Appl. No. 17/438,034 mailed on Sep. 6, 2024.
Patent History
Patent number: D1064878
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 6, 2023
Date of Patent: Mar 4, 2025
Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB (Solna)
Inventors: Eric Schuh (Stevensville, MI), Clayton Hendry Meyers (Paw Paw, MI), Samuele Meda (Chichester), Jens Nybacka (Nacka)
Primary Examiner: Keli L Hill
Assistant Examiner: Sara S Sahneh
Application Number: 29/919,786