公开(公告)号：US20190093278A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US15714708

申请日：2017-09-25

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bryan T. Snook ,  Christopher G. Hoppe

IPC: D06F58/04

Abstract: An adjustable baffle and method of adjusting the baffle for a laundry machine. A dryer drum may include one or more adjustable baffles that may adjust tumbling characteristics of the clothes within the dryer drum. The adjustable baffles may include one or more flexible members.

公开(公告)号：US20180274161A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15467569

申请日：2017-03-23

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bryan T. Snook ,  Christopher G. Hoppe

IPC: D06F37/26 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/00

CPC classification number: D06F37/269 ,  D06F37/00 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/262 ,  D06F37/263 ,  D06F39/005

Abstract: A wash tub apparatus and method of manufacturing the wash tub for a laundry washing machine. The wash tub may include a bearing housing shell and a bearing housing insert. The bearing housing insert may include at least one bearing. The bearing housing shell may be overmolded with a plastic portion of the cylindrical tub.

公开(公告)号：US20240209556A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18086266

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bryan T. Snook

IPC: D06F34/22 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F34/08 ,  D06F37/26 ,  G01F23/24

CPC classification number: D06F34/22 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F34/08 ,  D06F37/267 ,  G01F23/24 ,  D06F2103/20

Abstract: A low profile conductivity sensor for a laundry washing machine includes a pair of electrodes that extend substantially parallel to a wall of a wash tub of the laundry washing machine to which the low profile conductivity sensor is mounted and that have respective sensing surfaces that are substantially flush with a housing surface of the sensor housing, and in some instances, with a wall of the laundry washing machine, to reduce the collection of lint and/or hair by the low profile conductivity sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11421368B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16752166

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bryan T. Snook

IPC: D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: A dispenser for a laundry washing machine. The dispenser includes one or more screens adjacent one or more detergent trays. The one or more screens reduce the splashing of fluid to adjacent detergent trays. The one or more screens, or portions thereof, may include a plurality of though openings in fluid communication between one or more sprayers and one or more detergent trays.

公开(公告)号：US20210230786A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US16752166

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bryan T. Snook

IPC: D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/10 ,  D06F39/08

Abstract: A dispenser for a laundry washing machine. The dispenser includes one or more screens adjacent one or more detergent trays. The one or more screens reduce the splashing of fluid to adjacent detergent trays. The one or more screens, or portions thereof, may include a plurality of though openings in fluid communication between one or more sprayers and one or more detergent trays.

公开(公告)号：US20210212549A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US16742852

申请日：2020-01-14

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bryan T. Snook ,  Paul R. Staun

IPC: A47L15/42 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F33/52 ,  D06F33/47 ,  A47L15/00

Abstract: A washing apparatus (e.g. a laundry washing machine, dishwasher, etc.) and method configure a wash cycle in part based on spectral data obtained from a spectrometer positioned with the washing apparatus and analyzed in a remote cloud service.

公开(公告)号：US10988882B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16020493

申请日：2018-06-27

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Christopher G. Hoppe ,  Bryan T. Snook

IPC: D06F33/00

Abstract: A laundry treatment appliance, program product and method utilize a slider-based user interface to facilitate user selection of settings for a laundry treatment cycle. A slider-based user interface, for example, may include a fabric slider control that receives user input that selects from among a plurality of fabric selections and a cycle modifier slider control that receives user input that selects from among a plurality of cycle modifier selections capable of increasing and/or decreasing various default settings associated with various fabric selections.

公开(公告)号：US10767298B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US15356258

申请日：2016-11-18

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Phillip C. Hombroek ,  Christopher G. Hoppe ,  Bryan T. Snook

IPC: D06F29/00 ,  D06F43/00 ,  D06F5/00 ,  A47L25/00

Abstract: A stain removal tool for a laundry washing machine. The stain removal tool may be deployed from a stowed position and may be adapted to receive at least a portion of an article to substantially remove or treat a stain with water. The stain removal tool may have one or more nozzles upstream of the article.

公开(公告)号：US20190394840A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16019106

申请日：2018-06-26

Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Paul R. Staun ,  Bryan T. Snook

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/68 ,  G01K1/02

Abstract: A microwave oven is described herein. In some instances, such a microwave oven may include a housing; a rotating turntable assembly disposed in a cooking cavity of the housing; a probe powered by the turntable assembly, where the probe is configured to measure an environmental condition during a cooking cycle and where the probe is configured to transmit a signal regarding the environmental condition; and a controller disposed in the housing and configured to receive the signal regarding the environmental condition from the probe. A method of operating a microwave oven for sous vide cooking is also disclosed.