Whirlpool Corporation

Stephen David Krefman

Richard A McCoy

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Matthew Peter Ebrom

Joel Adam Luckman

Mark Eugene Glotzbach

Richard A Sunshine

Tremitchell L Wright

Daniel C Conrad

Andrew Leitert

Anthony E Jenkins

Layne E Heilman

Wallace J Elston, Iii

Randy A Voss

James P O'Shaughnessy

An appliance network comprising a networked appliance and capable of communicating with a consumable such that information related to the consumable is communicated to the networked appliance.

Network for communicating information related to a consumable to an appliance

A service supply module and a modular system including the service supply module and an adapter. The service supply module has a surface mount and a service interface. The service interface supplies a service provided from the surface to which the service supply module is mounted. The adapter has a service interface for a consumer electronic device and receives the service from the service interface of the service supply module and supplied it to the consumer electronic device. The service supply module can comprise multiple service interfaces.

Service supply module and adapter for a consumer electronic device

A modular system comprising a host, a consumer electronic device, and an adapter coupling the consumer electronic device to the host. The adapter performs a first function of supplying at least one service provided by one of the host and the consumer electronic device to the other of the host and the consumer electronic device, and a second function. The second function can be different from the first function. The second function can be unrelated to the supply of a service.

Functional adapter for a consumer electronic device

The invention relates to a non-aqueous washing machine, methods of using the machine, methods of washing, and recycling and modular components and subsystems thereof.

Non-aqueous washing machine with modular construction

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Paw Paw, MI, United States of America

Stephen David Krefman