Whirlpool Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Whirlpool S.a.

Steven John Kuehl

Guolian Wu

Nihat O Cur

Douglas David Leclear

James William Kendall

Andrew David Litch

Paul B Allard

Mark M Senninger

John J Vonderhaar

Ginger Elayne Patera

James C L Guarino

Richard A McCoy

Andrew Michael Tenbarge

Alberto Regio Gomes

Alan Stevenson Lucas

Axel Julio Ramm

David P Cooper

Joseph R Peters

Robert Bradley

John Joseph Vonderhaar

Lorraine Joan Westlake

Donald E Janke

Rameet Singh Grewal

John Richard Wisnoski

Marcos Heinzle

Corey M Gooden

Mark C Graff

Chad Jonathan Rotter

Peter Richmond

Wyndham Fairchild Gary, Jr

Stephen L Keres

Rexford W Cordill

Harshal J Bhajak

Richard W Kruck

Thomas Matthew O'Brien

Donald Joseph Wilson

Lorenzo Bianchi

Luiz Antonio D Lopes

Omer N Cur

Carolyn L Slone

Timothy A Kee

Ralph R Burin

Diego Barone

Daniel Louis Sigmund

James R Peterson

Dennis G Schenk

Justin Glasgow

James C Guarino

Jatin C Khanpara

Mianxue Wu

Marcus Roland Fischer

Jim J Pastryk

Lukasz D Skalski

Tiemen T Van Dillen

Yen-Hsi Lin

Tyree Edward Sampson

Devinder Singh

Melissa Marie Bippus

Jeffrey L Burk

Michael J Bauman

Beth M Jackson

Brent A Rowland

Alexandre C Azevedo

Luca Gamberoni

James Charles Leslie Guarino

Michael S Kauffman

Luis Antonio D Lopes

Jocelyn Leia Pollack

Andrew M Drees

Gregory R Garavalia

David A Diekmann

Richard C Spears

Leandro Berno Lidio

Li Gong Ling

Kenneth P Chen

Gustavo Lazzaris De Bona

Michael S Seeley

Gregory Gene Hortin

Christopher A Gregory

Richard A Sunshine

Glenn S Daehn

Rex D Wilson

Eric Andrew Hill

Anderson Bortoletto

Tushar Kulkarni

Douglas D LeClear

Jon D Tromblee

Marcio Roberto Thiessen

Robert J Rolek

Enrica Monticelli

Antony J Kirk

Armando Luisi

Irene M Brockman

Heng Tong Pit

Kirk W Goodwin

Luiz Afrânio Alves Ferreira

Erdogan Ergican

Wendeline Rodriguez

Jon M Anthony

Harold S Stacik

A water filter system for an appliance includes a filter head assembly, a first appliance control unit positioned proximate the filter head assembly and a water filter having a memory storage unit. The water filter is selectively placed in communication with the first appliance control unit to define a filter use state. The filter use state is further defined by a first potential fluid-flow rate through the water filter and a predetermined lifetime fluid filtration amount. A data transfer mechanism defines a second data-transfer protocol between the memory storage unit and the first appliance control unit when an actual fluid filtration amount of the water filter reaches the predetermined lifetime fluid filtration amount. The second data transfer protocol defines a notification state defined by a second potential fluid flow rate, the second potential fluid flow rate being less than the first potential fluid flow rate.

Appliance water filter system having memory and authentication functionality

Filter unit

A filter unit includes a body portion that receives a water filter. An engaging portion is coupled to the body portion. A bypass actuator rotates relative to the engaging portion to rotationally and axially operate a bypass valve of a fluid manifold. The bypass actuator drives axial engagement of the engaging portion with a valve assembly of the fluid manifold. The bypass actuator extends through the body portion and the engaging portion.

Filter assembly

A customizable multi-stage fluid treatment assembly typically includes a connector, a plurality of cartridges, and a cap. The plurality of cartridges have a treatment medium spaced within an interior volume of the individual cartridges, between the ends thereof. The ends of the plurality of cartridges are configured to receive a fluid, bring the fluid into operative contact with the treatment medium, and dispense the fluid from the opposing end of the cartridge. The connector is coupled with one end of the plurality of cartridges and has an inlet and an outlet for receiving and dispensing the fluid to and from an appliance. The cap is coupled with the other end of the plurality of cartridges, enclosing the fluid treatment assembly, which is configured to be received in a cavity of an appliance. The cartridges of the plurality of cartridges may be individually replaced with cartridges to meet customized needs.

Customizable multi-stage water treatment system

A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an 'O' shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.

Vacuum insulated structure tubular cabinet construction

A removable water dispenser for an appliance having a manifold with a first water connected to a household water supply, a first water outlet connected to the first water inlet, a second water inlet, and a second water outlet connected to the second water inlet. The removable water dispenser also has a dispenser removably attached to a home appliance and having a housing, a cover coupled with the housing, a dispensing outlet, and a filter connected to the first outlet, the second inlet, and the dispensing outlet, and the dispenser dispenses filtered water to a user.

Removable and retrofittable water dispenser for a refrigerator

A water treatment apparatus that includes: at least one module which operatively and selectively treats one or both of an original household hot water received from the household hot water line and water flowing through the module and treats cold water received from an original household cold water line that flows through; a process control unit whereby a user selects a desired treatment option for the water flowing through the apparatus to be dispensed to the user; one or more plumbing connections which operatively divert the original household hot and cold water flow to the user selected water treatment module so as to dispense to the user the selected treated water; and one or more valves which operatively cooperate with the process control unit to direct the water flow within the apparatus so as to provide the user with the selected treated water.

Faucet conversion system

A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes one or more movable dampers or movable filters positioned in the flow path between the air inlet and the outlet for selectively filtering contaminants from the air to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. The movable filters include sliding and/or pivot mounting structure which may accommodate stacking multiple filters with different filtering characteristics. The system may operate in a filtering only mode with no cooling, a cooling only mode with no filtering, or a combination of cooling and selective filtering.

Air conditioner with selective filtering for air purification

Support structures for dishwashers are disclosed. An example dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation includes a tub defining a treating chamber with an opening, a frame coupled to and structurally supporting at least a portion of the tub, a dish rack mount coupled to the frame, and a dish rack coupled to the dish rack mount, wherein the weight of the dish rack is substantially borne by the frame.

Dishwasher support structures

A high-efficiency air conditioning system for conditioning a plurality of rooms within an interior of a building, the air conditioning system including: two separate rooms within a building, a single outdoor unit a refrigerant flow pathway that includes a plurality of refrigerant conduits having a common refrigerant flow path portion and at least two divergent flow path portions, a first divergent flow path where the first evaporator and second evaporator are in parallel with one another; at least one throttling device and at least a first indoor air handling unit positioned within and providing cooling to the first room and a second indoor air handling unit positioned within and providing cooling to a second room. The compressor is incapable of simultaneously supplying both the first evaporator and the second evaporator at their full cooling capacity.

Air conditioning systems for at least two rooms using a single outdoor unit

A refrigerator includes a cabinet having at least one door. A removable cooling module is coupled with an outer periphery of the cabinet. The removable cooling module includes an ice maker. A duct is in communication with the removable cooling module. Ice is produced by the ice maker and transferred through the duct to the refrigerator.

Flat top modular cooling system ice and air delivery

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Steven John Kuehl