Whirlpool Corporation

Vivek Mansing Patil

Manish Saha

Mohsin Mahamadshafi Attar

Sagar Kumar

Mayuresh Prashant Arankalle

Ameya S Kshirsagar

Marcelo Sepulveda

Dhanimol Sebastian

A system is provided for programming one or more of a plurality of appliances of the same type. The appliances are commercial laundry appliances. The system includes a communication device and the plurality of appliances communicatively coupled with the communication device through a wireless connection. The communication device can be configured to acquire appliance information from the appliances. Based on the acquired information, the communication device determines whether one or more of the appliances requires a program update. The communication device of the system receives and stores into a memory the program update, then transmits the program update to the appliances. The communication device uses a broadcast transmission protocol, user datagram protocol (UDP), for programming the respective appliances requiring a program update. A method for programming simultaneously a plurality of commercial laundry appliances includes using the same system.

Systems and methods of offline over the air (OTA) programming of appliances

A contactless laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet having a front panel defining an access opening configured to receive laundry items, door attached to the front panel via a hinge assembly, where the hinge assembly may include a hydraulic system arranged on an interior of the front panel within the cabinet configured to engage with a connecting hook arranged within the door to selectively apply an outward force on the connecting hook to open the door and an inward force on the connecting hook to close the door.

Hinge system for touchless commercial appliances

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Sangli, India

Vivek Mansing Patil