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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:

Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);

Wallace J. Elston, Iii, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Mark E. Glotzbach, Granger, IN (US);

Anthony E. Jenkins, Stevensville, MI (US);

Donald E. Maynard, Bridgman, MI (US);

Richard A. Mccoy, Stevensville, MI (US);

Inventors:

Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);

Wallace J. Elston, III, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Mark E. Glotzbach, Granger, IN (US);

Anthony E. Jenkins, Stevensville, MI (US);

Donald E. Maynard, Bridgman, MI (US);

Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/42 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance includes at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, and a cycle engine on the component. The cycle engine can build a cycle structure for the operation cycle to enable the component to perform the physical operation.


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