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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Richard A. Mccoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Douglas D. Leclear, Coloma, MI (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Douglas D. LeClear, Coloma, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular system comprises multiple hosts, each having a common service interface, multiple consumer electronic devices, each having a service interface that is different from each other and from the common service interface of the hosts, and multiple adapters, each corresponding to one of the consumer electronic devices, to couple the service interfaces of the host and the corresponding consumer electronic device to supply at least one service between the host and the corresponding consumer electronic device.