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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. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);
Neomar Giacomini, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Eric J. Schuh, Stevensville, MI (US);
Miguel F. Thimann, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A knob assembly includes a repositionable knob having an interior framework and a light-transmissive indicia, at least one light source for projecting light into the knob to back-illuminate the indicia, a position sensor for providing an output dependent on the position of the knob, and a controller receiving the output from the sensor and controlling the intensity of the at least one light source to compensate for any light blocked by the interior framework, and maintain a substantially uniform illumination of the light-transmissive indicia so that it is viewable from the exterior of the knob.
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