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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alexander J. Halbleib, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Michael J. Hand, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian P. Janke, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Joseph M. Keres, Plano, IL (US);
Stephen L. Keres, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/30 (2006.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01); H02P 23/00 (2016.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 37/24 (2013.01); H02P 23/0077 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01); D06F 2222/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of sensing a motor characteristic signal in a laundry treating appliance having a drum rotated by a motor about a rotational axis, sampling the motor characteristic signal, filtering the motor characteristic signal, and evaluating the filtered motor characteristic signal for the presence of a predetermined condition corresponding to the motor characteristic signal.