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Brenner M. Sharp — 36 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 36 patents #72 of 3,480Top 3%
Bridgman, MI: #1 of 26 inventorsTop 4%
Michigan: #1,626 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
Brenner M. Sharp has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in August 2023. Brenner M. Sharp ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list Brenner M. Sharp in Bridgman, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11713530 Extended tub for a laundry treating appliance Eric K. Farrington, Karl David McAllister 2023-08-01 $7,816,000
11180885 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller +1 more 2021-11-23 $21,565,000
10988885 Extended tub for a laundry treating appliance Eric K. Farrington, Karl David McAllister 2021-04-27 $12,280,000
10774453 Laundry treating appliance with a static tub and a water trap vapor seal Donald E. Erickson 2020-09-15 $13,647,000
10655262 Laundry treating appliance with a tub ring John M. Hunnell, Pradeep Kumar, Christine L. Strain 2020-05-19 $5,552,000
10316451 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller +1 more 2019-06-11 $7,079,000
10266978 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Michael K. Cluskey, John M. Hunnell, Christopher A. Jones 2019-04-23 $15,427,000
10202719 Laundry treating appliance with tub having a flexible portion Benjamin E. Alexander, Prakash S. Amte, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Nicholas C. Fugal +3 more 2019-02-12 $10,747,000
10196770 Laundry treating appliance with tub ring 2019-02-05 $15,754,000
10119216 Laundry treating appliance with tub and basket having matched characteristics 2018-11-06 $16,057,000
10113260 Laundry treating appliance Thaylen Leany, Kurt Werner 2018-10-30 $24,275,000
9951457 Laundry treating appliance with a tub ring John M. Hunnell, Pradeep Kumar, Christine L. Strain 2018-04-24 $14,995,000
9896792 Laundry treating appliance with a static tub and a water trap vapor seal Donald E. Erickson 2018-02-20 $4,981,000
9828714 Laundry treating appliance with a static tub Donald E. Erickson, John M. Hunnell, Lauren M. Lalonde, Kenneth L. McConnell, Bradley D. Morrow +3 more 2017-11-28 $12,604,000
9534334 Laundry treating appliance with a suspension assembly and a suspension assembly Benjamin E. Alexander, Bradley D. Morrow 2017-01-03 $3,826,000
9453297 Laundry treating appliance with a dynamic balancer Benjamin E. Alexander, Michael K. Cluskey, John M. Hunnell, Christopher A. Jones 2016-09-27 $11,248,000
9284672 Laundry treating appliance with tub and basket having matched characteristics 2016-03-15 $12,508,000
9010159 Laundry treating appliance with tub ring 2015-04-21 $9,980,000
8516859 Foreign object trap for an automatic washer Lauren M. Lalonde, Donald R. Miller, James C. Miller, Jon D. Strait, Dean L. Tietz +1 more 2013-08-27 $13,483,000
6715175 Load unbalanced prediction method and apparatus in an appliance Rosario Ciancimino, Gerald C. Stenger 2004-04-06 $20,982,000
6640372 Method and apparatus for detecting load unbalance in an appliance Rosario Ciancimino, Gerald C. Stenger 2003-11-04 $8,447,000
6505370 Load adaptive brake system for automatic washer Pierre Bayle, Michael T. Farrington, Kenneth A. Lahrman 2003-01-14 $27,812,000
5946946 Suspension system for an automatic washing machine Sylvan J. Amos, Casey J. Tubman 1999-09-07 $24,960,000
5852942 Automatic washer and tub therefor Jean-Paul D. Merlin 1998-12-29 $15,452,000
5678430 Tub door system for a top loading horizontal axis automatic washer Jean-Paul D. Merlin, Eric K. Farrington, Vonda K. Johnston 1997-10-21 $28,543,000