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Brian P. Janke

WHWhirlpool: 45 patents #48 of 3,480Top 2%
Three Rivers, MI: #14 of 578 inventorsTop 3%
Michigan: #1,058 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #62,565 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–46 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9499384 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally, James Kerner 2016-11-22
9447533 Efficient energy usage for a laundry appliance Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Peter E. Zasowski 2016-09-20
9279206 Method and apparatus for forming a counterbalance to an imbalance in a laundry treating appliance Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Peter J. Richmond, Marcelo Campos Silva, Rodrigo Stanziola Teixeira 2016-03-08
9200400 Laundry treating appliance and method of operation Peter J. Richmond, Peter E. Zasowski 2015-12-01
9126818 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally, James Kerner 2015-09-08
9115456 Method for detecting satellization speed of clothes load in a horizontal axis laundry treating appliance Peter J. Richmond, Peter E. Zasowski 2015-08-25
9091011 Continuous high speed inertia detection Peter E. Zasowski 2015-07-28
9091012 Method and apparatus for determining an inertia of a laundry load in a laundry treating appliance Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Peter E. Zasowski 2015-07-28
9057556 Select fill sensor system for refrigerator dispensers Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2015-06-16
9032745 Ice imaging system Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2015-05-19
8984693 Method and apparatus for redistributing an imbalance in a laundry treating appliance Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Peter J. Richmond, MARCELO C. SILVA, Rodrigo S. Teixeira 2015-03-24
8875332 Laundry treating appliance and method of operation Horacio Polli, Peter J. Richmond, Peter E. Zasowski 2014-11-04
8863558 Laundry treating appliance and method of operation Peter J. Richmond, Peter E. Zasowski 2014-10-21
8819880 Efficient energy usage for a laundry appliance Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Peter E. Zasowski 2014-09-02
8813794 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally, James Kerner 2014-08-26
8714210 Select-fill dispensing system Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally, Ronald L. Voglewede 2014-05-06
8689641 Detecting satellization of a laundry load Stephen L. Keres, Peter J. Richmond 2014-04-08
8578730 Refrigerator ice and liquid dispenser incorporating imaging system Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally, Ronald L. Voglewede 2013-11-12
8327889 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2012-12-11
8322384 Select-fill dispensing system Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally, Ronald L. Voglewede 2012-12-04
8156748 Ice quality sensing system employing digital imaging Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2012-04-17