Amelia L Hensley

US Patent:

8353114, Jan 15, 2013

Filed:

Jul 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/843148

Inventors:

David G. Beers - Elizabeth IN, US
Brent Alden Junge - Evansville IN, US
Nicholas Okruch, Jr. - Mt. Washington KY, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Crestwood KY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F26B 11/03

US Classification:

34343, 34595, 34606, 68 13 R, 68207, 81493, 8159

Abstract:

An apparatus includes a mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement in turn including an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and an expansion device, cooperatively interconnected. A drum is provided to receive clothes to be dried. An auxiliary heater is included, as is a duct and fan arrangement configured to pass air over the condenser and the heater, and through the drum. A sensor is located to sense high side temperature and/or high side pressure of the mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement. A controller is coupled to the sensor and the auxiliary heater, and is operative to: activate the auxiliary heater during a startup transient of the mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement; monitor the high side temperature and/or high side pressure, during the startup transient; and de-activate the auxiliary heater in response to the high side temperature and/or high side pressure reaching a first predetermined value.

US Patent:

8528227, Sep 10, 2013

Filed:

Mar 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/052542

Inventors:

David G. Beers - Elizabeth IN, US
Brent Alden Junge - Mt. Washington KY, US
Nicholas Okruch, Jr. - Mt. Washington KY, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Crestwood KY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F26B 3/02

US Classification:

34493, 34531, 34543, 34610, 62190, 62513, 68 1202, 68 1204, 8137, 700296

Abstract:

A method of operating a heat pump clothes dryer operating on a mechanical refrigeration cycle is disclosed. The method includes partitioning all energy available in the heat pump clothes dryer into a first amount of energy and a second amount of energy; using the first amount of energy to attain a standard parameter performance for the heat pump clothes dryer; and using the second amount of energy to accelerate a dry cycle of the heat pump clothes dryer, wherein using the second amount of energy to accelerate a dry cycle of the heat pump clothes dryer comprises using the second amount of energy to energize an auxiliary heater during a start transient phase of the dry cycle to decrease the start transient phase.

US Patent:

8601717, Dec 10, 2013

Filed:

Mar 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/052548

Inventors:

David G. Beers - Louisville KY, US
Nicholas Okruch, Jr. - Mt. Washington KY, US
Brent Alden Junge - Evansville IN, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Louisville KY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F26B 3/02

US Classification:

34419, 34493, 34550, 34610, 622386, 137597, 68139, 165287

Abstract:

An apparatus includes a mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement having a working fluid and an evaporator, a condenser of adjustable surface area, a compressor, and an expansion device, cooperatively interconnected and containing the working fluid. The apparatus also includes a drum to receive clothes to be dried, a duct and fan arrangement configured to pass air over the condenser and through the drum, a sensor located to sense at least one parameter, and a controller coupled to the sensor, condenser and/or the compressor. The controller is operative to adjust the condenser to increase surface area during a steady state drying rate period of the cycle, and adjust the condenser to decrease surface area during a start transient period of the cycle, wherein adjusting the condenser to decrease surface area during a start transient period of the cycle accelerates the start transient period of the cycle.

US Patent:

20120017615, Jan 26, 2012

Filed:

Sep 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/875306

Inventors:

David G. BEERS - Elizabeth IN, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Louisville KY, US
Nicholas Okruch, JR. - Mount Washington KY, US

International Classification:

F25B 1/00
F25D 17/00
D06F 58/04

US Classification:

62115, 34108, 62190

Abstract:

An apparatus includes a mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement having a working fluid and an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and an expansion device, cooperatively interconnected and containing the working fluid. The apparatus also includes a drum to receive clothes to be dried, a duct and fan arrangement configured to pass air over the condenser and through the drum, a sensor located to sense at least one parameter, and a controller coupled to the sensor and/or the compressor. The parameter(s) includes at least one of temperature of the working fluid, pressure of the working fluid, and power consumption of the compressor. The controller is operative to monitor, as a function of time, the parameter(s), determine whether the parameter(s) reaches a predetermined decision condition; and, if the parameter(s) reaches the predetermined decision condition, power down the mechanical refrigeration cycle at least by causing the compressor to shut off.

US Patent:

20120152290, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

Dec 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/957315

Inventors:

Daniel Vincent BROSNAN - Louisville KY, US
Daniel Patrick Ernst - Louisville KY, US
Joshua Flesch - Louisville KY, US
Om Hari - Louisville KY, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Crestwood KY, US
Nicholas Okruch, JR. - Mt. Washington KY, US

International Classification:

B08B 3/00
B23P 17/04

US Classification:

134115 R, 29428

Abstract:

A port assembly for use with a refillable storage container of a cleaning device includes a cap assembly having a sensor aperture and an outlet aperture. The cap assembly is configured to couple to a lip of the storage container. A sensor assembly extends through the sensor aperture and is coupled to the cap assembly, and an outlet assembly extends through the outlet aperture and is coupled to the cap assembly. The outlet assembly is coupled in fluid communication with a cleaning cavity of the cleaning device and the storage container.

US Patent:

20130014744, Jan 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/183158

Inventors:

Amelia Lear Hensley - Louisville KY, US
Allen Louis Tatum - Flintstone GA, US
Michael Mahaney - Lafayette GA, US
Scott Russell King - Prospect KY, US
Jason Randall Northcut - Louisville KY, US
Jeffrey Shawn Coulter - Ringgold GA, US

International Classification:

F24C 3/00

US Classification:

126 39 E, 126 39 R

Abstract:

An orifice holder for use with a gas-fueled appliance includes a body, an orifice passage defined in the body, a first tube passage defined in the body, and a second tube passage defined in the body. The orifice passage, the first tube passage, and the second tube passage are in flow communication within the body.

US Patent:

20220187022, Jun 16, 2022

Filed:

Dec 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/117770

Inventors:

- Wilmington DE, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Louisville KY, US

International Classification:

F27D 21/02
F24C 3/12
F24C 7/08
G06K 9/00

Abstract:

A cooking appliance assembly includes a cooking appliance having a heat source for heating at least one food item, a temperature sensing device, an imaging device for collecting data relating to the temperature sensing device, and a controller communicatively coupled with the cooking appliance assembly, the temperature sensing device, and the imaging device. The controller includes at least one processor for performing one or more operations, including but not limited to determining a type of the temperature sensing device based, at least in part, on the collected data relating to the temperature sensing device from the imaging device.

US Patent:

20230060904, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Aug 31, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/462559

Inventors:

- Wilmington DE, US
Amelia Lear Hensley - Louisville KY, US

International Classification:

G05D 23/19
F24C 3/12
F24C 7/08
A21B 1/40

Abstract:

An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly for selectively heating the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber has two or more separate regions, and a temperature sensing assembly includes a temperature sensor positioned within each region of the cooking chamber. A switching assembly is coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor and is adjustable between a first position that connects the first temperature sensor to a controller and a second position that connects the second temperature sensor to the controller.