D06F 58/40
Control of the initial heating of the drying chamber to its operating
Official title: Control of the initial heating of the drying chamber to its operating temperature
D06F58/40 (Control of the initial heating of the drying chamber to its operating) appears on 24 US grants and 38 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 24
- Published applications
- 38
- Assignees
- 13
- Inventors
- 90
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Drying cycle controller for controlling drying as a function of humidity and temperature110US 5,649,372 AAmerican Dryer Corporation · 1997
- Conversational voice command control system for home appliance90US 4,520,576 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1985
- Method for spin drying a clothes basket in a combination washer/dryer27US 7,117,612 B2American Dryer Corporation · 2006
- Method of automatically controlling the drying process in a laundry-drying system, and equipment for performing the method23US 4,412,389 ABosch-Siemens Hausgerate GmbH · 1983
- Combination washer/dryer having common heat source19US 7,168,274 B2American Dryer Corporation · 2007