D06F 58/48
Control of the energy consumption
D06F58/48 (Control of the energy consumption) appears on 102 US grants and 137 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 137
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 311
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Clothing treatment device11 Aug 2026US 12,703,939 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Method and system for drying laundry in a laundry treating appliance23 Jun 2026US 12,662,762 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Dryer and method for operating same26 May 2026US 12,637,801 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Combination laundry appliance with heat pump assembly31 Mar 2026US 12,590,403 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Method for controlling laundry treatment apparatus3 Feb 2026US 12,540,431 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Clothes treating apparatus and method for controlling the same2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185295 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Combination laundry appliance with heat pump assembly18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168164 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Energy consumption leveling for connected appliances14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257511 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Dryer machine air recycling module31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243621 A1
- Method for controlling cleaner, control device for cleaner, and cleaner24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237000 A1Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flat material dryer61US 6,151,795 AMMATS, Inc. · 2000
- Clothes dryer and laundry system50US 4,689,896 A1987
- Method for energy efficient control of a dryer of clothes48US 6,199,300 B1Whirlpool Corporation · 2001
- Systems and methods for determining drying time for a clothes dryer43US 6,122,840 AGeneral Electric Company · 2000
- Humidity-modulated dual-setpoint temperature controller42US 6,079,121 ATher-O-Disc, Incorporated · 2000