Patents by Inventor Andrew Jason Veenstra

Andrew Jason Veenstra has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Evaporative cooling condenser for household appliance
    Patent number: 8534083
    Abstract: An evaporative cooling condenser for a household appliance cooling system includes a water source, a heat exchanger configured to contain a refrigerant, and a fluid heat transfer device, the fluid heat transfer device configured to receive water from the water source and apply the water to the heat exchanger for rejecting heat from the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin Nicholas Austin, Joel Erik Hitzelberger, Jeffrey M. Wood, Richard DeVos, Andrew Jason Veenstra, Brent Alden Junge
  • PIEZOELECTRIC HARVEST ICE MAKER
    Publication number: 20120047918
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mold body with at least one cavity configured and dimensioned to receive water to be frozen into ice. The mold body has a plurality of natural frequencies of vibration. Also included is an ice discharge mechanism configured to cause the ice to be removed from the at least one cavity. Also included is a vibration source mounted to the mold body at a location which is located near a region of high deflection at one of the first five natural frequency of vibration of the mold body; the location is also not a node at that natural frequency of vibration of the mold body. A refrigerator using the apparatus, a method of using the apparatus, and a method of designing the apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Carlos A. HERRERA, Richard Devos, Joel Erik Hitzelberger, Alan Joseph Mitchell, Andrew Jason Veenstra
  • EVAPORATIVE COOLING CONDENSER FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120036877
    Abstract: An evaporative cooling condenser for a household appliance cooling system includes a water source, a heat exchanger configured to contain a refrigerant, and a fluid heat transfer device, the fluid heat transfer device configured to receive water from the water source and apply the water to the heat exchanger for rejecting heat from the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Nicholas AUSTIN, Joel Erik Hitzelberger, Jeffrey M. Wood, Richard DeVos, Andrew Jason Veenstra, Brent Alden Junge