Patents by Inventor Harikishor Koripoti

Harikishor Koripoti 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).

  • Apparatus and system for rotating elements in an appliance
    Patent number: 9121127
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to facilitate in an appliance various operating modes including a spin mode and an agitation mode in a vertical-axis washing machine. The apparatus comprise a drive system with a shaft, on which is secured engagement features, and stops that are fixed with respect to the position of the engagement features. Engagement of the engagement features and the stops couple together elements of the appliance such as an agitation device and a wash basket. In one embodiment, the stops and engagement features are distributed on different contact planes located along the shaft, thereby permitting clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft and the engagement features through an angle of at least about 180° and up to about 680°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mohan Rao Ponnaganti, Harikishor Koripoti, David Scott Dunn
  • APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ROTATING ELEMENTS IN AN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120304704
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to facilitate in an appliance various operating modes including a spin mode and an agitation mode in a vertical-axis washing machine. The apparatus comprise a drive system with a shaft, on which is secured engagement features, and stops that are fixed with respect to the position of the engagement features. Engagement of the engagement features and the stops couple together elements of the appliance such as an agitation device and a wash basket. In one embodiment, the stops and engagement features are distributed on different contact planes located along the shaft, thereby permitting clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft and the engagement features through an angle of at least about 180° and up to about 680°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mohan Rao PONNAGANTI, Harikishor Koripoti, David Scott Dunn