Patents by Inventor Harish Prakash Kulkarni

Harish Prakash Kulkarni 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).

  • Patent number: 9950372
    Abstract: Beveling tools having a variety of features are described. The tools can utilize a combination of handles, a protective external frame, guide rollers that are positionally adjusted by swing arms with timing lobes, or by an alternative guide bar mounting system, a helical knurled drive roller, guide rollers that have a convex or crowned face, skewed guide rollers, a positive clutch assembly for governing force applied to the guide rollers, a hand crank assembly for moving the tool when mounted on a workpiece, position adjustment provisions for varying the position of a milling head, and indicators providing visual feedback to an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: RIDGE TOOL COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Moherman, Michael J. Rutkowski, Harish Prakash Kulkarni, Jon R. Dunkin, Robert Skrjanc, James E. Hamm
  • Patent number: 8338767
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing forming a food handling compartment, a door positioned at the front of the housing that is configured to rotate about a vertical axis, and a hinge assembly secured to the door. The hinge assembly includes a hinge pin extending along the vertical axis and a double slider-crank mechanism that is coupled to the hinge pin. As the door rotates about the vertical axis, the hinge assembly moves the vertical axis along an elliptical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Harish Prakash Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20110192839
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing forming a food handling compartment, a door positioned at the front of the housing that is configured to rotate about a vertical axis, and a hinge assembly secured to the door. The hinge assembly includes a hinge pin extending along the vertical axis and a double slider-crank mechanism that is coupled to the hinge pin. As the door rotates about the vertical axis, the hinge assembly moves the vertical axis along an elliptical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: HARISH PRAKASH KULKARNI