Patents by Inventor Meher Kollipara

Meher Kollipara 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing redundancy in monitoring the lid switch and basket of a washing machine
    Patent number: 8046855
    Abstract: A method and control system for automatically halting operation of a washing machine by stopping operation of the washing machine motor is provided. The washing machine that implements the method includes a motor controller having a primary microprocessor and a secondary microprocessor which serves as a backup redundancy processor in the event there is a malfunction with the primary microprocessor or the primary microprocessor fails to halt washing machine operation within a prescribed window of time. The primary microprocessor controls operation of all of the washing machine electrically controlled components. The secondary microprocessor is electrically connected to a lid switch and the washing machine motor and is configured to halt operation of the motor in response to the primary microprocessor failing to halt motor operation after the lid is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael F. Finch, Donald Richard Dickerson, Jr., Robert Hollenbeck, Meher Kollipara
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing Redundancy in Monitoring the Lid Switch and Basket of a Washing Machine
    Publication number: 20090038347
    Abstract: A method and control system for automatically halting operation of a washing machine by stopping operation of the washing machine motor is provided. The washing machine that implements the method includes a motor controller having a primary microprocessor and a secondary microprocessor which serves as a backup redundancy processor in the event there is a malfunction with the primary microprocessor or the primary microprocessor fails to halt washing machine operation within a prescribed window of time. The primary microprocessor controls operation of all of the washing machine electrically controlled components. The secondary microprocessor is electrically connected to a lid switch and the washing machine motor and is configured to halt operation of the motor in response to the primary microprocessor failing to halt motor operation after the lid is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Michael F. Finch, Donald Richard Dickerson, JR., Robert Hollenbeck, Meher Kollipara
  • Power supply methods and apparatus
    Publication number: 20050134469
    Abstract: A detection circuit includes a first power line, a first signal conditioning module operationally coupled to the first power line, a neutral line (N) operationally coupled to the first signal conditioning module, a second signal conditioning module operationally coupled to the first power line, a second power line operationally coupled to the second signal conditioning module, and an analog to digital (A/D) converter operationally coupled to the first and the second signal conditioning modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Kresimir Odorcic, Scott Horning, Timothy Jackson, Timothy Powell, Cecilia Blanchard, Meher Kollipara, Mark Shah, Gregory Thomas