Patents by Inventor Olga Zhushma

Olga Zhushma 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).

  • System and method for controlling air temperature in an appliance
    Publication number: 20070006601
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling air temperature in an appliance. The apparatus includes an air cooling unit disposed in an airflow path and an air heating unit disposed in the airflow path and fluidically coupled to the air cooling unit by a refrigerant. The apparatus also includes a de-heater fluidically coupled to the air cooling unit and the air heating unit by the refrigerant to controllably dissipate heat from the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Ramasamy Thiyagarajan, Darren Hallman, Philip Shoemaker, Olga Zhushma, Warren Bessler
  • Integral laundry cleaning and drying system and method
    Publication number: 20050071929
    Abstract: The present technique provides systems and methods for integrally washing and drying laundry articles in a home application. Certain embodiments provide a home laundry machine having a drying mechanism pneumatically coupled to a laundry enclosure via an air inlet and an air outlet. The drying mechanism comprises a heating device disposed upstream of the air inlet and a cooling device disposed downstream of the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Vanita Mani, Darren Hallman, Olga Zhushma