Patents by Inventor Pendyala Supreeth

Pendyala Supreeth 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).

  • Easy open drawer/door with a rotating handle
    Patent number: 11384976
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an interior storage space. A door is coupled to the refrigerator body to open and close the interior storage space. A door handle is coupled to the door in a pivotally rotatable manner and an opening actuator is coupled to the door handle where the opening actuator applies a force to the refrigerator body to open the interior storage space. The opening actuator includes a front bezel, a handle pivot plate coupled to the door handle, a casing enclosing an actuator mechanism, and one or more pushers that extend and retract against a front wrapper edge of the refrigerator body. An intermediate attachment couples the handle pivot plate to the casing and a back bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karen J. Querfurth, Pendyala Supreeth, Michele Wilcox
  • EASY OPEN DRAWER/DOOR WITH A ROTATING HANDLE
    Publication number: 20200340732
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an interior storage space. A door is coupled to the refrigerator body to open and close the interior storage space. A door handle is coupled to the door in a pivotally rotatable manner and an opening actuator is coupled to the door handle where the opening actuator applies a force to the refrigerator body to open the interior storage space. The opening actuator includes a front bezel, a handle pivot plate coupled to the door handle, a casing enclosing an actuator mechanism, and one or more pushers that extend and retract against a front wrapper edge of the refrigerator body. An intermediate attachment couples the handle pivot plate to the casing and a back bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karen J. Querfurth, Pendyala Supreeth, Michele Wilcox
  • Easy open drawer/door with rotating handle
    Patent number: 10684063
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an interior storage space. A door is coupled to the refrigerator body to open and close the interior storage space. A door handle is coupled to the door in a pivotally rotatable manner and an opening actuator is coupled to the door handle where the opening actuator applies a force to the refrigerator body to open the interior storage space. The opening actuator includes a front bezel, a handle pivot plate coupled to the door handle, a casing enclosing an actuator mechanism, and one or more pushers that extend and retract against a front wrapper edge of the refrigerator body. An intermediate attachment couples the handle pivot plate to the casing and a back bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karen J. Querfurth, Pendyala Supreeth, Michele Wilcox
  • EASY OPEN DRAWER/DOOR WITH A ROTATING HANDLE
    Publication number: 20170184337
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an interior storage space. A door is coupled to the refrigerator body to open and close the interior storage space. A door handle is coupled to the door in a pivotally rotatable manner and an opening actuator is coupled to the door handle where the opening actuator applies a force to the refrigerator body to open the interior storage space. The opening actuator includes a front bezel, a handle pivot plate coupled to the door handle, a casing enclosing an actuator mechanism, and one or more pushers that extend and retract against a front wrapper edge of the refrigerator body. An intermediate attachment couples the handle pivot plate to the casing and a back bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karen J. Querfurth, Pendyala Supreeth, Michele Wilcox