Patents by Inventor Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam

Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam 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).

  • Refrigerator door beverage storage module
    Patent number: 7334853
    Abstract: A storage module for a refrigeration appliance that includes a base including opposing side supports and a rack coupled to the side supports by a plurality of hooks, wherein the rack includes at least two opposing cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rania Mohanna Ahmed, Wayne Edward Lawson, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, Esther Savitri Jasper, Vijaykumar Mallappa Kannure, Premkumar Gangadhar
  • Methods and apparatus for controlling refrigerators
    Patent number: 7000407
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator door has an inner surface. The refrigerator further includes a bin for storing items therein mounted to the inner surface of the refrigerator door and at least one thermoelectric module operationally coupled to the bin, such that the bin is temperature controlled independent of the refrigerator compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Debra Ann Miozza, Martin Zentner, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Venkataramana Rachakonda, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, John Kenneth Hooker, Omar Haidar
  • Methods and apparatus for controlling refrigerators
    Publication number: 20040231339
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator door has an inner surface. The refrigerator further includes a bin for storing items therein mounted to the inner surface of the refrigerator door and at least one thermoelectric module operationally coupled to the bin, such that the bin is temperature controlled independent of the refrigerator compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Debra Ann Miozza, Martin Zentner, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Venkataramana Rachakonda, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, John Kenneth Hooker, Omar Haidar
  • Refrigerator door beverage storage module
    Publication number: 20040183417
    Abstract: A storage module for a refrigeration appliance that includes a base including opposing side supports and a rack coupled to the side supports by a plurality of hooks, wherein the rack includes at least two opposing cross members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Rania Mohanna Ahmed, Wayne Edward Lawson, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, Esther Savitri Jasper, Vijaykumar Mallappa Kannure, Premkumar Gangadhar
  • Temperature controlled compartment apparatus and method of controlling temperature
    Patent number: 6679065
    Abstract: A temperature controlled apparatus comprises a reversible solid state device having a first section and a second section; portions of the first and the second sections are disposed in intimate contact. The first section is disposed adjacent to a portion of an external wall surface of a compartment and the second section is disposed adjacent to a portion of an internal wall surface of the compartment. A compartment fan is disposed within the compartment. The reversible solid state device and the compartment fan are coupled to a controller. The controller is configured to modify a compartment air temperature inside the compartment by controlling the reversible solid state device and the compartment fan to flow a compartment air across the second section. The controller is configured to control the reversible solid state device and the compartment fan in at least one temperature operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Warren Frank Bessler, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Venkataramana Rachakonda, Debra Ann Miozza, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam