Patents by Inventor Vinayak Naik

Vinayak Naik 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 DISPENSER CONTROL WITH MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROL PADDLE
    Publication number: 20200377357
    Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes a dispenser control with a multi-function control paddle to perform multiple dispenser functions in response to different types of actuation of the control paddle. The control paddle may be positioned below one or more dispenser openings and pivotable in multiple directions about one or more axes such that placement of a container below the one or more dispenser openings and against different actuation regions of the control paddle will initiate different dispenser functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Vinayak Naik, Eric Scalf