Patents by Inventor William Arnold Brown, Jr.

William Arnold Brown, Jr. 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 appliance with freezer compartment position-adjustable partitions
    Patent number: 8359881
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a freezer compartment and at least one position-adjustable partition located in the freezer compartment. The at least one position-adjustable partition is configured to be selectively deployed in a first position such that a space is defined in the freezer compartment that causes a reduction in an amount of inlet airflow that contacts one or more portions of the freezer compartment that are outside the defined space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, William Arnold Brown, Jr., John Simpson
  • REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE WITH FREEZER COMPARTMENT POSITION-ADJUSTABLE PARTITIONS
    Publication number: 20120047939
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a freezer compartment and at least one position-adjustable partition located in the freezer compartment. The at least one position-adjustable partition is configured to be selectively deployed in a first position such that a space is defined in the freezer compartment that causes a reduction in an amount of inlet airflow that contacts one or more portions of the freezer compartment that are outside the defined space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Brent Alden JUNGE, William Arnold Brown, JR., John Simpson
  • TUBULAR ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20100313589
    Abstract: A tubular element including a wall defining therein an inner cavity, and a plurality of microchannels supported by the wall and extending along a length of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Richard Devos, William Arnold Brown, JR.