Patents by Inventor Amit Kurhekar

Amit Kurhekar 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).

  • Hinge assembly for a refrigerator
    Patent number: 8136367
    Abstract: A hinge assembly and a refrigerator using the assembly are disclosed. The assembly rotatably mounts an access door for a compartment of the refrigerator to part of refrigerator that defines the compartment. The hinge assembly has a body coupled to the part and a hinge manifold supported by the body and slidably received in the access door. The manifold has a first supply conduit for supplying a working medium to an icemaker disposed in the access door and a first return conduit for returning the working medium from the icemaker. The hinge assembly can be manufactured as a separate module to be assembled with the refrigerator or retrofit into an existing refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steve B. Froelicher, Matthew William Davis, Jeffrey Lynn Jessie, Amit Kurhekar, Joseph Murphy Miller, John Joseph Roetker, Ronald Scott Tarr, Derek Lee Watkins
  • HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20100147007
    Abstract: A hinge assembly and a refrigerator using the assembly are disclosed. The assembly rotatably mounts an access door for a compartment of the refrigerator to part of refrigerator that defines the compartment. The hinge assembly has a body coupled to the part and a hinge manifold supported by the body and slidably received in the access door. The manifold has a first supply conduit for supplying a working medium to an icemaker disposed in the access door and a first return conduit for returning the working medium from the icemaker. The hinge assembly can be manufactured as a separate module to be assembled with the refrigerator or retrofit into an existing refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Steve B. Froelicher, Matthew William Davis, Jeffrey Lynn Jessie, Amit Kurhekar, Joseph Murphy Miller, John Joseph Roetker, Ronald Scott Tarr, Derek Lee Watkins