Patents by Inventor Atul TRIPATHI

Atul TRIPATHI 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).

  • Patent number: 12135161
    Abstract: A cooler including a cabinet defining an interior volume for storing a perishable product. A cold plate is disposed within the cabinet, and the cold plate is configured to absorb heat within the cabinet. The cooler further includes a defrosting system that includes a sensor configured to detect a presence of frost on a surface of the cold plate, a heating element affixed to the surface of the cold plate that is configured to at least partially melt frost on the cold plate, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and deactivate the heating element when the presence of frost is determined by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar Nooli, John Michael Hartney, Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Andrew Hoffman, Joseph E. Stapleton, Atul Tripathi
  • Publication number: 20200370816
    Abstract: A cooler including a cabinet defining an interior volume for storing a perishable product. A cold plate is disposed within the cabinet, and the cold plate is configured to absorb heat within the cabinet. The cooler further includes a defrosting system that includes a sensor configured to detect a presence of frost on a surface of the cold plate, a heating element affixed to the surface of the cold plate that is configured to at least partially melt frost on the cold plate, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and deactivate the heating element when the presence of frost is determined by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar NOOLI, John Michael HARTNEY, Gurmeet Singh BHUTANI, Andrew HOFFMAN, Joseph E. STAPLETON, Atul TRIPATHI
  • Patent number: 10016071
    Abstract: A product merchandising system includes a housing having a top surface, two side surfaces spaced apart from one another defining a width-direction of the housing, and a front surface and rear surface spaced apart from one another defining a depth-direction of the housing. The system includes a product support system configured to support rows of products along a width of the housing, each row disposed at a position along the depth of the housing, the first row being towards the front surface of the housing. A cooling system includes a cooling system including a cooling heat exchanger generating an airflow, a deflector configured to direct the airflow through the cooling heat exchanger and towards a bottom of the housing, and a nozzle below the deflector and configured to direct the airflow towards a bottom of the housing through an outlet aperture and between a first two rows of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar Nooli, Atul Tripathi, Soykan Dirik
  • Publication number: 20170340138
    Abstract: A product merchandising system includes a housing having a top surface, two side surfaces spaced apart from one another defining a width-direction of the housing, and a front surface and rear surface spaced apart from one another defining a depth-direction of the housing. The system includes a product support system configured to support rows of products along a width of the housing, each row disposed at a position along the depth of the housing, the first row being towards the front surface of the housing. A cooling system includes a cooling system including a cooling heat exchanger generating an airflow, a deflector configured to direct the airflow through the cooling heat exchanger and towards a bottom of the housing, and a nozzle below the deflector and configured to direct the airflow towards a bottom of the housing through an outlet aperture and between a first two rows of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar NOOLI, Atul TRIPATHI, Soykan DIRIK