Patents by Inventor Hemachandran Umakanthan

Hemachandran Umakanthan 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: 7707847
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing having at least one refrigerator compartment, a door for accessing the at least one refrigerator compartment, and an ice-dispensing assembly. The ice-dispensing assembly includes an insulated housing arranged within the at least one refrigerator compartment, an ice-making device arranged within the insulated housing and configured to produce ice, an ice-storage container arranged within the insulated housing, and a dispenser arranged within the door and communicating with the ice-storage container, wherein the dispenser is configured to transfer ice from the ice-storage container to an external portion of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew William Davis, Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Mark Wayne Wilson, Gautam Subbarao, Anil Kumar Tummala, Thiruvalan Venkatesan, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Hemachandran Umakanthan, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi
  • Patent number: 7652265
    Abstract: An air treatment system includes a housing defining a chamber, and an ultraviolet lamp positioned within the chamber. The housing further defines an air inlet at a first end portion of the housing and an air outlet at a second end portion of the housing opposing the first end portion. The chamber provides flow communication between the air inlet and the air outlet. At least one ultraviolet lamp is positioned within the chamber. The at least one ultraviolet lamp is positioned about a first axis and includes a first end and a second end spaced with respect to the first end along the first axis. The at least one ultraviolet lamp is configured for facilitating inactivating contaminants within air channeled through the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gautam Subbarao, Mark Wayne Wilson, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Hemachandran Umakanthan, Ramnath Vaidyanathan
  • Publication number: 20080134899
    Abstract: An air treatment system includes a housing defining a chamber, and an ultraviolet lamp positioned within the chamber. The housing further defines an air inlet at a first end portion of the housing and an air outlet at a second end portion of the housing opposing the first end portion. The chamber provides flow communication between the air inlet and the air outlet. At least one ultraviolet lamp is positioned within the chamber. The at least one ultraviolet lamp is positioned about a first axis and includes a first end and a second end spaced with respect to the first end along the first axis. The at least one ultraviolet lamp is configured for facilitating inactivating contaminants within air channeled through the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Gautam Subbarao, Mark Wayne Wilson, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Hemachandran Umakanthan, Ramanth Vaidyanathan
  • Publication number: 20070119193
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing having at least one refrigerator compartment, a door for accessing the at least one refrigerator compartment, and an ice-dispensing assembly. The ice-dispensing assembly includes an insulated housing arranged within the at least one refrigerator compartment, an ice-making device arranged within the insulated housing and configured to produce ice, an ice-storage container arranged within the insulated housing, and a dispenser arranged within the door and communicating with the ice-storage container, wherein the dispenser is configured to transfer ice from the ice-storage container to an external portion of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Matthew Davis, Alexander Rafalovich, Mark Wilson, Gautam Subbarao, Anil Tummala, Thiruvalan Venkatesan, Anand Joshi, Hemachandran Umakanthan, Sanjay Anikihindi
  • Publication number: 20060130663
    Abstract: A system and method for air quality control system for an air-conditioning device. The air quality control system includes a housing having an inlet end to receive a source airflow from the air-conditioning unit and an outlet end to provide a sanitized airflow. The system also includes a number of independently controllable air sanitizing components coupled to the housing. The system further includes a controller to adaptively control which of the air sanitizing components should operate as a function of at least an operating state of the air conditioning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Anand Joshi, Mark Wilson, Gautam Subbarao, Hemachandran Umakanthan