Patents by Inventor Martin C. Severance

Martin C. Severance 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for operating a refrigerator
    Patent number: 7775065
    Abstract: A method for operating a refrigerator including a fresh food compartment and a door includes providing a fresh food evaporator to produce cool airflow for the fresh food compartment, providing a chiller compartment within the fresh food compartment, providing a duct member in flow communication with the fresh food evaporator and the chiller compartment, and channeling cool airflow to the chiller compartment via the duct member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John P. Ouseph, Martin C. Severance, Michelle Dahl, Arun Talegaonkar, Steve Root, Brian Aiken, Debra Miozza, Patrick David Galbreath
  • Household refrigerator with improved circuit
    Patent number: 5191776
    Abstract: A household refrigerator includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a condenser receiving refrigerant from the compressor and a phase separator receiving refrigerant from the condenser. The liquid refrigerant containing portion of the phase separator is connected to the inlet of the freezer evaporator, the outlet of which is connected to the compressor. The vapor refrigerant containing portion of the phase separator is connected to the compressor. The fresh food evaporator is connected to the phase separator to receive liquid refrigerant from the phase separator and to return vapor refrigerant to the phase separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin C. Severance, Stephen Searl