Patents by Inventor Nana B. Jernstrom

Nana B. Jernstrom 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: 7412711
    Abstract: A device for storing optical discs is disclosed. The device includes a housing, a carousel arranged in the housing for movement relative to the housing, the carousel having a plurality of storage compartments each for storing a disc, an opening in the housing through which a disc can pass, drive means for driving the carousel relative to the housing to align each of the storage compartments and a disc stored in that storage compartment in registry with the opening, and an ejection system to eject a disc from a storage compartment and through the opening in said housing. The ejection system is powered by a motor and a clutch system, and control means is provided to cause said carousel to rotate and to cause the ejection system to operate as instructed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Opdicom, Pty., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nana B. Jernstrom, Arjun Caprihan
  • Patent number: 5486046
    Abstract: A storage basket assembly for a refrigerator includes a pair of ladder tracks secured to the rear wall of a storage compartment and a pair of supports with bases secured to the tracks, vertical walls extending forward of the bases; basket support surfaces above the vertical walls and flanges projecting inward of the support surfaces. The bottom wall of a storage basket has spaced apart elongated rods extending front to rear of the compartment. A pair of mounting members interfit with adjacent pairs of rods along the lateral edges of the basket bottom wall. Each mounting member has a mounting surface resting on the support surface of the corresponding support for sliding movement of the basket. Each mounting member has lips which extend down inside and outward under the flange of the corresponding support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nana B. Jernstrom, Jeffrey N. Wilson