Patents by Inventor Pawan Mansukhlal Gandhi

Pawan Mansukhlal Gandhi 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).

  • Articulated freezer drawers
    Patent number: 8474928
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to an articulating drawer for a bottom mount freezer refrigerator. The drawer can be slidably mounted in the freezer compartment on slides that can include pivots to pivotally mount a drawer front on the slides. A support mechanism can mount a food storage basket for movement with the drawer front and movable slides and can move the food storage basket upward when the door is moved to the open position. The support mechanism can include a pair of guide plates connected to the slides having a guide surface arranged to be engaged by a food storage basket guide surface follower and a pair of links each connected to the drawer front at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Ertz, Pawan Mansukhlal Gandhi, Todd E. Kniffen
  • ARTICULATED FREEZER DRAWERS
    Publication number: 20120248958
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to an articulating drawer for a bottom mount freezer refrigerator. The drawer can be slideably mounted in the freezer compartment on slides that can include pivots to pivotally mount a drawer front on the slides. A support mechanism can mount a food storage basket for movement with the drawer front and movable slides and can move the food storage basket upward when the door is moved to the open position. The support mechanism can include a pair of guide plates connected to the slides having a guide surface arranged to be engaged by a food storage basket guide surface follower and a pair of links each connected to the drawer front at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: LAWRENCE J. ERTZ, PAWAN MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, TODD E. KNIFFEN
  • Articulated freezer drawers
    Patent number: 8231190
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to an articulating drawer for a bottom mount freezer refrigerator. The drawer can be slideably mounted in the freezer compartment on slides that can include pivots to pivotally mount a drawer front on the slides. A support mechanism can mount a food storage basket for movement with the drawer front and movable slides and can move the food storage basket upward when the door is moved to the open position. The support mechanism can include a pair of guide plates connected to the slides having a guide surface arranged to be engaged by a food storage basket guide surface follower and a pair of links each connected to the drawer front at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Ertz, Pawan Mansukhlal Gandhi, Todd E. Kniffen
  • ARTICULATED FREEZER DRAWERS
    Publication number: 20090193836
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to an articulating drawer for a bottom mount freezer refrigerator. The drawer can be slideably mounted in the freezer compartment on slides that can include pivots to pivotally mount a drawer front on the slides. A support mechanism can mount a food storage basket for movement with the drawer front and movable slides and can move the food storage basket upward when the door is moved to the open position. The support mechanism can include a pair of guide plates connected to the slides having a guide surface arranged to be engaged by a food storage basket guide surface follower and a pair of links each connected to the drawer front at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: LAWRENCE J. ERTZ, PAWAN MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, TODD E. KNIFFEN