Patents by Inventor Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe

Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe 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: 9513047
    Abstract: A door module assembly for a refrigerator door of a refrigerator appliance may generally include a mounting bracket configured to be removably coupled to the refrigerator door to allow the mounting bracket to be moveable between a plurality of mounting locations defined along a height of the refrigerator door. The door module assembly may also include a door tray movable relative to the mounting bracket and at least one translation device configured in operative association with adjacent walls of the door tray and the mounting bracket. The translation device may be configured such that the door tray is movable relative to the mounting bracket in a horizontal direction between a retracted position and an extended position. Moreover, an open tray volume defined by the door tray may be accessible when the door tray is in both the retracted position and the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Bagawathkumar Chellappan, Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati, Louis Anthony Wantland, Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe
  • Publication number: 20150198365
    Abstract: A door module assembly for a refrigerator door of a refrigerator appliance may generally include a mounting bracket configured to be removably coupled to the refrigerator door to allow the mounting bracket to be moveable between a plurality of mounting locations defined along a height of the refrigerator door. The door module assembly may also include a door tray movable relative to the mounting bracket and at least one translation device configured in operative association with adjacent walls of the door tray and the mounting bracket. The translation device may be configured such that the door tray is movable relative to the mounting bracket in a horizontal direction between a retracted position and an extended position. Moreover, an open tray volume defined by the door tray may be accessible when the door tray is in both the retracted position and the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bagawathkumar Chellappan, Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati, Louis Anthony Wantland, Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe
  • Patent number: 8905503
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided with a bracket disposed within a cavity defined by a cabinet of the appliance. The bracket supports a divider disposed within a chamber defined by the cabinet and configured for receipt of food articles. The divider extends from a top wall of the chamber into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe, Roger Shawn Nelson, Bagawathkumar Chellappan, Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati
  • Publication number: 20130219946
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided with a bracket disposed within a cavity defined by a cabinet of the appliance. The bracket supports a divider disposed within a chamber defined by the cabinet and configured for receipt of food articles. The divider extends from a top wall of the chamber into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe, Roger Shawn Nelson, Bagawathkumar Chellappan, Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati
  • Patent number: 8256625
    Abstract: A filter cartridge includes a top end cap and a bottom end cap spaced apart from one another. A filter media is disposed between the top and bottom end caps. An outlet channel is within the filter media and extends between the top end cap and the bottom end cap. The outlet channel includes an open top end proximate the top end cap and a closed bottom end proximate the bottom end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe, Samuel Vincent DuPlessis, Markus Dantinne, Terry Zerger
  • Publication number: 20120167611
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compartment defined by a liner, with a door configured to provide access into the compartment. A sub-compartment is mounted in the door and extends into the compartment in the closed position of the door. A cold plate assembly is operably configured within the liner to supply cold air to the sub-compartment. A raised embossment is defined in a compartment side wall of the liner at a location opposite from the cold plate assembly. The embossment is defined by a circumferentially extending ridge and a front face that extends into the compartment in a plane that is spaced from a plane of the compartment side wall. A receiver is configured in a wall of the sub-compartment and seals around the embossment in a closed position of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kristin Marie Weirich, Robert Thomas Mills, Craig Robert Vitan, Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe
  • Publication number: 20080156711
    Abstract: A dry change water filter assembly is provided. The filter assembly includes a filter head including a water by-pass valve, and a filter body configured to removably attach to the filter head. The water by-pass valve is actuated by at least one of attaching the filter body to the filter head and removing the filter body from the filter head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Craig R. Vitan, Samuel Vincent DuPlessis, Kyran Hoff, Martin Zentner, Rajesh Sangewar, Derek L. Watkins, Mark Banta, Ronald Scott Tarr, Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe, Jonathan Nelson
  • Publication number: 20070119773
    Abstract: A filter cartridge includes a top end cap and a bottom end cap spaced apart from one another. A filter media is disposed between the top and bottom end caps. An outlet channel is within the filter media and extends between the top end cap and the bottom end cap. The outlet channel includes an open top end proximate the top end cap and a closed bottom end proximate the bottom end cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe, Samuel DuPlessis, Markus Dantinne, Terry Zerger