Patents by Inventor Ravikiran Gopalakrishna

Ravikiran Gopalakrishna 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).

  • Support assembly for an appliance storage bin or storage shelf
    Patent number: 8056996
    Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet having a plurality of cabinet walls defining a compartment, a storage member configured to support an item for storage in the compartment, and a support assembly slidably mounted within the compartment. The support assembly includes a fixed rail mounted to one of the cabinet walls, and a movable rail slidably coupled to the fixed rail and movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. A bracket is slidably mounted to the movable rail and is movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. The sliding direction of the bracket is substantially parallel to the sliding direction of the movable rail. The storage member is fixedly connected to the bracket and movable with the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Phillip Eugene Koloff, Jr., Ravikiran Gopalakrishna, Mahesh Natarajan, Harsha Shamanna, Paul Douglas Mantle
  • Support assembly for an appliance storage bin or storage shelf
    Publication number: 20080054772
    Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet having a plurality of cabinet walls defining a compartment, a storage member configured to support an item for storage in the compartment, and a support assembly slidably mounted within the compartment. The support assembly includes a fixed rail mounted to one of the cabinet walls, and a movable rail slidably coupled to the fixed rail and movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. A bracket is slidably mounted to the movable rail and is movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. The sliding direction of the bracket is substantially parallel to the sliding direction of the movable rail. The storage member is fixedly connected to the bracket and movable with the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Phillip Eugene Koloff, Ravikiran Gopalakrishna, Mahesh Natarajan, Harsha Shamanna, Paul Douglas Mantle
  • Support assembly for a refrigerator storage pan
    Publication number: 20070138804
    Abstract: A drawer assembly for a refrigerator having compartment walls defining a cooling compartment is provided. The drawer assembly includes a pan having a mounting portion, and a bracket coupled to one of the compartment walls. The bracket includes a locking mechanism movable between a first position and a second position. The pan is mounted to the bracket such that the locking mechanism engages the mounting portion of the pan. Wherein the pan is secured to the bracket when the locking mechanism is in the first position, and the pan is configured to be removed from the bracket when the locking mechanism is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Phillip Koloff, Joseph Miller, Ravikiran Gopalakrishna