Patents by Inventor Rita Barksdale

Rita Barksdale 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).

  • Energy management of household appliances
    Patent number: 8548635
    Abstract: A system and method of managing energy use in a home, and more particularly to energy management of household consumer appliances, are provided. Existing appliances can be modified with add-on features or modules, and likewise new energy saving features and functions can be incorporated into new appliances. Communication among a home energy manager, an appliance, and a utility meter measures energy usage and/or a local generator controls operation of various appliances such as a refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven/range, microwave oven, dishwasher, HVAC system hot water heater, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric K. Watson, Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Anthony A. Cooper, Martin Christopher Severance, Chris George Bissig, Timothy Allen Hamel, Rita Barksdale, Telema Harry, Alex Fernando Lobos
  • Refrigerator with a convertible compartment
    Patent number: 8074469
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first compartment, a second compartment and a multi-functional compartment that is disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment and is adjustable between temperature modes selected from the group consisting of a fresh food temperature mode, a soft freeze mode, a freezer mode and a chiller temperature mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Hamel, Rita Barksdale, Chris George Bissig, John R. Brumleve, Jonathan Crosby, Rajesh Swarnkar, Thomas F. White, Martin Mitchell Zentner
  • ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20100179708
    Abstract: A system and method of managing energy use in a home, and more particularly to energy management of household consumer appliances, are provided. Existing appliances can be modified with add-on features or modules, and likewise new energy saving features and functions can be incorporated into new appliances. Communication among a home energy manager, an appliance, and a utility meter measures energy usage and/or a local generator controls operation of various appliances such as a refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven/range, microwave oven, dishwasher, HVAC system hot water heater, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Eric K. Watson, Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Anthony A. Cooper, Martin Christopher Severance, Chris George Bissig, Timothy Allen Hamel, Rita Barksdale, Telema Harry, Alex Fernando Lobos
  • REFRIGERATOR WITH A CONVERTIBLE COMPARTMENT
    Publication number: 20100162747
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first compartment, a second compartment and a multi-functional compartment that is disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment and is adjustable between temperature modes selected from the group consisting of a fresh food temperature mode, a soft freeze mode, a freezer mode and a chiller temperature mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy Allen HAMEL, Rita Barksdale, Chris George Bissig, John R. Brumleve, Jonathan Crosby, Rajesh Swarnkar, Thomas F. White, Martin Mitchell Zentner