Patents by Inventor Robert Thomas Mills

Robert Thomas Mills 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).

  • Publication number: 20160161167
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening and a first wall, a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening, a sub-compartment on the door, the sub-compartment including a second wall having an opening, a heat exchanger supported by the first wall and positioned so that when the door is closed the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging plate. A sealed refrigeration system contains a working medium for cooling the heat exchanger and has one or more segments attached to the heat exchanging plate. A fan is configured to force air over the heat exchanging plate and into the interior of the sub-compartment. A thermistor is coupled to the heat exchanging plate for monitoring a temperature of the heat exchanging plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Martin Christopher Severance, Russell J. Fallon, Eric Paez, Robert Thomas Mills, Ratnakar Sahasradbudhe, Joseph Thomas Waugh, Kristin Marie Weirich
  • Publication number: 20120313330
    Abstract: A molded gasket includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface. The base includes a first portion and a second portion. A bulb portion is integrally formed with the base and extends from the upper surface of the base. The gasket further includes a dart assembly integrally formed with the base and extending from the lower surface of the base. The dart assembly includes a first barb portion extending from the first portion of the base and a second barb portion extending from the second portion of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Eric Lloyd Scalf, Robert Thomas Mills
  • 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: 20100326096
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening and a first wall, a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening, a sub-compartment on the door, the sub-compartment including a second wall having an opening, a heat exchanger supported by the first wall and positioned so that when the door is closed the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging plate. A sealed refrigeration system contains a working medium for cooling the heat exchanger and has one or more segments attached to the heat exchanging plate. A fan is configured to force air over the heat exchanging plate and into the interior of the sub-compartment. A thermistor is coupled to the heat exchanging plate for monitoring a temperature of the heat exchanging plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Brent Alden JUNGE, Martin Christopher SEVERANCE, Russell J. FALLON, Eric PAEZ, Robert Thomas MILLS, Ratnakar SAHASRADBUDHE, Joseph Thomas WAUGH, Kristin Marie WEIRICH
  • Patent number: 7637127
    Abstract: A dual particulate filter assembly includes a filter frame and a first filter element and a second filter element mounted in the filter frame. The first filter element is configured to remove particulates from a first medium, and the second filter element is configured to remove particulates from a second medium different from the first medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Mills, Venkataraman Rachakonda, Timothy Dale Worthington
  • Publication number: 20090167130
    Abstract: A freezer compartment for a refrigerator is provided. A shell with a face and opening allows for access to the freezer compartment. The freezer compartment further has at least two drawers slidably mounted within the opening and configured to seal against the face of the shell. At least one mullion assembly is configured between the drawers and is further configured to be flush with the face of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Bagawathkumar Chellappan, John C. Steimel, Robert Thomas Mills