Patents by Inventor Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi 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).
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Patent number: 9476154Abstract: Washing machine appliances and damper assemblies are provided. A damper assembly includes a cylinder defining a central longitudinal axis, the cylinder including a sidewall that defines an interior, the sidewall defining a central bore and a pocket concentrically surrounding the central bore, the sidewall including an upper shoulder and a lower shoulder that each connect the pocket and the central bore. The damper assembly further includes a piston partially disposed in the central bore and movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the cylinder. The damper assembly further includes a tube assembly concentrically surrounding the piston and at least partially disposed in the pocket, the tube assembly having a length that is less than a length of the pocket. The piston is further movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the tube assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Parag Mantri, Savio Sebastian Kathayanatt, Christopher Nils Naber, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Paul Owen Davis, Anoop Singh
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Publication number: 20160083889Abstract: Washing machine appliances and damper assemblies are provided. A damper assembly includes a cylinder defining a central longitudinal axis, the cylinder including a sidewall that defines an interior, the sidewall defining a central bore and a pocket concentrically surrounding the central bore, the sidewall including an upper shoulder and a lower shoulder that each connect the pocket and the central bore. The damper assembly further includes a piston partially disposed in the central bore and movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the cylinder. The damper assembly further includes a tube assembly concentrically surrounding the piston and at least partially disposed in the pocket, the tube assembly having a length that is less than a length of the pocket. The piston is further movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the tube assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Parag Mantri, Savio Sebastian Kathayanatt, Christopher Nils Naber, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Paul Owen Davis, Anoop Singh
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Patent number: 8991068Abstract: Energy efficiencies are achieved in a dryer or washer/dryer by selectively varying temperature ranges, time periods, heater power levels, and air flow rates. Efficiency improvements on the order of 16% were obtained over typical constant power, constant temperature, timed drying cycles by varying one or more of these parameters. Efficiencies can also be improved by drawing air from alternative warm sources such as an attic or warm external environment, or by heat recovery from dryer exhaust passages.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Venkat Ramprasad Lakkineni, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Steve Bernard Froelicher, Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Michael Thomas Beyerle, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Nemetalla Salameh
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Publication number: 20120317832Abstract: Energy efficiencies are achieved in a dryer or washer/dryer by selectively varying temperature ranges, time periods, heater power levels, and air flow rates. Efficiency improvements on the order of 16% were obtained over typical constant power, constant temperature, timed drying cycles by varying one or more of these parameters. Efficiencies can also be improved by drawing air from alternative warm sources such as an attic or warm external environment, or by heat recovery from dryer exhaust passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Venkat Ramprasad Lakkineni, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Steve Bernard Froelicher, Nicholas Okruch, JR., Michael Thomas Beyerle, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Nemetalla Salameh
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Patent number: 8061790Abstract: An appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a drawer mounted within a cabinet for movement between an opened position and a closed position. A driving mechanism, including an electric motor and a transmission assembly, connects to the drawer for driving the drawer between the opened position and the closed position. The driving mechanism has an engaged state wherein the drawer is power driven by the driving mechanism between the opened and closed positions and a disengaged state wherein the drawer is manually movable between the opened and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Mark W. Wilson, Solomon Muthumani
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Patent number: 7988771Abstract: An apparatus for controlling odor within a refrigeration appliance is provided. The apparatus includes a frame removably positioned within an airflow path configured to supply cooled air to a food storage compartment of the refrigeration appliance. The frame defines a chamber. A filter medium is positioned within the chamber. The filter medium is configured to filter air channeled therethrough and remove odorous molecules.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Mark Wilson, Sheena Ritchie
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Patent number: 7871138Abstract: An appliance includes a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing the cavity and a door assembly joined to the chassis. The door assembly includes a door for closing access to the opening, and the door assembly further includes a door lift sub-assembly having a horizontal slide and a vertical slide. The door is coupled to one of the horizontal slide and the vertical slide. The horizontal slide is moveable between a recessed position and an extended position and is configured to move the door in a substantially horizontal direction. The vertical slide is moveable between a closed position and an open position and is configured to move the door in a substantially vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, David Joseph Najewicz, Marc Eric Hottenroth
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Patent number: 7857402Abstract: An appliance including a chassis having a top, a bottom, a left and right side opposite one another other and connecting the top and the bottom, and a back opposite an opening. The chassis defines a cavity with an opening for accessing the cavity. A door assembly joined to the chassis includes a door for closing access to the opening and a first and second door lift sub-assemblies. The door lift sub-assemblies are configured to move with the door in a first direction and a second direction different than the first direction. At least one stabilizing device operatively connects the first and second door lift sub-assemblies to synchronize movement of the first and second door lift sub-assemblies in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Paul E. McCrorey
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Patent number: 7731805Abstract: A rack support system for a lower rack in a dishwasher is provided for a dishwasher having a wash chamber within a tub. The rack support system includes a frame configured to support the lower rack. A linkage system couples the frame to a side wall of the tub such that the lower rack is movable between a retracted position within the wash chamber and an extended position wherein the lower rack extends from the wash chamber. The lower rack is movable within a range between a lowered position and an elevated position with the lower rack extended from the wash chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark A. Banta, Derek Watkins, Ronald Tarr, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode
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Patent number: 7707847Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing having at least one refrigerator compartment, a door for accessing the at least one refrigerator compartment, and an ice-dispensing assembly. The ice-dispensing assembly includes an insulated housing arranged within the at least one refrigerator compartment, an ice-making device arranged within the insulated housing and configured to produce ice, an ice-storage container arranged within the insulated housing, and a dispenser arranged within the door and communicating with the ice-storage container, wherein the dispenser is configured to transfer ice from the ice-storage container to an external portion of the refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Matthew William Davis, Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Mark Wayne Wilson, Gautam Subbarao, Anil Kumar Tummala, Thiruvalan Venkatesan, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Hemachandran Umakanthan, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi
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Publication number: 20090282844Abstract: A method of producing ice in a refrigerator includes flowing a refrigerant through a cooling system to cool an interior compartment of the refrigerator, flowing a cooling medium different than the refrigerant through a first heat exchanger to decrease a temperature of the cooling medium, and flowing the cooling medium through a second heat exchanger to freeze water that is disposed in an ice mold adjacent the second heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Alexander Pinkus RAFALOVICH, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi
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Patent number: 7610773Abstract: An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator includes a storage tank configured to store a cooling medium. A first heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the storage tank and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to be cooled. An ice mold includes at least one cavity that is configured to retain water therein. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to freeze the water in the ice mold to produce ice.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi
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Publication number: 20090160297Abstract: An appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a drawer mounted within a cabinet for movement between an opened position and a closed position. A driving mechanism, including an electric motor and a transmission assembly, connects to the drawer for driving the drawer between the opened position and the closed position. The driving mechanism has an engaged state wherein the drawer is power driven by the driving mechanism between the opened and closed positions and a disengaged state wherein the drawer is manually movable between the opened and closed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Mark W. Wilson, Solomon Muthumani
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Publication number: 20080141699Abstract: An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator includes a storage tank configured to store a cooling medium. A first heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the storage tank and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to be cooled. An ice mold includes at least one cavity that is configured to retain water therein. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to freeze the water in the ice mold to produce ice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi
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Publication number: 20080129168Abstract: A rack support system for a lower rack in a dishwasher is provided for a dishwasher having a wash chamber within a tub. The rack support system includes a frame configured to support the lower rack. A linkage system couples the frame to a side wall of the tub such that the lower rack is movable between a retracted position within the wash chamber and an extended position wherein the lower rack extends from the wash chamber. The lower rack is movable within a range between a lowered position and an elevated position with the lower rack extended from the wash chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Mark A. Banta, Derek Watkins, Ronald Tarr, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode
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Publication number: 20070266725Abstract: An apparatus for controlling odor within a refrigeration appliance is provided. The apparatus includes a frame removably positioned within an airflow path configured to supply cooled air to a food storage compartment of the refrigeration appliance. The frame defines a chamber. A filter medium is positioned within the chamber. The filter medium is configured to filter air channeled therethrough and remove odorous molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Mark Wilson, Sheena Ritchie
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Patent number: 7000407Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator door has an inner surface. The refrigerator further includes a bin for storing items therein mounted to the inner surface of the refrigerator door and at least one thermoelectric module operationally coupled to the bin, such that the bin is temperature controlled independent of the refrigerator compartment.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Debra Ann Miozza, Martin Zentner, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Venkataramana Rachakonda, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, John Kenneth Hooker, Omar Haidar
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Publication number: 20040231339Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator door has an inner surface. The refrigerator further includes a bin for storing items therein mounted to the inner surface of the refrigerator door and at least one thermoelectric module operationally coupled to the bin, such that the bin is temperature controlled independent of the refrigerator compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Debra Ann Miozza, Martin Zentner, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Venkataramana Rachakonda, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, John Kenneth Hooker, Omar Haidar
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Patent number: 6679065Abstract: A temperature controlled apparatus comprises a reversible solid state device having a first section and a second section; portions of the first and the second sections are disposed in intimate contact. The first section is disposed adjacent to a portion of an external wall surface of a compartment and the second section is disposed adjacent to a portion of an internal wall surface of the compartment. A compartment fan is disposed within the compartment. The reversible solid state device and the compartment fan are coupled to a controller. The controller is configured to modify a compartment air temperature inside the compartment by controlling the reversible solid state device and the compartment fan to flow a compartment air across the second section. The controller is configured to control the reversible solid state device and the compartment fan in at least one temperature operational mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Warren Frank Bessler, Martin Mitchell Zentner, Venkataramana Rachakonda, Debra Ann Miozza, Anand Ganesh Joshi, Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam