Patents by Inventor Sankara Pandian

Sankara Pandian 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).

  • Method for controlling a refrigerating unit
    Patent number: 10215480
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerating unit that includes the steps of providing a freezing compartment, a user interface and a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; and setting a controlling routine through the user interface for avoiding freezer burns on food products to be stored in the freezing compartment, upon the setting changing the set temperature of the freezing compartment to a value from 2° C. to 10° C. lower than the previously set value, and changing the on/off control or the cooling capacity of the compressor so that temperature oscillations in the freezing compartment are limited to a range from 1° C. to 0.1° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Carolina Biotti, Raffaele Paganini, Sankara Pandian
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATING UNIT
    Publication number: 20180164032
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerating unit that includes the steps of providing a freezing compartment, a user interface and a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; and setting a controlling routine through the user interface for avoiding freezer burnson food products to be stored in the freezing compartment, upon the setting changing the set temperature of the freezing compartment to a value from 2° C. to 10° C. lower than the previously set value, and changing the on/off control or the cooling capacity of the compressor so that temperature oscillations in the freezing compartment are limited to a range from 1° C. to 0.1° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carolina Biotti, Raffaele Paganini, Sankara Pandian
  • Method for controlling a refrigerating unit
    Patent number: 9933204
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerating unit that includes the steps of providing a freezing compartment, a user interface and a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; and setting a controlling routine through the user interface for avoiding freezer burns on food products to be stored in the freezing compartment, upon the setting changing the set temperature of the freezing compartment to a value from 2° C. to 10° C. lower than the previously set value, and changing the on/off control or the cooling capacity of the compressor so that temperature oscillations in the freezing compartment are limited to a range from 1° C. to 0.1° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Carolina Biotti, Raffaele Paganini, Sankara Pandian
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATING UNIT
    Publication number: 20150292796
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerating unit that includes the steps of providing a freezing compartment, a user interface and a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; and setting a controlling routine through the user interface for avoiding freezer burns on food products to be stored in the freezing compartment, upon the setting changing the set temperature of the freezing compartment to a value from 2° C. to 10° C. lower than the previously set value, and changing the on/off control or the cooling capacity of the compressor so that temperature oscillations in the freezing compartment are limited to a range from 1° C. to 0.1° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carolina Biotti, Raffaele Paganini, Sankara Pandian