Patents by Inventor Suraj Dilip Shelar

Suraj Dilip Shelar 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).

  • Various hinge brackets and a hinge receiver for a laundry appliance
    Patent number: 11459695
    Abstract: A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran, Suraj Dilip Shelar
  • VARIOUS HINGE BRACKETS AND A HINGE RECEIVER FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20210355625
    Abstract: A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran, Suraj Dilip Shelar
  • Various hinge brackets and a hinge receiver for a laundry appliance
    Patent number: 11118303
    Abstract: A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran, Suraj Dilip Shelar
  • VARIOUS HINGE BRACKETS AND A HINGE RECEIVER FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20200199805
    Abstract: A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran, Suraj Dilip Shelar