Patents by Inventor VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ

VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ 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).

  • Laundry treating appliance with helical clutch
    Patent number: 10364524
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David Goshgarian, Vetrivel Kanagaraj, Bradley Morrow, Kartik Vastrad, Bret Wamhoff
  • Laundry treating appliance with indexing tang clutch
    Patent number: 10087566
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David Carr, Eric Farrington, David Goshgarian, Vetrivel Kanagaraj, Narendra Kapure, Abhijeet Nalawade, Kartik Vastrad, Bret Wamhoff
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH HELICAL CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20170292216
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID GOSHGARIAN, VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ, BRADLEY MORROW, KARTIK VASTRAD, BRET WAMHOFF
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH INDEXING TANG CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20170260679
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a motor drivingly coupled to the clothes mover to selectively oscillate or rotate the clothes mover, and a loss motion device having a clutch configured to move among a set of indexed positions in response to rotation of the clothes mover, with the loss motion device being configured to rotationally couple the clothes mover and the basket after the clutch moves through the set of indexed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID CARR, ERIC FARRINGTON, DAVID GOSHGARIAN, VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ, NARENDRA KAPURE, ABHIJEET NALAWADE, KARTIK VASTRAD, BRET WAMHOFF