Venkata R Ramayanam

US Patent:

7000407, Feb 21, 2006

Filed:

May 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/443158

Inventors:

Debra Ann Miozza - Louisville KY, US
Martin Zentner - Prospect KY, US
Anand Ganesh Joshi - Karnataka State, IN
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi - Karnataka, IN
Venkataramana Rachakonda - Hyderabad, IN
Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam - Louisville KY, US
John Kenneth Hooker - Louisville KY, US
Omar Haidar - Prospect KY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F25B 21/02

US Classification:

62 32, 62440

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

7334853, Feb 26, 2008

Filed:

Mar 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/394457

Inventors:

Rania Mohanna Ahmed - Louisville KY, US
Wayne Edward Lawson - LaGrange KY, US
Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam - Richmond Heights OH, US
Esther Savitri Jasper - Louisville KY, US
Vijaykumar Mallappa Kannure - Sangli, IN
Premkumar Gangadhar - Karnataka, IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

A47B 96/16

US Classification:

3124051, 211106

Abstract:

A storage module for a refrigeration appliance that includes a base including opposing side supports and a rack coupled to the side supports by a plurality of hooks, wherein the rack includes at least two opposing cross members.

US Patent:

6679065, Jan 20, 2004

Filed:

Aug 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/212374

Inventors:

Warren Frank Bessler - Amsterdam NY
Martin Mitchell Zentner - Prospect KY
Venkataramana Rachakonda - Andhra Pradesh, IN
Debra Ann Miozza - Louisville KY
Anand Ganesh Joshi - Bangalore, IN
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi - Bangalore, IN
Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam - Louisville KY

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

F25B 2102

US Classification:

62 36, 62 37, 62149, 62209

Abstract:

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.