General Electric Company

Patrick David Galbreath

Jonathan D Nelson

Mark Heimerdinger

Martin Christopher Severance

Brian Matthew Aiken

Gregory Michael Thomas

Almir Begovich

Brice Alan Bowley

Robert Jules LaFleur

Arun Madhav Talegaonkar

Brian S Henninger

Debra Miozza

John Michael Todd

Craig Lung-Pei Tsai

John P Ouseph

Michelle Dahl

Steve Root

A system for protecting an electrical junction having a first pin and a second pin is provided. The system includes a first circuit protection device coupled to the first pin and configured to sense at least a first current and a second circuit protection device coupled to the second pin and configured to sense at least a second current. Each of the first circuit protection device and the second circuit protection device includes a trip mechanism configured to interrupt current flowing through a respective circuit protection device and a trip unit operatively coupled to the trip mechanism. The trip unit is configured to activate the trip mechanism based on a determination that a respective current exceeds a predetermined threshold.

System and method for protecting an appliance junction

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a safety door of an oven having glass therein with a plastic laminate. The safety door retains glass within the door in order to prevent glass from falling or being forced outside of the oven, which may cause injury.

Over the range microwave safety door

A cooking appliance such as a microwave oven is provided with a sacrificial region for repairing damage caused by arcing and related failure modes. The sacrificial region incorporates a component that, when damaged, is removable from the cooking appliance for replacement by another component of similar construction. In one implementation, a sacrificial component is utilized in a microwave oven with a heated cavity subject to microwave radiation from a magnetron. The sacrificial component in this example includes an aperture that communicates with an opening in the cavity, and through which the radiation impinges into the heated cavity.

Device and implementation thereof for repairing damage in a cooking appliance

A method for operating a refrigerator including a fresh food compartment and a door includes providing a fresh food evaporator to produce cool airflow for the fresh food compartment, providing a chiller compartment within the fresh food compartment, providing a duct member in flow communication with the fresh food evaporator and the chiller compartment, and channeling cool airflow to the chiller compartment via the duct member.

Methods and apparatus for operating a refrigerator

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Patrick David Galbreath