Patents by Inventor Karen Edberg

Karen Edberg 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).

  • Self-cleaning over the range oven
    Publication number: 20070095822
    Abstract: An over the range oven includes a main body defining a cooking cavity therein, wherein the cooking cavity includes a front edge surrounding an opening. An RF generation module is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity. At least one radiant heat source is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity. The oven is configured to operate in a radiant heat mode of operation, a microwave mode of operation, a dual mode of operation, and a self clean mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Joshua Wiseman, Christopher O'Malley, Stephen Froelicher, Charles Smith, Karen Edberg, Jay Broniak
  • Methods and apparatus for operating a speedcooking oven
    Patent number: 6867399
    Abstract: A method for operating an oven including a microcomputer includes receiving in a microprocessor of an oven, a plurality of inputs from a user indicative of a conventional cooking time, a conventional cooking temperature, and a food category, wherein the oven includes an RF generation module, an upper heater module, a lower heater module, and a convection fan, and converting at least one of the conventional cooking time to a speedcooking time different than the conventional cooking time, and the conventional cooking temperature to a speedcooking temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Karen Edberg, Alicia A. Doligale, Larry R. Harmon, Cecilia Maria Blanchard
  • Multirack cooking in speedcook ovens
    Patent number: 6815644
    Abstract: A multirack speedcook oven includes a cooking cavity, a plurality of racks within the cooking cavity, an RF generation module operationally coupled to the cooking cavity and configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity, at least one heat source positioned within the cavity and configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity, and a control configured to accept data regarding said plurality of racks, the control operationally coupled to the RF generation module, and the at least one heat source for selective control thereof based on the accepted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Karen Edberg
  • Methods and apparatus for operating a speedcooking oven
    Publication number: 20040178192
    Abstract: A method for operating an oven including a microcomputer includes receiving in a microprocessor of an oven, a plurality of inputs from a user indicative of a conventional cooking time, a conventional cooking temperature, and a food category, wherein the oven includes an RF generation module, an upper heater module, a lower heater module, and a convection fan, and converting at least one of the conventional cooking time to a speedcooking time different than the conventional cooking time, and the conventional cooking temperature to a speedcooking temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Karen Edberg, Alicia A. Doligale, Larry R. Harmon, Cecilia Maria Blanchard