Patents Assigned to Benjamin A. Flugstad
  • Variable frequency automated capacitive radio frequency (RF) dielectric heating system
    Publication number: 20030205571
    Abstract: A food product is heated by maintaining the food product in an AC electrical field generated by an RF signal. As the heating takes place, maximum energy is delivered to the food product using automatic impedance matching to adjust the rate of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicants: State of Oregon, Acting by and through the State Board of higher Education on Behalf of Oregon Stat, Benjamin A. Flugstad
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Flugstad, Qingyue Ling, Edward R. Kolbe, John Henry Wells, Yanyun Zhao, Jae W. Park