Patents Assigned to CookTek Induction Systems, LLC
  • Tray assembly
    Patent number: 11730303
    Abstract: A tray assembly includes a tray having a top side, an underside opposite the top side, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the underside. Each protrusion defines a recess in the top side and has a bottom wall and a contoured surface connecting the bottom wall to the top side. The tray assembly also includes a diffuser in the form of a plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough. The diffuser is couplable to the tray and positionable a spaced distance above the top side of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: James Kelly Pool, III, Peter Jerome Ashcraft
  • INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160206138
    Abstract: A device, system and method for induction heating food service pans having differing depths, while maintaining the pans sufficiently closely adjacent an enclosure containing the induction heating power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC a division of Middleby Corporation
    Inventors: Reinhard Metz, Warren Graber, Kevin J. Snyder
  • Induction-based food holding/warming system and method with height adjustment mechanism
    Patent number: 9320389
    Abstract: A device, system and method for induction heating food service pans having differing depths, while maintaining the pans sufficiently closely adjacent an enclosure containing the induction heating power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Reinhard Metz, Warren Graber, Kevin J Snyder
  • Induction-Based Food Holding/Warming System and Method With Height Adjustment Mechanism
    Publication number: 20140339220
    Abstract: A device, system and method for induction heating food service pans having differing depths, while maintaining the pans sufficiently closely adjacent an enclosure containing the induction heating power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC a division of Middleby Corporation
    Inventors: Reinhard Metz, Warren Graber, Kevin J. Snyder
  • IR TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR INDUCTION HEATING OF FOOD ITEMS
    Publication number: 20130119049
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring the temperature of cookware to be induction-heated, using an infrared temperature sensor. An induction heater countertop may include a viewing window between the infrared temperature sensor and the cookware. Various algorithms may be applied to the sensed temperature, to adjust it to account for the presence of the viewing window, as well as variations in the cookware material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: CookTek Inductions Systems, LLC a division of Middleby Corporation
    Inventors: Warren S. Graber, Reinhard Metz, Robert J. Visher
  • Food warming device and system
    Patent number: 8344296
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for warming food by controlled heating of heat retention objects such as cookware items or pellets located on a trivet positioned on a countertop, using heating control units, such as induction heating units, remotely located beneath the countertop. The preferred trivet insulates the countertop against damages, and also includes circuitry enabling the indication or display of its proper positioning on the countertop, and also indicating whether the heating unit is heating the heat retention object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Reinhard Metz, Warren Graber
  • INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120294990
    Abstract: A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC, a division of Middleby Corporation
    Inventors: Warren S. Graber, Reinhard Metz, Robert J. Visher