Patents Examined by Amy E Carter
  • Patent number: 12760899
    Abstract: A vent assembly for a firepit or other outdoor combustion facility includes a face member and a support member. The face member has a perimeter and a thickness in a direction orthogonal to the perimeter. The support member has a predetermined resilience allowing limited elastic deformation of the support member upon application of manual compressive force to the support member. Connectors on the face member and the support member cooperate to lock the face member and the support member to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Engineered Product Supply, LLC
    Inventor: Petar Dimitrijevic
  • Patent number: 12753931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extraction device (14) for removing air from an area above a cooking hob (12). The extraction device (14) comprises an inlet opening (38) for an intake of the air into an interior of the extraction device (14), an outlet opening (30) for exhausting air, at least one filter element (52; 52a, 52b), and at least one filter carrier (50) for accommodating the at least one filter element (52; 52a, 52b). The filter element (52; 52a, 52b) and the filter carrier (50) are arranged in airflow direction between the inlet opening (38) and the outlet opening (30). According to the invention, the filter element (52; 52a, 52b) is a separate unit, which is separable and removable from the filter carrier (50). The present invention further relates to a combination appliance (10) and to a method for providing a filter carrier (50) of an extraction device (14) with a filter element (52a, 52b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Eduardo Puoti, Lokesh Patil
  • Patent number: 12747868
    Abstract: An insulated cover for the top of an outdoor patio heater includes a toolless fastening system and multiple layers of material. The upper layer is silicone-coated fiberclass cloth; the lower layer is a high-temperature fiber glass fabric, and those enclose an insulating layer of needle mat. The upper and lower layers are formed into substantially conical shapes using three radial sewing darts that are offset from the center of the layer. The fastening system has three sprung hooks spaced around the underside of the cover to hold the cover on the conical metal top of the heater. The hooks are fixed by lacing anchors to the lower and insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Uni-Therm International, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B Sherrill, Daniel J Sherrill
  • Patent number: 12740670
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a cooking appliance with a high-temperature zone which has a housing, a first heating group and a second heating group are mounted within a heating chamber of the housing, the first heating group forms an ordinary uniform temperature grilling zone by means of a gas burner, and the second heating group forms a high-temperature grilling zone by means of a combination of the gas burner and an infrared burner, so as to additionally provide an infrared high-temperature grilling function for users and satisfy needs of the users for uniform temperature performance and high-temperature grilling on the premise of realizing the uniform temperature performance in an oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: NINGBO AGSUN PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Luoda Ying, Chao Fu, Meng Lin
  • Patent number: 12742555
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing, a muffle arranged in the housing and defining a cooking chamber, a door movably arranged on the housing for closing the cooking chamber, and a flow channel system conducting air suctioned from the surroundings of the cooking appliance in flow channels of the flow channel system in order to cool the door and the housing. The flow channel system, when viewed in a height direction of the cooking appliance, includes an inflow channel extending in the housing and below the muffle such that air flowing through the inflow channel flows from the door into the housing, and an outflow channel extending separate from the inflow channel in the housing and below the muffle such that air flows via the outflow channel out of the housing. The inflow channel and the outflow channel are arranged one over the other when viewed in the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Julien Adam, Victorien Bierg, Christophe Cadeau, Hakim Marko
  • Patent number: 12736224
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a precise energy-saving and temperature control system for pellet grills, comprising: a grill body; a material supply mechanism, disposed outside the grill body and communicating with the interior of the grill body, for delivering pellet fuel from the exterior into the grill body, the material supply mechanism including a first driving component for driving the fuel; a burner, for carrying and combusting the pellet fuel delivered by the material supply mechanism; and an adjusting mechanism, including a second driving component and an adjusting component connected to the burner, the adjusting component being configured to change the position of the burner under the drive of the second driving component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Dongguan Fortress Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunhua He, Yunming He
  • Patent number: 12716594
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may include a casing having a cavity and an upper space divided from the cavity, a door disposed at a front of the casing and configured to open and close the cavity, a panel disposed at the front of the casing at a height different from a height of the door, and configured to be moved from a first position to a second position, and a hinge that connects the casing and the panel to each other and is disposed in the upper space of the casing. The hinge may include a drive arm. The drive arm may protrude forward from the upper space to be connected to the panel, and the drive arm may be connected to a plurality of hinge coupled portions provided in the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jun Hee Yoo
  • Patent number: 12710180
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus may include a main body that includes a cooking room in which an opening is formed, the opening configured so that food may be put in and taken out of the cooking room through the opening, and to contain heat for cooking the food, and a door rotatably coupled to the main body and configured to open or close the opening. The door may include an outer glass that forms a front side of the door and faces outside the cooking room, an inner glass positioned behind the outer glass to face the cooking room, a door duct positioned between the outer glass and the inner glass and configured to guide air flowing between the outer glass and the inner glass to outside of the door, and a blocking member positioned an accommodating space formed between the door duct and the inner glass and configured to prevent heat contained in the cooking room from leaking out from between the inner glass and the door duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moonkyu Kim, Cheoleun Choi, Sihwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12704264
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may include a casing having a cavity and an upper space, a door that opens and closes the cavity. A panel may be disposed at a front of the casing with a height different from a height of the door. A hinge may connect the casing and the panel to each other while located therebetween. A wire cover may cover a wire harness that extends from the panel into the upper space. The wire cover may be coupled to the hinge to protrude from and retract into the upper space together with the hinge. As described above, the wire harness may be covered with the wire cover, so that outward exposure of the wire harness is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seung Tae Jang, Jun Woo Mun
  • Patent number: 12693041
    Abstract: A first device having first and second openings, and a first track between the first and second openings; second and third devices, each of which includes an elongated rail. The first device is configured so that a first end of the rail of the second device can be inserted into the first opening of the first device, so that a majority of the rail of the second device lies within the first track of the first device, while a first end of the rail of the third device is configured to be inserted into the second opening of the first device, so that a majority of the rail of the third device lies with the first track of the first device and interlocks with the rail of the second device. Each of the second and third devices include a plate configured to be fixed to first and second structural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Inventor: Jovanny Mota
  • Patent number: 12687304
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a combination appliance (10) comprising a cooking hob (12) and an extraction device (14). The cooking hob (12) comprises at least one cover plate or worktop (22) having an opening (24) or a recess formed therein. The extraction device (14) is arranged below the cover plate or worktop (22) and comprises at least one fan (36) for sucking air from the area above the cooking hob (12) through the opening (24) or recess of the cover plate or worktop (22). The extraction device (14) further includes at least one filter carrier (50) and at least one filter (52; 52a, 52b), which is removable through the opening (24) or recess. According to the invention, the extraction device (14) comprises at least one liquid collector (28a, 62, 74, 76, 76?) and a lid or grid (26), which is inserted in the opening (24) or recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Juergen Leikam, Alwin Neukamm, Marco Russo, Felicitas Fust, Eduardo Puoti, Ugo Lo Conte, Peter Negretti, Christian Mohr, Rosolino Rezzola, Fabio Spanó, Steffie Lim
  • Patent number: 12663158
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance and a control method therefor, and, particularly, to a cooking appliance using heat, such as an oven, and a control method therefor. The present disclosure may comprise: a main body; a cooking chamber provided inside the main body to have one open surface, and including a plurality of steps supporting the position of a rack in which food to be cooked is accommodated; a camera module provided to the upper part of the cooking chamber to estimate the position of the rack in which food to be cooked is accommodated, and including a camera for generating a captured image by capturing the position of the rack in which food to be cooked is accommodated inside the cooking chamber; and a cooling fan which is arranged at one side of the camera module and which cools down the camera module by suctioning external air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yunsik Park
  • Patent number: 12663163
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a casing having a cavity and an electric chamber therein, and a door opening and closing the cavity. In addition, a tank housing storing a water tank therein is disposed in the electric chamber. The tank housing has a tank chamber open towards a tank entrance of a front housing. A front surface of the tank housing is in close contact with a rear surface of the front housing, and the tank chamber is connected to the tank entrance. When the tank housing and the front housing are in close contact with each other, leakage of water or inflow of foreign substances through a gap between the two components can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Myeong Su Shin
  • Patent number: 12655989
    Abstract: A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, an inner pane, a condensate collecting strip provided on a lower edge of the door for collecting a liquid condensed on the inner pane, and a seal element arranged at least in one portion in a gap between the outer pane and the inner pane. The seal element is exclusively connected to the condensate collecting strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Bernauer, Frederic Dubois, Wolfgang Hörner, Peter Jell, Anja Schueck, Christine Thaller
  • Patent number: 12656022
    Abstract: A heliostat frame includes a primary beam and several secondary beams arranged on the primary beam at intervals. The secondary beams are fixed on the primary beam along an extending direction of a center axis of the primary beam, and the secondary beam is provided with several supporting block assemblies. The supporting block assembly includes supporting blocks and adhesive sheets. The supporting blocks are connected with a reflective surface of the heliostat through the adhesive sheets. A height of each of the supporting blocks is configured according to its position on the secondary beam, so that a line connected by centers of top surfaces of all of the supporting blocks on the secondary beam is arc-shaped. The heliostat frame reduces the requirements for the manufacturing accuracy of the secondary beam while guaranteeing surface accuracy of the heliostat, thereby effectively reducing the production costs and improving the manufacturing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG COSIN SOLAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianxiang Jin, Neng Xu, Xiaoling Mi, Xuzhong Zhang, Yuanming Huang, Da Lin, Xiao Tan, Zhengping Zhu, Kangli Chen, Tingting Xiao
  • Patent number: 12655991
    Abstract: An oven according to the present invention includes: a body having a cooking chamber provided in the body; a heat source in the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber; and a drawer device under the body, and including: a drawer case having one or more holes in the upper surface of the drawer case; and a plate covering the one or more holes and forming a gap between the plate and the upper surface, wherein the gap is configured to allow a flow path through the gap for air in the drawer case to be supplied to the heat source through the one or more holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoseon Kwak, Hyunsang Kim, Jeonghyun Park, Seokang Kim, Byounghoon Moon
  • Patent number: 12650232
    Abstract: A fume extraction device for installation in an item of kitchen furniture includes an air duct, a top side provided with an air inlet opening, an appliance housing arranged below the air inlet opening and having a side wall provided with an air outlet opening which is connected to the air duct, a fan arranged in the appliance housing, and a noise filter element received in the appliance housing and including a filter material which is chemically inert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélien Chartrel, Laetitia Angelo, Léa Leblanc, Gauthier Watrin, Marc Siefer, Florent Amyot
  • Patent number: 12631343
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a muffle to define a cooking chamber in which a hot air system is arranged to form a receiving space the hot air system between a muffle rear wall and a front wall of the hot air system. Hot air flows from the receiving space into the cooking chamber through air passage openings in the front wall. A cooking chamber divider separates the cooking chamber into first and second cooking chamber regions in an end position in which the cooking chamber divider overlaps with the front wall, when viewed in a depth direction of the cooking appliance and/or in a height direction of the cooking appliance. The cooking chamber divider has a front-wall-facing side with an edge region adjacent to the front wall and formed with an uneven flow conducting structure to deflect hot air through the air passage openings into the first cooking chamber region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bräuning, Peter Jell, Ragnar Somdalen, Jesus Vicente Tena Sanchez, Wolfgang Hörner
  • Patent number: 12629733
    Abstract: An extractor hood includes a functional unit, a control unit designed to control the functional unit, a hood body, a flap pivotably fastened to the hood body, and a sensor arranged on the flap and designed to detect a state of the flap. The sensor is embodied as an acceleration sensor and connected to the control unit such that the functional unit is controlled by the control unit based on the detected state of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Federmann, Axel Glasbrenner, Ilhan Güclü, Markus Hochmann, Stefan Schrumpf, Jochen Schuhmacher
  • Patent number: 12631341
    Abstract: A cooking appliance according to a concept of the disclosure includes: a cooking room; and a door configured to open or close the cooking room, wherein the door includes: a door body forming an accommodating space in which a printed circuit board is accommodated; a front panel positioned in front of the door body to cover the accommodating space; and a panel bracket fixed to the front panel and configured to detachably couple the front panel with the door body, and the accommodating space is exposed to an outside of the cooking appliance upon separating of the front panel from the door body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiho Jeong, Sangjun Park