Patents by Inventor Aric Hanz Storck

Aric Hanz Storck 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).

  • Cross heating thermocouple based pan sensing
    Patent number: 9599345
    Abstract: A cooktop includes a first burner and a second burner. A first temperature sensor is adjacent the first burner, and a second temperature sensor is adjacent the second burner. A cooktop controller is operatively connected to the first temperature sensor to receive a first temperature signal from the first temperature sensor, and operatively connected to the second temperature sensor to receive a second temperature signal from the second temperature sensor. The cooktop controller is configured to determine, from the second temperature signal, an absence of a cooking vessel at the first burner, and to automatically downwardly adjust a heat output of the first burner based on the absence of a cooking vessel at the first burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Wayne McAfee, Aric Hanz Storck
  • CROSS HEATING THERMOCOUPLE BASED PAN SENSING
    Publication number: 20140295357
    Abstract: A cooktop includes a first burner and a second burner. A first temperature sensor is adjacent the first burner, and a second temperature sensor is adjacent the second burner. A cooktop controller is operatively connected to the first temperature sensor to receive a first temperature signal from the first temperature sensor, and operatively connected to the second temperature sensor to receive a second temperature signal from the second temperature sensor. The cooktop controller is configured to determine, from the second temperature signal, an absence of a cooking vessel at the first burner, and to automatically downwardly adjust a heat output of the first burner based on the absence of a cooking vessel at the first burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Wayne McAfee, Aric Hanz Storck