Patents by Inventor Ben Braden
Ben Braden 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).
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Patent number: 10820736Abstract: A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jeremy Nash, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
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Patent number: 10690351Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a cooktop surface and a gas pedestal burner on the cooktop surface. The gas pedestal burner includes a burner portion having a sidewall, a lower surface facing the cooktop surface, a plurality of burner ports in the sidewall, and a base portion under the burner portion. The base portion elevates the burner portion in a vertical direction above the cooktop surface and has a lower mounting surface disposed on the cooktop surface. An area of a footprint of the lower mounting surface of the base portion is less than an area of a footprint of the lower surface of the burner portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: David Adams, Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jonathan Grey, Donald Hendricks, Chris Hill, David Nowak, Timothy Russell, Graham Sadtler, Phil Springer
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Patent number: 10655844Abstract: A gas burner of a household cooking appliance is provided. The gas burner includes a burner portion, and a pedestal portion under the burner portion for elevating the burner portion above a cooktop surface of the household cooking appliance. The pedestal portion includes a base portion for mounting with the cooktop surface of the household cooking appliance, and an upper portion that interposes the base portion and the burner portion, and interfaces with the burner portion. A perimeter of the base portion has no mathematical correlation to one of a perimeter of the burner portion and a perimeter of the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: David Adams, Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jonathan Grey, Donald Hendricks, Chris Hill, David Nowak, Tim Russell, Graham Sadtler, Phil Springer
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Patent number: 10359200Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooktop surface on a top of the housing, a burner on the cooktop surface, a cooking grate disposed above the burner, a cooking compartment in the housing, an oven flue that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a flue gas air diverter configured to divert the air exiting from the oven flue under a portion of the cooking grate.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Ben Braden, Robert Ladner, Richard Moyers, Charles Osborne, Timothy Russell
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Publication number: 20180363921Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooktop surface on a top of the housing, a burner on the cooktop surface, a cooking grate disposed above the burner, a cooking compartment in the housing, an oven flue that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a flue gas air diverter configured to divert the air exiting from the oven flue under a portion of the cooking grate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Ben Braden, Robert Ladner, Richard Moyers, Charles Osborne, Timothy Russell
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Patent number: 10156366Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a rear wall, a cooking compartment in the housing, an exhaust channel that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and an air gap insulator disposed between the rear wall and the air flowing in the exhaust channel and forming an air gap between the rear wall and the exhaust channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Ben Braden, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
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Patent number: 10113748Abstract: A griddle and gas burner range, including: a griddle having an electric heating element, and a griddle plate that is disposed over the electric heating element; at least one open top gas burner disposed adjacent to the griddle; and a heat barrier installed between the griddle and the at least one open top gas burner, so as to block the escape of heat from the griddle and into an area of the at least one open top gas burner during operation of the griddle.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Ben Braden, Charlie Hanna, Brian Silva, Derek Turner
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Publication number: 20180252407Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a cooktop surface and a gas pedestal burner on the cooktop surface. The gas pedestal burner includes a burner portion having a sidewall, a lower surface facing the cooktop surface, a plurality of burner ports in the sidewall, and a base portion under the burner portion. The base portion elevates the burner portion in a vertical direction above the cooktop surface and has a lower mounting surface disposed on the cooktop surface. An area of a footprint of the lower mounting surface of the base portion is less than an area of a footprint of the lower surface of the burner portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: David Adams, Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jonathan Grey, Donald Hendricks, Chris Hill, David Nowak, Timothy Russell, Graham Sadtler, Phil Springer
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Patent number: 9958166Abstract: A household cooking appliance including a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening. The opening has a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening. A door covers the opening and is moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a door skin forming an outer surface of the door and a full glass inner panel forming an inner surface of the door. The full glass inner panel abuts the seal when the door is in a closed position. A latch retainer is coupled to the door skin and an oven lock is moveable between a lock position in which the oven lock engages the latch retainer and locks the door in the closed position during a self-cleaning process, and an unlock position in which the oven lock is disengaged from the latch retainer.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell
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Patent number: 9951959Abstract: A home appliance having an improved burner including an appliance body; at least one burner assembly supported in the appliance body to provide a heat source, the burner assembly including a burner head, an electrode and a venturi tube for mixing gas and air and directing the resultant gas and air mixture to the burner head for ignition by the electrode and flame output through the burner head, the venturi tube being formed from a material subjected to an electrolytic passivation process, preferably an anodizing process.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Richard De Brosse, Timothy Russell, Ben Braden, Jeremiah Nash
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Publication number: 20180078074Abstract: A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jeremy Nash, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
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Publication number: 20180051889Abstract: A household cooking appliance include a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening; and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a full glass inner panel that abuts the seal when the door is in a closed position. The full glass inner panel includes a surface having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is adjacent to a first area within the perimeter of the seal surrounding the opening and directly exposed to heating of the oven chamber, and the second portion is adjacent to a second area outside of the perimeter of the seal and not being exposed to heating of the oven chamber. The full glass inner panel extends substantially from edge-to-edge of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, James David Green, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell
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Patent number: 9872581Abstract: A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jeremy Nash, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
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Publication number: 20180003393Abstract: A griddle and gas burner range, including: a griddle having an electric heating element, and a griddle plate that is disposed over the electric heating element; at least one open top gas burner disposed adjacent to the griddle; and a heat barrier installed between the griddle and the at least one open top gas burner, so as to block the escape of heat from the griddle and into an area of the at least one open top gas burner during operation of the griddle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Ben Braden, Charlie Hanna, Brian Silva, Derek Turner
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Patent number: 9857085Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a side wall, a cooking compartment in the housing, an exhaust channel that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a side shield disposed between the side wall and the air flowing in the exhaust channel and forming an air gap between the side wall and the exhaust channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Ben Braden, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
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Publication number: 20170336079Abstract: A domestic appliance has an enclosure panel that has a ventilation section that has solid portions and open portions. The solid portions has first legs extending in a first direction, and second legs extending in a second direction. Two of the first legs and two of the second legs completely bound one of the open portions. A third one of the second legs intersects the first one of the first legs at a first intersecting location other than either end of the first one of the first legs. A fourth one of the second legs intersects the second one of the first legs at a second intersecting location other than either end of the second one of the first legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Ben Braden, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell, Tyson White, William Bringe
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Patent number: 9822983Abstract: A household cooking appliance include a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening; and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a full glass inner panel that abuts the seal when the door is in a closed position. The full glass inner panel includes a surface having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is adjacent to a first area within the perimeter of the seal surrounding the opening and directly exposed to heating of the oven chamber, and the second portion is adjacent to a second area outside of the perimeter of the seal and not being exposed to heating of the oven chamber. The full glass inner panel extends substantially from edge-to-edge of the door.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, James David Green, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell
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Patent number: 9696038Abstract: A home appliance with a cooktop and an oven cavity. A gas-operable burner for heating the cavity to a cooking temperature and including a gas mixing pipe is mounted to the appliance with a bracket and has an inlet for intake of gas and air for combustion, the gas mixing pipe being mounted to the appliance with a bracket. A ventilation channel extends through the appliance body. A fan is in fluid communication with the ventilation channel for creating an airstream within the ventilation channel. An air conduit extends between the ventilation channel and the gas mixing pipe, with an air conduit inlet in the airstream and an air conduit outlet adjacent the gas mixing pipe to direct air from the airstream to the gas mixing pipe for combustion with the gas and air. An air conduit stabilization apparatus mounts the air conduit to the gas mixing pipe bracket.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Ben Braden, Charlie Hanna, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell
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Patent number: 9671114Abstract: A household cooking appliance including a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening, and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a full glass inner panel having an inner surface that abuts the seal when the door is in a closed position and shock-absorbing means for absorbing and distributing a shock or an impact on the full glass inner panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Donald Hendricks, Rose Marie Parker, Timothy Russell
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Publication number: 20170030589Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooktop surface on a top of the housing, a burner on the cooktop surface, a cooking grate disposed above the burner, a cooking compartment in the housing, an oven flue that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a flue gas air diverter configured to divert the air exiting from the oven flue under a portion of the cooking grate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Ben Braden, Robert Ladner, Richard Moyers, Charles Osborne, Timothy Russell