Patents by Inventor Chris Hoyle

Chris Hoyle 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).

  • Home cooking appliance having a metered exhaust channel
    Patent number: 10578311
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a rear exhaust exit, a cooking surface on top of the housing, the cooking surface having an upper surface, a cooking compartment in the housing, a cooling air system that conveys cooling air through the housing, an exhaust channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system and the rear exhaust exit, the exhaust channel for guiding a portion of the cooling air from the cooling air system to the rear exhaust exit, and an airflow metering device configured to control an airflow of the portion of the cooling air flowing at least one of into the exhaust channel and within the exhaust channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ray Briscoe, Gayle Collins, Chris Hoyle, Brandon Kornegay
  • HOME COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING A METERED EXHAUST CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20180038596
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a rear exhaust exit, a cooking surface on top of the housing, the cooking surface having an upper surface, a cooking compartment in the housing, a cooling air system that conveys cooling air through the housing, an exhaust channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system and the rear exhaust exit, the exhaust channel for guiding a portion of the cooling air from the cooling air system to the rear exhaust exit, and an airflow metering device configured to control an airflow of the portion of the cooling air flowing at least one of into the exhaust channel and within the exhaust channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ray Briscoe, Gayle Collins, Chris Hoyle, Brandon Kornegay