Patents by Inventor Christopher James Adelmann

Christopher James Adelmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20180017268
    Abstract: A drawer assembly for an oven appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes two slide assemblies mounted within a cooking chamber of the oven appliance for supporting a door and a rack assembly. The rack assembly includes a wire support frame for supporting a cooking tray and two support brackets for mounting the wire support frame to the slide assemblies. In this manner, a user may slide the rack assembly and cooking tray out of the cooking chamber by pulling on the door. The wire support frame may be formed from metal using computer numerically controlled machining and may be welded to the support brackets. In this manner, the rack assembly provides a simple, rigid construction that requires a minimal number of parts and is easy to manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 9863645
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly is coupled to a front panel of the door and extends through a liner of the door. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20170314787
    Abstract: An oven appliance has a reflector positioned within a housing above an upper heating element. An air distribution manifold defines an entrance proximate a cooking chamber of the housing. A catalytic smoke reducer is positioned above the reflector at the entrance of the air distribution manifold. An air handler is operable to draw air from above the reflector through the catalytic smoke reducer and the entrance of the air distribution manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20170055535
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a baking stone positioned within a housing at a bottom portion of a cooking chamber. A baffle is positioned within the housing below a lower heating element array. The baffle includes an upper plate and a lower plate. Holes of the upper plate are offset from holes of the lower plate. The holes of the lower plate are contiguous with a regulating air duct of the housing such that a flow of air enters the baffle through the holes of the lower plate. Regulating air exits the holes of the upper plate and is impinged onto a bottom surface of the baking stone in a pattern to regulate baking stone temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Christopher James Adelmann, James Lee Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20170059182
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a baking stone positioned within a housing at a bottom portion of a cooking chamber. An entrance of a venting channel is positioned over an opening of the housing, and an exit of the venting channel is positioned above the entrance of the venting channel. The exit of the venting channel is also positioned such that the exit of the venting channel is exposed to interior room ambient atmosphere about the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Christopher James Adelmann, James Lee Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20170059175
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a baking stone positioned within a housing at a bottom portion of a cooking chamber. A casing is mounted to the housing at the opening of the housing. The casing extends about the opening of the housing and is removable from the housing. The casing may be replaced with an interchangeable casing having a different cosmetic appearance and/or operational features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Christopher James Adelmann, James Lee Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20170059181
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a baking stone positioned within a housing at a bottom portion of a cooking chamber. An inlet of an air duct is positioned at a front portion of the housing, and an outlet of the air duct is positioned at a rear portion of the housing and is contiguous with ambient air about the housing. An air handler is configured for urging the ambient air about the housing through the air duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Christopher James Adelmann, James Lee Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20170017248
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preparing food items are provided. A method includes obtaining a cooking profile for the food item from a plurality of cooking profiles stored on a remote server. Each of the plurality of cooking profiles includes a food item style and a plurality of cooking factors associated with the food item style. The method further includes configuring an oven appliance for cooking based on each of the plurality of cooking factors of the obtained cooking profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: James Lee Armstrong, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Christopher James Adelmann
  • Patent number: 9541295
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a bearing disposed within one of a series of detents. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 9521708
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides an oven range appliance. The oven range appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines a width. A cooktop is positioned at a top portion of the cabinet. The cooktop includes a ceramic panel. The ceramic panel defines a width. The width of the ceramic panel is about equal to the width of the cabinet. Thus, the ceramic panel can extend across the width of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Kevin Scott Laundroche
  • Patent number: 9420800
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a baking stone positioned within a housing at a bottom portion of a cooking chamber. A controller is in operative communication with an upper heating element array, a lower heating element array, a pair of upper temperature sensors and a pair lower temperature sensors. The controller is configured for independently operating each of a first zone of the upper heating element array, a second zone of the upper heating element array, a first zone of the lower heating element array and a second zone of the lower heating element array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Christopher James Adelmann
  • Publication number: 20160195280
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly is coupled to a front panel of the door and extends through a liner of the door. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20160195279
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a slide assembly that couples a door to a cabinet such that the door is movable along a transverse direction relative to the cabinet. A support assembly includes a block mounted to the cabinet and a leveling leg threaded to the block. The block extends from the cabinet along the transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Nils Naber, Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20150354829
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance and also includes features for permitting pivoting of the. The oven appliance also includes a frame with a tray removably mounted to the frame and a rack disposed on the tray. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20150354830
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes features for permitting the door to pivot between a vertical position and a peak position. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20150354828
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a bearing disposed within one of a series of detents. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20150201465
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides an oven range appliance. The oven range appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines a width. A cooktop is positioned at a top portion of the cabinet. The cooktop includes a ceramic panel. The ceramic panel defines a width. The width of the ceramic panel is about equal to the width of the cabinet. Thus, the ceramic panel can extend across the width of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Kevin Scott Laundroche