Patents by Inventor Coleen Judith Muegge

Coleen Judith Muegge 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for operating a speedcooking oven
    Patent number: 6867399
    Abstract: A method for operating an oven including a microcomputer includes receiving in a microprocessor of an oven, a plurality of inputs from a user indicative of a conventional cooking time, a conventional cooking temperature, and a food category, wherein the oven includes an RF generation module, an upper heater module, a lower heater module, and a convection fan, and converting at least one of the conventional cooking time to a speedcooking time different than the conventional cooking time, and the conventional cooking temperature to a speedcooking temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Karen Edberg, Alicia A. Doligale, Larry R. Harmon, Cecilia Maria Blanchard
  • Multirack cooking in speedcook ovens
    Patent number: 6815644
    Abstract: A multirack speedcook oven includes a cooking cavity, a plurality of racks within the cooking cavity, an RF generation module operationally coupled to the cooking cavity and configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity, at least one heat source positioned within the cavity and configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity, and a control configured to accept data regarding said plurality of racks, the control operationally coupled to the RF generation module, and the at least one heat source for selective control thereof based on the accepted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Karen Edberg
  • Methods and apparatus for operating a speedcooking oven
    Publication number: 20040178192
    Abstract: A method for operating an oven including a microcomputer includes receiving in a microprocessor of an oven, a plurality of inputs from a user indicative of a conventional cooking time, a conventional cooking temperature, and a food category, wherein the oven includes an RF generation module, an upper heater module, a lower heater module, and a convection fan, and converting at least one of the conventional cooking time to a speedcooking time different than the conventional cooking time, and the conventional cooking temperature to a speedcooking temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Karen Edberg, Alicia A. Doligale, Larry R. Harmon, Cecilia Maria Blanchard
  • Self-cleaning systems and methods
    Patent number: 6730879
    Abstract: A self-cleaning oven includes a cooking chamber, a first heating element inside the cooking chamber, and a second heating element inside the cooking chamber. The first and second heating elements are configured to be energized simultaneously during a first stage of a self-cleaning operation of the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Coleen Judith Muegge, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael
  • Oven and methods for operating same
    Patent number: 6730880
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven cavity, at least one heat source disposed in the cavity; and only one reversible fan disposed in the cavity, the fan is configured to change an airflow pattern in the cavity by reversing a direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Ray Smith, Mark Anthony Chissom, Peta-Gaye Sonya Whitbourne, Hiram Dwayne Cornett, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Coleen Judith Muegge, David Laurence Kinny
  • Multi rack oven and methods for operating same
    Patent number: 6727478
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven cavity, at least one heat source disposed in the cavity, and an oven controller operationally coupled to the heat source. The oven controller is configured to accept data regarding a number of racks and control the at least one heat source based upon the accepted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Coleen Judith Muegge, Peta-Gaye Sonya Whitbourne, Charles Ray Smith, David Laurence Kinny
  • Oven and methods for operating same
    Publication number: 20030146201
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven cavity, at least one heat source disposed in the cavity; and only one reversible fan disposed in the cavity, the fan is configured to change an airflow pattern in the cavity by reversing a direction of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Charles Ray Smith, Mark Anthony Chissom, Peta-Gaye Sonya Whitbourne, Hiram Dwayne Cornett, Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Coleen Judith Muegge, David Laurence Kinny
  • Multi rack oven and methods for operating same
    Publication number: 20030146205
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven cavity, at least one heat source disposed in the cavity, and an oven controller operationally coupled to the heat source. The oven controller is configured to accept data regarding a number of racks and control the at least one heat source based upon the accepted data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Jennifer Elizabeth Rael, Coleen Judith Muegge, Peta-Gaye Sonya Whitbourne, Charles Ray Smith, David Laurence Kinny