Patents by Inventor Daniel Philip MACHEN

Daniel Philip MACHEN 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).

  • Patent number: 12213613
    Abstract: A liquid heating appliance for making a beverage, the liquid heating appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, where at least a first of the plurality of heating components is powered using mains power, a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: a controller, and an energy storage device, wherein the controller is arranged to: control an amount of the mains power applied to the first of the plurality of heating components, control an amount of stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to at least a second of the plurality of heating components, and switch polarity of the voltage of the stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to the second of the plurality of heating components after one or more heating cycles associated with the second of the plurality of heating components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Con Psarologos, Xiang Ren, Ali Tofaili, Scott Fryer, Daniel Philip Machen, Lee Man Ho Kelvin
  • Publication number: 20220360101
    Abstract: An energy management system (401) for a kitchen appliance (201), the energy management system (401) comprising: a mains power system, a backup energy storage system (405), and a con-troller (411), wherein the controller (411) is arranged to: determine a state of health of the energy storage system; determine a state of charge of the energy storage system; determine how energy from the energy storage system is to be used based on the determined state of health, the determined state of charge and at least one measured variable obtained from a kitchen appliance (201), and apply the energy to operate at least one function of the kitchen appliance (201).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Con PSAROLOGOS, Daniel Philip MACHEN, Xiang REN, Ali TOFAILI, Scott FRYER
  • Publication number: 20220071433
    Abstract: A liquid heating appliance for making a beverage, the liquid heating appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, where at least a first of the plurality of heating components is powered using mains power, a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: a controller, and an energy storage device, wherein the controller is arranged to: control an amount of the mains power applied to the first of the plurality of heating components, control an amount of stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to at least a second of the plurality of heating components, and switch polarity of the voltage of the stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to the second of the plurality of heating components after one or more heating cycles associated with the second of the plurality of heating components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Con PSAROLOGOS, Xiang REN, Ali TOFAILI, Scott FRYER, Daniel Philip MACHEN, Lee Man Ho KELVIN