Patents by Inventor Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl

Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl 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: 20230417419
    Abstract: One or more cooking elements of a cooking appliance may be controlled during a glass member-clean cycle to maintain a temperature within an oven cavity. One or more covers and/or one or more cooktops may include one or more glass members. The one or more glass members may be positionable between different configurations. The cooking appliance may include one or more stands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Cardwell, II, Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Patent number: 11796182
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a secondary venting arrangement within an oven cavity to supplement a primary venting arrangement with localized venting of combustion products adjacent a flame detector that detects a flame emitted by a gas burner disposed under the oven cavity. Doing so may assist with stabilizing the flame generated by the gas burner prior to establishment of steady state flow pattern within the oven cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, Vern A. Neal
  • Patent number: 11796187
    Abstract: A system for electronically controlling a vent damper for a gas oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20230213203
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided that includes a cooktop and a double oven. A first oven may be a standard radiant or convection oven. A second oven comprises a combined toaster-oven and air fryer. The combined toaster-oven and air fryer can include a heat source that is the same as or different from the heat source of the first oven. The heat source of the second oven can include a plurality of graphite bake heating elements and a plurality of graphite broil elements. The second oven includes a fan disposed configured to provide targeted air flow directly onto a food load that is placed inside said second oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, Richard W. Cowan, Vern A. Neal, Jody Anne Swann, Charles Cardwell, II
  • Patent number: 11639796
    Abstract: A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user while an igniter is activated during ignition of a gas burner to notify the user that the igniter is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20220412570
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a secondary venting arrangement within an oven cavity to supplement a primary venting arrangement with localized venting of combustion products adjacent a flame detector that detects a flame emitted by a gas burner disposed under the oven cavity. Doing so may assist with stabilizing the flame generated by the gas burner prior to establishment of steady state flow pattern within the oven cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, Vern A. Neal
  • Publication number: 20220404024
    Abstract: A cooking appliance and method of operation thereof in which cooking element drying operations are implemented to drive moisture out of the electrically-insulative material in a sheathed electrical cooking element. In many instances, the cooking element drying operations are of relatively short duration and/or include multiple cycles to drive moisture out of the electrically-insulative material without generating sufficient leakage current to cause a GFCI trip, and in some instances, while maintaining a surface temperature of the cooking element below a temperature that could cause a skin burn to occur and/or for items in contact with the cooking element to be damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Vern A. Neal, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20220404027
    Abstract: A sheet panel assembly includes a gap formed in a corner region which is covered with a corner cap member. The corner cap may include various retention mechanisms, such as snaps or spring clips, pin and slots, swaged/flared pins, bendable tabs, and adhesives, to retain the corner cap once installed to cover the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Patent number: 11486574
    Abstract: A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user when a user control for a gas burner is in a position within which an igniter is active and a gas valve is supplying sufficient gas flow to the gas burner to support ignition and thereby assist a user in properly positioning the user control during ignition of the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20220178547
    Abstract: A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user while an igniter is activated during ignition of a gas burner to notify the user that the igniter is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20220178538
    Abstract: A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user when a user control for a gas burner is in a position within which an igniter is active and a gas valve is supplying sufficient gas flow to the gas burner to support ignition and thereby assist a user in properly positioning the user control during ignition of the burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Patent number: 11280498
    Abstract: A system for inhibiting and providing access to appliance control knobs includes a support structure for mounting individual control knobs or groups thereof, and an actuator assembly for extending and retracting control knobs either individually or collectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, John Hooker, Vern A. Neal, Nathan E. Nelson, Daniel J. Trice
  • Patent number: 11185953
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for one or more service panels for a cooking appliance. The service panel may be removable to access one or more interior compartments of the frame structure or cooking appliance. The service panel may include a plurality of fasteners releasably engaging the frame or remaining portion of the cooking appliance. The service panel may provide access to a variety of electrical devices and/or mechanical devices within the interior compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20200363067
    Abstract: A system for inhibiting and providing access to appliance control knobs includes a support structure for mounting individual control knobs or groups thereof, and an actuator assembly for extending and retracting control knobs either individually or collectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, John Hooker, Vern A. Neal, Nathan E. Nelson, Daniel J. Trice
  • Patent number: 10739011
    Abstract: A system for inhibiting and providing access to appliance control knobs includes a support structure for mounting individual control knobs or groups thereof, and an actuator assembly for extending and retracting control knobs either individually or collectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, John Hooker, Vern A. Neal, Nathan E. Nelson, Daniel J. Trice
  • Publication number: 20200182484
    Abstract: A system for electronically controlling a vent damper for a gas oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Publication number: 20200088411
    Abstract: A system for inhibiting and providing access to appliance control knobs includes a support structure for mounting individual control knobs or groups thereof, and an actuator assembly for extending and retracting control knobs either individually or collectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, John Hooker, Vern A. Neal, Nathan E. Nelson, Daniel J. Trice
  • Publication number: 20190184506
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for one or more service panels for a cooking appliance. The service panel may be removable to access one or more interior compartments of the frame structure or cooking appliance. The service panel may include a plurality of fasteners releasably engaging the frame or remaining portion of the cooking appliance. The service panel may provide access to a variety of electrical devices and/or mechanical devices within the interior compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl