Patents by Inventor Frank Jacob Hellwig

Frank Jacob Hellwig 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: 12392499
    Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, an insulated cooking chamber, and a plurality of internal ridge. The cabinet may include a plurality of outer panels. The cabinet may define an airflow path extending through the cabinet. The insulated cooking chamber may be disposed within the cabinet. The airflow path may be defined between the outer panels and the insulated cooking chamber. The plurality of internal ridges may be disposed within the cabinet. The plurality of internal ridges may extend along the airflow path and define a guided segment thereof. The plurality of internal ridges may be spaced apart along the airflow path and thereby define a cross-path gap between adjacent ridges of the plurality of internal ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar, Frank Jacob Hellwig, Willie D. Warren, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12359825
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet, a plurality of walls positioned therein to define a cooking chamber, and a door that provides selective access to the cooking chamber. An air passageway is defined through the door and around the cooking chamber between the plurality of walls and the cabinet. An air handler draws cooling air into the air passageway through an intake aperture and discharges the cooling air through a discharge aperture. A mesh screen is positioned over the discharge aperture of the air passageway to restrict access to hot surfaces within the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Willie D. Warren, Jr., Frank Jacob Hellwig, Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar
  • Patent number: 11940154
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. A braided gasket is interposed between the door and the perimeter of the outer walls of the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position. The braided gasket is attached to the perimeter by one or more gasket clips. The gasket clips have a head, a body positioned perpendicular to the head, and a leg extending from the end of the body and overlapping at least a portion of the body, at least a portion of the leg extending parallel to the body. A tail extends from an end of the head, at least a portion of the tail extending parallel to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Jacob Hellwig, Mahesh Racha
  • Publication number: 20230341132
    Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, an insulated cooking chamber, and a plurality of internal ridge. The cabinet may include a plurality of outer panels. The cabinet may define an airflow path extending through the cabinet. The insulated cooking chamber may be disposed within the cabinet. The airflow path may be defined between the outer panels and the insulated cooking chamber. The plurality of internal ridges may be disposed within the cabinet. The plurality of internal ridges may extend along the airflow path and define a guided segment thereof. The plurality of internal ridges may be spaced apart along the airflow path and thereby define a cross-path gap between adjacent ridges of the plurality of internal ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar, Frank Jacob Hellwig, Willie D. Warren, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230235890
    Abstract: A cooking appliance that includes a heating element, a controller, and a dock, each mounted to a panel. The cooking appliance also includes a user interface which is removably mountable to the panel, so that the user interface can be used separated from the cooking appliance. The controller is configured for detecting a proximity of the user interface relative to the panel. Further, the controller is configured for deactivating the heating element in response to the detected proximity of the user interface relative to the panel passing a deactivation threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Willard Johnson, Frank Jacob Hellwig, David L. Brown
  • Publication number: 20230135267
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet, a plurality of walls positioned therein to define a cooking chamber, and a door that provides selective access to the cooking chamber. An air passageway is defined through the door and around the cooking chamber between the plurality of walls and the cabinet. An air handler draws cooling air into the air passageway through an intake aperture and discharges the cooling air through a discharge aperture. A mesh screen is positioned over the discharge aperture of the air passageway to restrict access to hot surfaces within the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Willie D. Warren, JR., Frank Jacob Hellwig, Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar
  • Publication number: 20220373188
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. A braided gasket is interposed between the door and the perimeter of the outer walls of the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position. The braided gasket is attached to the perimeter by one or more gasket clips. The gasket clips have a head, a body positioned perpendicular to the head, and a leg extending from the end of the body and overlapping at least a portion of the body, at least a portion of the leg extending parallel to the body. A tail extends from an end of the head, at least a portion of the tail extending parallel to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Jacob Hellwig, Mahesh Racha
  • Patent number: 10409314
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided including a cooking surface, a heating element, a control surface, and a control element positioned on the control surface. The control element is associated with the heating element, which is positioned on the cooking surface. The cooking appliance also includes an integrated housing positioned below the control surface aligned with the control element. The integrated housing encloses both a lighting assembly for providing light to at least one of the control element or the control surface and an electromechanical switch operably coupled to the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Allen Turner, Frank Jacob Hellwig
  • Publication number: 20170089588
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided including a cooking surface, a heating element, a control surface, and a control element positioned on the control surface. The control element is associated with the heating element, which is positioned on the cooking surface. The cooking appliance also includes an integrated housing positioned below the control surface aligned with the control element. The integrated housing encloses both a lighting assembly for providing light to at least one of the control element or the control surface and an electromechanical switch operably coupled to the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Darren Allen Turner, Frank Jacob Hellwig