Patents by Inventor Holger Henke

Holger Henke 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: 10412789
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a cooking process using an item of cookware having inductive properties on a cooking area, wherein a coil is arranged as part of an LC resonant circuit in the region of the cooking area and the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit is measured repeatedly or continuously. The invention also relates to a cooking apparatus having at least one cooking area, a temperature sensor, a power controller, an LC resonant circuit having a coil, which is arranged in, around or in the region of the cooking area, and a controller, which is connected to the temperature sensor and a unit for measuring the frequency of the LC resonant circuit and which is programmed to carry out method, wherein the controller has access to a memory for storing the mathematically determined parameter function or vector function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Cuciniale GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Henke, Tobias Flämig-Vetter, Philipp Ochtendung
  • Patent number: 9631984
    Abstract: Methods for determining the insertion angle of a core temperature probe having a plurality of temperature measuring points in food to be cooked for controlling a cooking process, in which, starting at a time after insertion of the core temperature probe into the food to be cooked, the insertion angle of the core temperature probe into the food to be cooked is determined based on a measured increase in temperature of at least two temperature measuring points over time. The invention further relates to a control unit for a cooking appliance for carrying out such a method, and to a cooking appliance comprising such a control unit and at least one core temperature probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cuciniale GmbH
    Inventor: Joern Holger Henke
  • Publication number: 20160088685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a cooking process using an item of cookware having inductive properties on a cooking area, wherein a coil is arranged as part of an LC resonant circuit in the region of the cooking area and the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit is measured repeatedly or continuously. The invention also relates to a cooking apparatus having at least one cooking area, a temperature sensor, a power controller, an LC resonant circuit having a coil, which is arranged in, around or in the region of the cooking area, and a controller, which is connected to the temperature sensor and a unit for measuring the frequency of the LC resonant circuit and which is programmed to carry out method, wherein the controller has access to a memory for storing the mathematically determined parameter function or vector function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Holger Henke, Tobias Flämig-Vetter, Philipp Ochtendung
  • Publication number: 20140086274
    Abstract: Methods for determining the insertion angle of a core temperature probe having a plurality of temperature measuring points in food to be cooked for controlling a cooking process, in which, starting at a time after insertion of the core temperature probe into the food to be cooked, the insertion angle of the core temperature probe into the food to be cooked is determined based on a measured increase in temperature of at least two temperature measuring points over time. The invention further relates to a control unit for a cooking appliance for carrying out such a method, and to a cooking appliance comprising such a control unit and at least one core temperature probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Cuciniale GmbH
    Inventor: Joern Holger Henke
  • Patent number: 6178290
    Abstract: A water filter device has a collecting pot (1) with a spout (2) disposed at the front, with a handle (3) disposed at the rear in opposite relationship, and with an electrical heating element (5) arranged in the lower boiling region of the collecting pot (1), in this arrangement the collecting pot (1) is closable at the top by a lid (4) and provided in the interior is a filter insert (8) in which a filter cartridge (9) which can be filled with a purification agent is arranged so that untreated water can be poured into the filter insert (8) by way of the filter cartridge (9) and can pass due to the force of gravity to at least under the filter cartridge (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Brita GmbH
    Inventors: Detlev Weyrauch, Holger Henke