Patents by Inventor Karel Slovacek

Karel Slovacek 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).

  • Apparatus, logic and method for emulating the lighting effect of a candle
    Patent number: 7850327
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises receiving a time-varying power waveform. The power waveform may be periodic and/or phase-controlled. Compressed within a power range associated with the time-varying power waveform, a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal is produced, which is supplied to a light source in order to produce a lighting effect emulating lighting from a candle flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Enchanted Lighting Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Campbell, Mike Boone, Mark Medley, Karel Slovacek
  • Apparatus, logic and method for emulating the lighting effect of a candle
    Publication number: 20060119287
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises receiving a time-varying power waveform. The power waveform may be periodic and/or phase-controlled. Compressed within a power range associated with the time-varying power waveform, a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal is produced, which is supplied to a light source in order to produce a lighting effect emulating lighting from a candle flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Kurt Campbell, Mike Boone, Mark Medley, Karel Slovacek
  • Cooking appliance with improved heat distribution
    Patent number: 6314871
    Abstract: Cooking appliances, cooking assemblies, and cooking assembly components that improve heat distribution are provided. In one embodiment, a cooking assembly has a sear grid including a radiant panel having an undulating shape. The panel defines at least one generally parabolic dome with a radiused peak to allow liquids at the peak to be rapidly heated by the burner. The dome has sides extending away from the peak with a generally increasing slope to cause liquids flowing down the sides of the dome to accelerate. In another embodiment, a double U-shaped burner is provided. A U-shaped burner has a base for positioning at the front of the cooking assembly and a pair of legs that extend toward the rear of the cooking assembly. A second U-shaped connecting tube is positioned to connect the U-shaped burner base to the front of the cooking assembly housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Thermador Corporation
    Inventors: Richard M. Holbrook, Jeff Busta, Scott Turner, Filiberto Betancourt, Karel Slovacek, Jeff Lam, James Layfield
  • Cooling appliance with improved heat distribution
    Patent number: 6176173
    Abstract: Cooking appliances, cooking assemblies, and cooking assembly components that improve heat distribution are provided. In one embodiment, a cooking assembly has a sear grid including a radiant panel having an undulating shape. The panel defines at least one generally parabolic dome with a radiused peak to allow liquids at the peak to be rapidly heated by the burner. The dome has sides extending away from the peak with a generally increasing slope to cause liquids flowing down the sides of the dome to accelerate. In another embodiment, a double U-shaped burner is provided. A U-shaped burner has a base for positioning at the front of the cooking assembly and a pair of legs that extend toward the rear of the cooking assembly. A second U-shaped connecting tube is positioned to connect the U-shaped burner base to the front of the cooking assembly housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Thermador Corporation
    Inventors: Richard M. Holbrook, Jeff Busta, Scott Turner, Filiberto Betancourt, Karel Slovacek, Jeff Lam, James Layfield