Patents by Inventor Lawrence Portaro

Lawrence Portaro 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: 20050173401
    Abstract: A cooking platform includes at least one surface heating element having a first power consumption level and an oven located under the surface heating element. The oven includes a first heating element having a second power consumption level and a second heating element having a third power consumption level. The second heating element has at least two heating sub-elements. One of the two heating sub-elements is configured to be deenergized when a sum of the first, second, and third power consumption levels exceeds a power consumption limit of the cooking platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Bakanowski, David Kinny, Lawrence Portaro, Timothy Powell, Mark Schoenegge, Joshua Wiseman, Charles Smith, Cecilia Blanchard