Patents by Inventor Lee T. VanLanen
Lee T. VanLanen 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).
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Publication number: 20220010968Abstract: A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a housing for containing a first and second interchangeable cooking modules. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. A grease shield is located within the first oven. The second oven is different from the first oven. The modular cooking apparatus also includes a control panel for receiving cooking inputs, a controller for controlling the first and second interchangeable cooking modules, and a single power plug for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: PHILIP R. MCKEE, LEE T. VANLANEN
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Publication number: 20220010970Abstract: A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven, and a second interchangeable cooking module containing a hot air oven having a cooking chamber. The hot air oven includes a cook rack having multiple air deflectors having different lengths located within said cooking chamber and a blower for directing heated air in a horizontal direction beneath said cook rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: PHILIP R. MCKEE, LEE T. VANLANEN, ANTHONY SAYAS
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Publication number: 20150181655Abstract: An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service includes a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one microwave generator, at least one set of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within the oven, at least one blower having an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000 at 100 percent velocity, wherein the blower circulates at least a portion of gas from the nozzles, tubes or apertures into the cooking chamber substantially toward the food product and back to the nozzles, tubes or apertures, and a thermal energy source that heats the gas, wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Philip R. MCKEE, Scott S. SMITH, Lee T. VANLANEN, Earl R. WINKELMANN
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Patent number: 8993945Abstract: An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service includes a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one microwave generator, at least one set of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within the oven, at least one blower having an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000 at 100 percent velocity, wherein the blower circulates at least a portion of gas from the nozzles, tubes or apertures into the cooking chamber substantially toward the food product and back to the nozzles, tubes or apertures, and a thermal energy source that heats the gas, wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Appliance Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Scott S. Smith, Lee T. Vanlanen, Earl R. Winkelmann
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Patent number: 8759731Abstract: A cooking oven system with a master-slave power assembly therebetween to allow for a single power connection to a 30 ampere single phase electrical outlet includes: a first oven which runs on about 15 amperes; and a second oven which runs on about 15 amperes with an electrical power system which includes a power cord that extends from the second oven to the electrical inlet of the first oven, thereby allowing the first oven to act as a power master to the second oven which acts as a slave by obtaining power from the first oven; wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber of either the first or second oven exhibits a flow rate of at least about 100 CFM at 100 percent velocity.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Appliance Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Scott S. Smith, Lee T. Vanlanen, Earl R. Winkelmann
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Patent number: 8455797Abstract: The present invention is directed to improving the conventional high-speed cooking oven based on a combination of hot air impingement and microwave heating by providing a time-dependent spatial variation in the net air impingement and/or net microwave energy applied to the food product in the oven. This is aimed at optimizing heat transfer and microwave efficiencies in a high-speed cooking oven, thereby enabling the oven to deliver an optimal cooking efficiency in comparison to the conventional high-speed cooking oven. In addition, under the embodiments of the present invention, the cooking efficiency may be further optimized by providing a plenum between each wall of the cooking chamber and the housing of the oven.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Appliance Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Earl R. Winkelmann, Lee T. VanLanen
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Publication number: 20120111857Abstract: A cooking oven system with a master-slave power assembly therebetween to allow for a single power connection to a 30 ampere single phase electrical outlet, the system comprising: a first oven which runs on about 15 amperes; and a second oven which runs on about 15 amperes with an electrical power system which includes a power cord that extends from the second oven to the electrical inlet of the first oven, thereby allowing the first oven to act as a power master to the second oven which acts as a slave by obtaining power from the first oven; wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber of either the first or second oven exhibits a flow rate of at least about 100 CFM at 100 percent velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Philip R. MCKEE, Scott S. SMITH, Lee T. VANLANEN, Earl R. WINKELMANN
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Patent number: 8109485Abstract: A display wall mount comprising a wall bracket configured to couple to a wall and having a first wall bracket edge, a display bracket configured to couple to the display and having a first display bracket edge, and a curvilinear bar moveably coupled between the first wall bracket edge and the first display bracket edge. The display bracket is moveably coupled to the wall bracket.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Lee T. VanLanen, Douglas M. Galletti
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Publication number: 20110276184Abstract: An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service includes a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one microwave generator, at least one set of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within the oven, at least one blower having an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000 at 100 percent velocity, wherein the blower circulates at least a portion of gas from the nozzles, tubes or apertures into the cooking chamber substantially toward the food product and back to the nozzles, tubes or apertures, and a thermal energy source that heats the gas, wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Scott S. Smith, LEE T. VANLANEN, Earl R. Winkelmann
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Publication number: 20090236331Abstract: The present invention is directed to improving the conventional high-speed cooking oven based on a combination of hot air impingement and microwave heating by providing a time-dependent spatial variation in the net air impingement and/or net microwave energy applied to the food product in the oven. This is aimed at optimizing heat transfer and microwave efficiencies in a high-speed cooking oven, thereby enabling the oven to deliver an optimal cooking efficiency in comparison to the conventional high-speed cooking oven. In addition, under the embodiments of the present invention, the cooking efficiency may be further optimized by providing a plenum between each wall of the cooking chamber and the housing of the oven. With the optimized cooking efficiency provided by the present invention, the high speed cooking technology may now be extended to ovens operating on a power supply based on a voltage less than 220 volts and a current less than 30 amperes, preferably approximately 13.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Earl R. Winkelmann, Lee T. VanLanen
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Publication number: 20080283694Abstract: A display wall mount comprising a wall bracket configured to couple to a wall and having a first wall bracket edge, a display bracket configured to couple to the display and having a first display bracket edge, and a curvilinear bar moveably coupled between the first wall bracket edge and the first display bracket edge. The display bracket is moveably coupled to the wall bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Lee T. VanLanen, Douglas M. Galletti
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Patent number: D587261Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: AMX LLCInventors: Rashid Skaf, Lorelei Curtiss Connon, Arthur Chao Chung Wu, I-Te Liu, Lee T. VanLanen
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Patent number: D599801Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: AMX LLCInventors: Rashid Skaf, Lorelei Curtiss Connon, Arthur Chao Chung Wu, I-Te Liu, Lee T. VanLanen