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).

  • Publication number: 20220010968
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: PHILIP R. MCKEE, LEE T. VANLANEN
  • Publication number: 20220010970
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: PHILIP R. MCKEE, LEE T. VANLANEN, ANTHONY SAYAS
  • Publication number: 20150181655
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Philip R. MCKEE, Scott S. SMITH, Lee T. VANLANEN, Earl R. WINKELMANN
  • Patent number: 8993945
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Appliance Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Scott S. Smith, Lee T. Vanlanen, Earl R. Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 8759731
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Appliance Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Scott S. Smith, Lee T. Vanlanen, Earl R. Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 8455797
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Appliance Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Earl R. Winkelmann, Lee T. VanLanen
  • Publication number: 20120111857
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Philip R. MCKEE, Scott S. SMITH, Lee T. VANLANEN, Earl R. WINKELMANN
  • Patent number: 8109485
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Lee T. VanLanen, Douglas M. Galletti
  • Publication number: 20110276184
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Scott S. Smith, LEE T. VANLANEN, Earl R. Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20090236331
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Earl R. Winkelmann, Lee T. VanLanen
  • Publication number: 20080283694
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Lee T. VanLanen, Douglas M. Galletti
  • Patent number: D587261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: AMX LLC
    Inventors: Rashid Skaf, Lorelei Curtiss Connon, Arthur Chao Chung Wu, I-Te Liu, Lee T. VanLanen
  • Patent number: D599801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: AMX LLC
    Inventors: Rashid Skaf, Lorelei Curtiss Connon, Arthur Chao Chung Wu, I-Te Liu, Lee T. VanLanen