Patents by Inventor Paul Newsom

Paul Newsom 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).

  • Surface temperature cooking control
    Patent number: 8859941
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven liner defined by front, top, bottom, back and side panels, a heating element thermally coupled to the oven liner, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a panel of the oven cavity, and a controller operatively coupled to the temperature sensor and the heating element. The controller is configured to energize the heating element as a function of the detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew David Gladhill, Paul Newsom, Heather Ann Thomas
  • Oven door locking system
    Patent number: 8800544
    Abstract: A locking system for an appliance that includes an oven and a door for the oven. The locking system includes an oven door lock device that is selectively switchable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a flame sensor configured to detect a flame within the oven, and a controller communicatively coupled to the flame sensor. The controller is configured to switch the oven door lock device to its locked position thereby securing the door in its closed position when a flame inside the oven is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Newsom, Paul Bryan Cadima
  • OVEN DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120180776
    Abstract: A locking system for an appliance that includes an oven and a door for the oven. The locking system includes an oven door lock device that is selectively switchable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a flame sensor configured to detect a flame within the oven, and a controller communicatively coupled to the flame sensor. The controller is configured to switch the oven door lock device to its locked position thereby securing the door in its closed position when a flame inside the oven is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Newsom, Paul Bryan Cadima
  • SURFACE TEMPERATURE COOKING CONTROL
    Publication number: 20120103966
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven liner defined by front, top, bottom, back and side panels, a heating element thermally coupled to the oven liner, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a panel of the oven cavity, and a controller operatively coupled to the temperature sensor and the heating element. The controller is configured to energize the heating element as a function of the detected temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew David GLADHILL, Paul Newsom, Heather Ann Thomas