Patents by Inventor Peter Alan Steiner

Peter Alan Steiner 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).

  • Patent number: 11971737
    Abstract: Embodiments of a heating appliance with control features such as knobs can provide tactile feedback to the user during knob operation. Tactile feedback through the knob, e.g., during rotation in one or more directions, can improve control precision. Beneficial control accuracy features, such as can be utilized during appliance operation and setting of parameters of the heating appliance. A user's desired setting, such as various cooking modes or an off position can therefore be input into the heating appliance with tactile control aspects. A user's desired setting can therefore be accurately set, including with the benefit of tactile control aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith
  • Patent number: 11937736
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an oven body having an interior compartment and a door panel for accessing the interior compartment, wherein the interior compartment is sized to receive a food product; a removable heated tray positionable within the interior compartment, wherein the heated tray includes a top tray surface and a first heating source positioned below the top tray surface; and a second heating source positioned within the interior compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith, John Aaron Miller, Drew William Heidenreich
  • Publication number: 20230050419
    Abstract: Embodiments of a heating appliance with control features such as knobs can provide tactile feedback to the user during knob operation. Tactile feedback through the knob, e.g., during rotation in one or more directions, can improve control precision. Beneficial control accuracy features, such as can be utilized during appliance operation and setting of parameters of the heating appliance. A user's desired setting, such as various cooking modes or an off position can therefore be input into the heating appliance with tactile control aspects. A user's desired setting can therefore be accurately set, including with the benefit of tactile control aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith
  • Patent number: 11422583
    Abstract: Embodiments of a heating appliance with control features such as knobs can provide tactile feedback to the user during knob operation. Tactile feedback through the knob, e.g., during rotation in one or more directions, can improve control precision. Beneficial control accuracy features, such as can be utilized during appliance operation and setting of parameters of the heating appliance. A user's desired setting, such as various cooking modes or an off position can therefore be input into the heating appliance with tactile control aspects. A user's desired setting can therefore be accurately set, including with the benefit of tactile control aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith
  • Publication number: 20210349493
    Abstract: Embodiments of a heating appliance with control features such as knobs can provide tactile feedback to the user during knob operation. Tactile feedback through the knob, e.g., during rotation in one or more directions, can improve control precision. Beneficial control accuracy features, such as can be utilized during appliance operation and setting of parameters of the heating appliance. A user's desired setting, such as various cooking modes or an off position can therefore be input into the heating appliance with tactile control aspects. A user's desired setting can therefore be accurately set, including with the benefit of tactile control aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith
  • Publication number: 20210274968
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including an oven body having an interior compartment and a door panel for accessing the interior compartment, wherein the interior compartment is sized to receive a food product; a removable heated tray positionable within the interior compartment, wherein the heated tray includes a top tray surface and a first heating source positioned below the top tray surface; and a second heating source positioned within the interior compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith, John Aaron Miller, Drew William Heidenreich
  • Patent number: D969550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Peter Alan Steiner
  • Patent number: D980001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Peter Alan Steiner