Patents by Inventor Philippe Dumoux

Philippe Dumoux 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: 20250204715
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance comprising of: a housing, a work bowl, defining a workspace designed to receive food to be prepared, a main lid, which can be moved between an open position and a closed position to respectively open and close the workspace, at least one inner lid designed to be reversibly mounted on the main lid and comprising of at least one handling interface to enable a user to grasp or hold the inner lid, characterized in that the handling interface on the inner lid mounted on the main lid is arranged at least partially outside the workspace when the main lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Romain Turpin, Johann Petitallot, Frédéric Denis Seurat, Philippe Dumoux
  • Publication number: 20250185836
    Abstract: An electric preparation appliance includes at least: a housing with a supporting portion arranged to rest on a workspace and defining a base plane, a lid, which can be moved between a closed position in which access to the workspace is prevented and an open position in which access to the workspace is permitted, means of locking the lid, which can be moved between an unlocked position in which the lid can be freely moved, and a locked position in which the lid is locked in the closed position, a control interface, which can be moved between a first control position and a second control position, characterized in that the control interface comprises a handle that rotates around a handle axis contained in a plane parallel to the base plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Romain Turpin, Philippe Dumoux
  • Publication number: 20250185834
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance including a main lid, and a removable inner lid. The main lid can be moved between an open position and a closed position. The removable inner lid is designed to be coupled to the main lid. The food preparation appliance is designed to provide at least one first cooking mode in which the inner lid is coupled to the main lid and at least one second cooking mode in which the inner lid is removed from the main lid. The food preparation appliance comprises a closure mechanism that can be moved between retracted position and a deployed position. The retracted position is used in the first cooking mode, and the deployed position is used in the second cooking mode where the closure mechanism is designed to close off a gap left open when the inner lid is removed from the main lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Romain Turpin, Guillaume Prieto, Johan Petitallot, Frédéric Denis Seurat
  • Publication number: 20250185835
    Abstract: A food preparation appliance. The includes a housing, a container, a main lid, and a removable sealing apparatus. The main lid can be moved between a closed position and an open position. The removable sealing apparatus can be arranged between the housing and the main lid to allow for the first cooking mode. The container comprises at least one container handle container arranged between the housing and the main lid, and the main lid comprises a clearance located above the container handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Romain Turpin, Philippe Dumoux
  • Publication number: 20090013879
    Abstract: Cooking accessory (1) especially for use in a steam cooking device, said cooking accessory (1) comprising a cooking receptacle and a zone for the passage of steam (6). Specifically according to the invention, the cooking accessory (1) is reversible, and the cooking accessory (1) has in an inverted position a cooking zone (12) adjacent to a juice collecting zone (10), the cooking zone (12) and the juice collecting zone (10) having no through-flow passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Nicolas Pretre
  • Publication number: 20070169639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking element which is intended for a steam cooker. The inventive element consist of a tubular lateral wall (1) and a removable perforated base (2), said tubular lateral wass (1) comprising an inner shoulder (10) which is designed to receive the perforated base (2). According to the invention, the perforated base (2) comprises an openwork plate (3) which is obtained by means of coated or non-coated metal sheet deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Philippe Dumoux
  • Publication number: 20040160761
    Abstract: A case for a household electric appliance, composed of a base containing a signal light and provided with a passage, a water reservoir disposed above the base, and a light conducting window mounted in the passage and disposed to be illuminated by the signal light. The window is fixed to the water reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Nicolas Pretre
  • Publication number: 20040112372
    Abstract: A steam cooker composed of at least one cooking element having a peripheral lateral wall and a pedestal having a steam production base. The at least one cooking element and the pedestal are constructed and dimensioned to allow the at least one cooking element to be placed in either an upright position on the pedestal to hold a food being cooked or in an inverted position on the pedestal so that the peripheral lateral wall at least partially envelopes the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Valerie Vuillemot Ducarme, Nicolas Pretre
  • Patent number: 5524527
    Abstract: In an appliance for cooking or frying foodstuffs in a fluid, comprising: a cooking tank; an external housing surrounding the cooking tank, providing an external wall of the appliance and having an opening; a heating member in thermal communication with the cooking tank; pilot units for controlling operation of the appliance; and a support plate carrying at least a part of the pilot units and removably mounted in the opening in the housing to constitute a portion of the external wall of the appliance, the pilot units including a heating control unit for controlling the temperature of fluid in the cooking tank, mounted on the plate in heat exchange communication with the cooking tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: SEB S. A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Dominique Federico, Jean-Marie Thevenin