Patents by Inventor Phillip Boyune Wong

Phillip Boyune Wong 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).

  • Control circuit for a coffee grinder
    Patent number: 6700340
    Abstract: A control circuit controls a coffee grinder having a grinder motor. The control circuit includes a timer portion and a first switch. The first switch functions as a two-condition switch to place the control circuit in one of (1) an off condition when the first switch is open and the timer portion and the grinder motor are de-energized and (2) a run condition when the first switch is closed, the timer portion is energized, and the grinder motor is energized once in the run condition, the control circuit remaining in the run condition until the timer portion times out or until the first switch is re-opened thereby returning the control circuit to the off condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Boyune Wong, Peter J. McCurdy
  • Control circuit for a coffee grinder
    Publication number: 20030178959
    Abstract: A control circuit controls a coffee grinder having a grinder motor. The control circuit includes a timer portion and a first switch. The first switch functions as a two-condition switch to place the control circuit in one of (1) an off condition when the first switch is open and the timer portion and the grinder motor are de-energized and (2) a run condition when the first switch is closed, the timer portion is energized, and the grinder motor is energized once in the run condition, the control circuit remaining in the run condition until the timer portion times out or until the first switch is re-opened thereby returning the control circuit to the off condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Boyune Wong, Peter J. McCurdy