Patents by Inventor Pierre P. Repper

Pierre P. Repper 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).

  • Electronic gas cooktop control with simmer system and method thereof
    Patent number: 7255100
    Abstract: An electronically activated gas cooktop control system, responsive to a touch-sensitive user interface, and capable of providing a predetermined range of cooking and simmer levels of BTU output, has two complementary heating modes of operation A first heating mode of operation is provided to produce a wide selection of simmer levels of BTU output, by electronically sequencing a solenoid-operated modulating gas valve “on” and “off”, at a predetermined level of flame. A second cooking mode of operation is provided by electronically modulating the level of flame, through use of a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) output signal to produce a wide selection of cooking levels of BTU output. An igniter system capable of insuring proper ignition of gas without generating harmful electromagnetic interference is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: CompuValve LLC
    Inventors: Pierre P. Repper, Alan B. Shute, Christa B. Shute, Suzanne J. Shute, Allen L. Olson, Feng Zhou
  • Electronic gas cooktop control with simmer system and method thereof
    Publication number: 20020045142
    Abstract: An electronically activated gas cooktop control system, responsive to a touch-sensitive user interface, and capable of providing a predetermined range of cooking and simmer levels of BTU output, has two complementary heating modes of operation A first heating mode of operation is provided to produce a wide selection of simmer levels of BTU output, by electronically sequencing a solenoid-operated modulating gas valve “on” and “off”, at a predetermined level of flame. A second cooking mode of operation is provided by electronically modulating the level of flame, through use of a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) output signal to produce a wide selection of cooking levels of BTU output. An igniter system capable of insuring proper ignition of gas without generating harmful electromagnetic interference is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Pierre P. Repper, Alan B. Shute, Christa B. Shute, Suzanne J. Shute, Allen L. Olson, Feng Zhou