Patents by Inventor Steven T. Connell

Steven T. Connell 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: 10898031
    Abstract: An easily assembled blender with an internal frame holding a cupholder elevator assembly, a mix motor assembly, a food preparation chamber, a water heater assembly and a steamer assembly. The water heater and steamer assemblies are preferably on modular trays that slide into the internal frame. The water heater preferably also serves as a hot water reservoir and, to avoid overheating, has its heating coil located near its bottom. To resist scale deposits, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tubing is preferably used to transport steam from the steamer to the food preparation chamber. To expedite manufacture, a spring-biased idler assembly with a drive belt for the cupholder elevator assembly preferably snaps into a lower receiving port on the internal frame. Crisscrossing infrared light beams are preferably placed at the entrance of the food preparation chamber to detect whether the cup entering the chamber is the correct size and detect whether any foreign object is below the food preparation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: F'Real Foods LLC
    Inventors: Steven T. Connell, John Diemer, Kathleen A. Scheible, Kurt J. Ahmann, Patrick M. Goebel, Shek Fai Lau, Curtis Tom
  • Patent number: D807691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: F'real Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Steven T. Connell, Daniel Kukulka, Kathleen Ann Scheible, Bradley Griffin Taylor, Joseph M. Lehman, Ludwin Miguel Mora