By Convection Patents (Class 219/400)
  • Patent number: 12130086
    Abstract: A thermal storage battery is described. The thermal storage battery includes a battery core including a battery core shell made of stainless steel and a thermal storage material mixture included in the battery core shell, the thermal storage material mixture including a mixture of sand and graphite; a plurality of heating elements placed in the battery core, in which each heating element is surrounded by a respective protective tube; a plurality of wall thermal insulation layers, a lid thermal insulation layer, and a bottom thermal insulation layer that enclose the battery core; and at least one heat extraction pipe configured to collect heat from the battery core. The battery core, the plurality of heating elements, the plurality of wall thermal insulation layers, the lid thermal insulation layer, the bottom thermal insulation layer, and the at least one heating collection pipe are encased in a steel outer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Alterno Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Quoc Nguyen, Hai Viet Ho, Hung Van Quach, Phong Tue Mai, Luan The Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12133317
    Abstract: A microwave includes an external enclosure having a top surface that defines a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet along a front edge thereof. An internal enclosure defines a cooking cavity within the external enclosure. A sidewall of the internal enclosure defines a first air passage, and a top wall of the internal enclosure defines a second air passage. A cooking component area is defined between the internal enclosure and the external enclosure adjacent the sidewall of the internal enclosure. A cooling fan is disposed within the cooking component area. The cooling fan is configured to direct air along a cooling air path from the cooling air inlet, through the cooking component area, through the cooking cavity, and to the cooling air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Owen (XunCai) Zhang, Michael A. Ledford, Stephen Zheng, Xiangxu Liu
  • Patent number: 12117183
    Abstract: An oven heating element assembly includes a heating element operable to heat air that flows across the heating element, wherein the heating element includes, a disk having a metallic layer, a ceramic layer sandwiched between the metallic layer and a second metallic layer, and a fan operable to cause air to flow across the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Hans Huijsing
  • Patent number: 12117182
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and an air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) accommodates an object to be heated. The air sending unit (14) supplies hot air (F1) to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The air sending unit (14) includes a suction hole portion (14D) positioned on a predetermined side of the heating cooking chamber (100A) and a blow-out hole portion (14C) positioned on the predetermined side. The air sending unit (14) suctions air inside the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the suction hole portion (14D) and blows air into the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the blow-out hole portion (14C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishijima, Masayuki Iwamoto, Shinji Asami, Tsuyoshi Ootani, Hiromi Suenaga, Tomohiro Kitaura, Yu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12117204
    Abstract: A hand-held hot air device is provided with a housing for at least a fan, a control device, actuating elements and a display and operating device as well as a heating tube arranged at the housing with an integrated heating element and temperature sensor, characterized in that in the control device as a function of a plurality of different air guide options for the hot air emerging from the heating tube after the heating tube there are provided calibration curves, wherein the hand-held hot air device with the control device is configured to, after setting the respective air guide at the outlet from the heating tube, output the air temperature at the location corresponding with the air guide on the display in accordance with the calibration curve of the air guide. Further, a corresponding method for operating a hand-held hot air device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Leister Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stefan Lurati, Ivo Ulrich
  • Patent number: 12108909
    Abstract: An autonomous apparatus for cooking food includes a support body, an openable lid, an internal container which can be extracted/inserted with respect to said support body and open at the top, at least a heating device and at least an element for generating a flow of air toward the inside of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: DE'LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Giuseppe De' Longhi, Renzo Mazzon
  • Patent number: 12102263
    Abstract: A countertop appliance and coffee roaster (10) with a roasting chamber containing at least one heating element (30), a bean container (12), and an exhaust duct (22) for venting said roasting chamber. The countertop appliance and coffee roaster (10) may include a cooling duct (42) for cooling the beans at the conclusion of the roasting cycle. The exhaust duct (22) may contain an exhaust fan (72), secondary heating elements (74), and/or exhaust duct vents (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Behm
  • Patent number: 12098850
    Abstract: An exhaust device has a fan plenum with a fan and a jet plenum having a generally planar shape with one or more jet openings on a distal end thereof configured to create a planar jet. The jet plenum is movably attached at a proximal end thereof to the fan plenum to permit sliding movement of the jet plenum relative to the fan plenum. The fan plenum and the jet plenum each have a respective flow-transfer opening that overlaps the opening of the other, the respective openings being shaped and arranged to remain overlapped in all positions to which the jet plenum is moved relative to the fan plenum such that an interior of the fan plenum and the jet plenum remain in fluid communication to allow air to flow from the fan to flow from the fan plenum to the jet plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hirschmann, Jouni Ryynänen, Chun Khai Tan
  • Patent number: 12089599
    Abstract: An oven uses at least one infrared sensor located outside of the oven baking chamber to measure infrared light emissions from an oven floor, and includes apparatuses that defend infrared sensors and light sources from heat damage using for example baffles, shutters, remote location of the sensor from heat sources and powered ventilation, temperature control systems for ovens using at least one infrared sensor to control the temperature of an oven floor, and powered ventilation systems to keep oven walls cool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: John Langley
  • Patent number: 12082740
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an air-circulating electric roaster designed to enhance the safety of cooking utensils by interrupting the drive power based on temperature changes in the grill plate and the positional detachment of the roaster. The invention comprises an outer body 20 and an inner body 20b, with an electrically heated operating heating lamp 33c provided in the inner body 20b. It further includes a heating unit 30, a grill plate 40, a bottom cap 50, a blower 60, temperature and pressure detection means 70, a platinum catalyst filter 74 arranged externally on the inner body 20b, a water level sensor 77 positioned inside the oil collector 222b, and seismic vibration detection means 80 installed on the outer body 20. These components are integrated into an air-circulating electric roaster 10 and a control box 90 designed to inform about the operational status of the electric roaster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Chan Park, Yong Goo Cho
  • Patent number: 12075942
    Abstract: A device for storing food products at hot temperature, having an outer housing, an inner housing at least partially contained inside the outer housing, and a fan chamber defined within the inner housing, the fan chamber having at least one air inlet and outlet. A fan and a heating element are located inside the fan chamber. A food tray defines a space for holding the food products therein. A first air flow path for guiding a first air flow is defined from outside of the outer housing to the air inlet of the fan chamber, the first flow path extending between the outer housing and the inner housing, and a second air flow path for guiding a second air flow is defined from the air outlet of the fan chamber to the space inside the food tray, and the heating element is located in the second air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
    Inventors: Ireneusz Czapp, Andrzej Tusk, Marek Ormanin, Aleksander Majorek, Kamil Rachuba
  • Patent number: 12068176
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a solder bump on a substrate including a supporter configured to support the substrate to be provided thereon, a housing surrounding the supporter, a cover defining a manufacturing space in combination with the housing and including an edge heating zone along a perimeter thereof, the manufacturing space surrounding the supporter, and an oxide remover supply nozzle configured to supply an oxide remover to the manufacturing space may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungyong Yun, Sanghoon Lee, Sungil Lee
  • Patent number: 12063733
    Abstract: A household oven includes a cooking chamber (6), a light source mount (31), an LED light source (20) arranged on the light source mount (31) to shine light into THE cooking chamber (6), a heat sink (16), and a heat pipe (15) thermally coupling the LED light source (20) to the heat sink (16). This design allows to carry off heat from the LED light source (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: V-ZUG AG
    Inventors: Irina Steier, Raphael Lindegger, Andreas Ranalder
  • Patent number: 12055220
    Abstract: A housing is made sealable even when the rigidity of a frame member and a cover member is not high. In an EFEM, a pressure difference having a predetermined value or less exists between an internal space of a housing and an external space of the housing. The housing includes a frame member assembled so as to form an opening, a cover member attached to the frame member so as to cover the opening, and a seal member sandwiched between the frame member and the cover member and configured to extend so as to surround the opening. The frame member and the cover member are formed of a sheet metal. The seal member is an elastic member having a hollow cross section orthogonal to an extension direction of the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kawai, Gengoro Ogura
  • Patent number: 12058798
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber, a microwave unit to radiate microwaves to the cooking chamber, a convection unit to supply hot air to the cooking chamber, a grill unit to supply radiant heat to the cooking chamber, an input unit to receive a cooking command and a control unit to perform a cooking corresponding to the received cooking command by performing one of a first heating stage and a second heating stage, and after performing the one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage, performing the other one of the first heating stage and the second heating stage. In the first heating stage, the control unit operates the microwave unit and at least one of the convection unit and the grill unit, and in the second heating stage, the control unit operates the grill unit and the convection unit while not operating the microwave unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyu Sik Lim, Sun Hee Koo, Chang Min Baek, In Young Cho
  • Patent number: 12029345
    Abstract: A cooking system positionable on a support surface including a housing including at least a top wall, bottom wall, and side walls, said housing defining a hollow chamber including a cooking chamber and a convecting chamber. A convection heater is disposed within the convecting chamber. At least one fluidly communicable opening extends between the convecting chamber and the cooking chamber. The at least one fluidly communicable opening fully extends between the top wall and the bottom wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Ethan T. Brown, Joshua D. Anthony, Nathaniel R. Lavins, Christopher T. Martin, John M. Steinmetz, David Hensel
  • Patent number: 12022745
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of progressively thermally drying a quantum circuit. An inert gas is progressively heated by a heater element to provide a heated inert gas. Heated ambient air and the heated inert gas combine in a heating channel, causing a combination of the heated ambient air and the heated inert gas to flow into a probe compartment to progressively thermally dry a quantum circuit therein. A flow rate of the inert gas is controlled to cause the combination to have a relative humidity less than or equal to a threshold. A temperature of the heater element may be controlled to be approximately equal to a progressively increasing target temperature within a tolerance of 3.0° C. Heating of the inert gas may be initiated based on detection of the inert gas, and the flow and heating of the inert gas may be automatically discontinued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Quang Thanh Tran, Judith Cutaran Aarts, John S. Hickman, Thanh Cong Dinh
  • Patent number: 12016105
    Abstract: A home appliance, in particular a home cooking appliance, includes a home appliance cavity used as a cooking cavity. The home appliance cavity includes a substrate that is a fibrous matrix and an inorganic resin that is thermally resistant. In certain examples, the home appliance cavity is a single unit construction, eliminating assembly seams. Also described herein are methods of making the home appliance cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Sean Johnson, Kenneth Jones, Robert Parchman
  • Patent number: 12004546
    Abstract: The method may include retrieving a first cooking profile associated with the first food item, wherein the first cooking profile comprises at least one first temperature set point and at least one first time period. The method may also include controlling a temperature of the grill to the first cooking profile. The method may further include retrieving a second cooking profile associated with a second food item, wherein the second cooking profile comprises at least one second temperature set point and at least one second time period. The method may also include combining the first cooking profile and the second cooking profile to form a hybrid cooking profile comprising at least one third temperature set point and at least one third time period. The method may further include controlling the grill to the hybrid cooking profile after beginning the second cooking session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael B. Strong, Chad Sollis, Ryan Tarver
  • Patent number: 12006246
    Abstract: A method of producing soot, including: combusting a first fuel stream and a first oxidizer at a burner face; combusting a second fuel stream and a second oxidizer at the burner face, wherein the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer are premixed in advance of the burner face and a second equivalence ratio of the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer is less than about 1; and combusting a silicon-containing fuel into a plurality of soot particles, wherein the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer are combusted between the first fuel stream and the silicon-containing fuel. Applying this method of producing soot to deposit a preform suitable for the manufacture of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Manoj Agrawal, Dale Robert Powers, Fei Xia
  • Patent number: 11969118
    Abstract: A cooking system includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive food. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber. A lid is movable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The lid seals the opening to the hollow chamber when in the closed position. A portion of the lid is selectively positionable to form a pressure-tight heating volume between the hollow chamber and the portion of said lid. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of the housing and the lid. The at least one heating element is arranged within the pressure-tight heating volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Rupert Elliston, Roger Neil Jackson, Steven Carter, Benjamin Sharp, Thomas Guerin, Christopher T. Martin, Christopher Smith, Joshua D. Anthony, Michaela Dubeau
  • Patent number: 11970773
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing one or more substrates in a batch process according to the principles of atomic layer deposition (ALD) includes a reaction chamber, a chamber plate for closing the reaction chamber, a motor arranged to move the chamber plate between an open position, in which the reaction chamber is open, and a closed position, in which the reaction chamber is closed, and an actuator arm mechanism connected to said motor. The actuator arm mechanism having three or more actuator arms having a distal end, which is connected to the chamber plate, the distal ends of the three or more actuator arms define a plane on the chamber plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Matti Malila, Pekka Soininen
  • Patent number: 11968984
    Abstract: A baking drawer includes an oven cavity and a drawer assembly movable relative to the oven cavity between an extended position, where the drawer assembly is accessible by a user, and a retracted position, where the drawer assembly is located within the oven cavity. The drawer assembly has a bottom wall, two opposing sidewalls and a rear wall. A first vent is formed in the bottom wall, and a second vent is formed in the rear wall. The vents allow air to flow into and out of a ventilated region delineated by the bottom wall, the two sidewalls and the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Chatot, Lauren E. Bull, Pallavi Saha
  • Patent number: 11946649
    Abstract: A cooking appliance extending along a lateral direction between a pair of opposing sides, extending along a transverse direction between a front and a back, and extending along a vertical direction between a top and a bottom, includes a front panel supported by the cooking appliance, the front panel defining an opening; a user interface panel rotatably positioned at the opening, the user interface panel being rotatable between a first position and a second position; and a rotatable support mechanism that carries the user interface panel between the first position and the second position, the rotatable support mechanism positioned proximate to the opening and having an axis of rotation that is spaced apart from the opening and located above and in front of the user interface panel when in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Patrick Todd, Cristopher Lopez Regalado, Luis Enrique Salas Rico
  • Patent number: 11937737
    Abstract: An air circulation roaster for tables with a safety function enabled to remove foreign substances (oil and nitrogen dioxide) generated during cooking of meat, reducing contamination of the air around the roaster, has a safety function that cuts off power pending the sensed temperature of the roast plate. The air circulation roaster has a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the roast plate, a control box placed outside the body when the temperature cuts off power supplied to the heating lamp when the heating unit exceeds the set limit. A platinum catalyst filter placed around the outside of the heating unit is coated with platinum on a network-shaped ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Chan Park, Yong Goo Cho
  • Patent number: 11933499
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a plurality of sidewalls defining a cooking chamber, a door to selectively open and close the cooking chamber; and a bottom panel assembly removably provided within the cooking chamber. The bottom panel assembly includes a panel defining an aperture, a front air deflector attached to the panel at the aperture, and a retention clip provided within the cooking chamber, the retention clip defining a receiving slot to selectively receive the panel when the panel is in an installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Pugel, Blake Ellis, Hans Juergen Paller
  • Patent number: 11918143
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance may include air frying in one heating compartment and steaming in another heating compartment. Each heating compartment may include at least one food container. The food container may be a drawer. One or more heating devices may be in communication with the one or more heating compartments. One or more circulating devices may be used to circulate air. A controller may be used to heat the contents of the one or more heating compartments and circulate the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Paul R. Staun
  • Patent number: 11897616
    Abstract: A galley cart system employs a dry ice compartment and a refrigeration compartment in a galley cart in flow communication with the dry ice compartment. A ventilation system is in interruptible flow communication with at least the refrigeration compartment and configured to receive gas discharged from at least the refrigeration compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Bryce A. Vandyke, Marcus K. Richardson, Chao-Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11846430
    Abstract: A steam cooker includes a main body which includes an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls, and a rear wall, a cavity formed by the upper wall, the lower wall, side walls and the rear wall, a steam generator to generate steam, and a supply pipe to connect the steam generator and the cavity to supply the generated steam into the cavity. The supply pipe includes a first supply pipe which includes a first end connected to the steam generator and a second end, and a second supply pipe includes a first end connected to the upper wall of the cavity and a second end to be connected to the second end of the first supply pipe, and includes a condensation water guide portion formed to be inclined to prevent condensation water generated therein from being introduced into the cavity when the generated steam is supplied into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geun Yong Park, Se Hun Lee, Dong Jin Oh, Pung Yeun Cho
  • Patent number: 11839331
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to apparatuses, systems, and methods for food storage and warming, and particularly, providing static, constant, even, and gentle heat for precise temperature and humidity control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Everidge, Inc.
    Inventor: Danny Chien-Yung Kuan
  • Patent number: 11839330
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cooking apparatus to operate in an automated/robotic environment containing 2 major sub-units: air fryer hood and a rotating pot wherein the air fryer hood streams high velocity, heated air, circulating it in the cooking pot which is rotated, generating a stirring motion of the food ingredients contained in the pot. The apparatus can be used as a stand alone or incorporated in robotic or automated food preparation systems. The apparatus provides controlled cooking regimes for various recipes and food product requirements and each of the sub-units of the apparatus is independently controlled, enabling turning on and off the sub-unit, adjusting the circulated air, velocity and temperature, adjusting the pot's rotational velocity and direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: David Ben-David, Yair Gordin
  • Patent number: 11835239
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for heating, cooling or heating and cooling multiple chambers of a food preparation device utilizing heated and/or cooled nebulized water particles and heated and/or cooled compressed air. The steps of heating include heating water contained in reservoir located outside of the cooking chambers, heating compressed air, conveying the heated water and the heated compressed air to at least one nebulizer, nebulizing the heated water into heated water particles and introducing the heated water particles into the cooking chamber via the heated compressed air. The steps of cooling include cooling water contained in an additional reservoir located outside of the cooking chambers, cooling compressed air, conveying the cooled water and the cooled compressed air to at least one nebulizer, nebulizing the cooled water into cooled water particles and introducing the cooled water particles into the cooking chamber via the cooled compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AHA, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Hoerter
  • Patent number: 11832697
    Abstract: Hair extension drying device includes an enclosure comprising a base and an upwardly extending wall surrounding the base. The wall is configured for receiving a top cover of the enclosure. A fan is coupled to the top cover with the fan being configured for circulating air within the enclosure. A heating unit is coupled to the base. A hair extension holder spaced apart from the heating unit by one or more vertical supports. The hair extension holder includes at least one laterally extending plate that includes perforations or fluid pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Susan Nicole Grimes
  • Patent number: 11789476
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment provides s system for controlling a heater in a non-combustible aerosol-generating device. The system comprises a memory storing computer-readable instructions and a controller configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the non-combustible aerosol-generating device to, detect an airflow in the non-combustible aerosol-generating device, apply a first power to the heater based on the detected airflow, apply a second power to the heater based on a target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below an airflow threshold value, the application of the second power being after the application of the first power, and apply a third power to the heater based on the target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below the airflow threshold value, the application of the third power being after the application of the second power, the third power being greater than the second power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Zack W. Blackmon, Eric Hawes, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Raymond W. Lau, Jarrett Keen, Niall Gallagher
  • Patent number: 11778787
    Abstract: A computing system includes a cabinet, an inlet temperature sensor, a cooling device, an environmental sensor, and at least one processor. The cabinet houses at least one computing device. The inlet temperature sensor is configured to detect inlet temperature data for the at least one computing device. The inlet temperature data represents internal temperature within the cabinet. The cooling device is coupled to the cabinet for maintaining temperature within the cabinet. The environmental sensor is configured to detect environmental temperature data external to the cabinet. The environmental temperature data represents external temperature outside the cabinet. The at least one processor is configured to: (a) determine if one or more of the inlet temperature data and the environmental temperature data exceeds a temperature range; and (b) in response to the temperature range being exceeded, generate a first warning signal indicating a temperature problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Chen, Yueh-Chang Wu, Yan-Kuei Chen, Yangtzu Lee
  • Patent number: 11771099
    Abstract: A smoker assembly includes a body portion comprising a body top end and a body bottom end. The body portion includes at least one air inlet vent defined therethrough proximate the body top end. The smoker assembly also includes at least one air inlet duct coupled to the body portion. The air inlet duct includes a first opening configured to align with the air inlet vent and a second opening configured to be positioned proximate the body portion bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Blues Hog LLC
    Inventor: Tim Scheer
  • Patent number: 11772307
    Abstract: An isostatic press apparatus includes a pressure vessel for pressing a workpiece using the pressure of a pressurized liquid, a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the pressurized liquid, a heating/cooling supply unit for heating or cooling a heat exchange medium that is to be supplied to the heat exchanger, a pressurized liquid circulation fan for circulating the pressurized liquid, a circulation fan motor for rotating the pressurized liquid circulation fan, a motor accommodation unit for accommodating the circulation fan motor therein, and a pressure equalization adjustment unit for increasing or decreasing the internal pressure in the motor accommodation unit to match the internal pressure in the pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ENERGYN INC.
    Inventors: Jin Suk Jang, Ihn Kee Hwang
  • Patent number: 11758935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coffee bean temperature detection device, including an accommodation tube, with two opposite openings, and the opening facing the bean in use is a first opening, and the other opening facing away from the bean is a second opening; a fixing element is fixedly arranged in the accommodation tube but does not contact the accommodation tube; a non-contact thermometer is located in the accommodation tube and fixedly arranged on a surface of the fixing element facing the first opening, with the non-contact thermometer facing the first opening and not in contact with the accommodation tube; and a blowing device is fixedly arranged at end of the second opening, and the blowing device blows in a direction towards the non-contact thermometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Aillio Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonas Lillie
  • Patent number: 11761639
    Abstract: An oven cooling system may include a body having an oven cavity. The system may include a heating element may be operably configured to heat the oven cavity. A door may be coupled to the body and operably configured to open and close. The system may also includes an energy bank. Cooling elements may be located in the oven and coupled to the energy bank. The energy bank may be configured to remove heat from the oven cavity to cool the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: David Gillman
  • Patent number: 11754294
    Abstract: A multi-zone, proximate-air oven using air delivered from the shelves provides a compact height through the use of low profile shelves. Intercavity heat leakage is managed by active insulation techniques making use of the oven feedback temperature control and controlled cavity loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Lee Thomas VanLanen, Todd Coleman, Aaron Choate
  • Patent number: 11700958
    Abstract: Provided is a sneeze guard attachment for creating an air curtain between display food covered by a sneeze guard and a person. The device includes a panel, a frame affixed to the panel that creates a chamber between the panel and the sneeze guard, and a means for forcing air into the chamber. The chamber includes an open end, which allows the air to be forced out of the chamber in order to create an air curtain. The air curtain separates the display food contained in a food bar/food prep area from the consumer. The device can be retrofitted on any preexisting food shield or sneeze guard, and can be utilized with various types of display food, including food items found in buffets, salad bars, hot food bars, roller grills, made-to-order food operations, catering stands, roller grills, sandwich preparation areas, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Michael M Kurmlavage
  • Patent number: 11684076
    Abstract: A food thawing apparatus includes a cabinet structure defining a thawing chamber, and at least one air mover and associated air flow structure for causing an air flow through the thawing chamber. At least one air heating element is positioned for heating the air flow. At least one shelf is positioned within the thawing chamber for supporting a food product in the thawing chamber, the shelf including at least one integrated shelf heating element. A control system is configured for controlling the air mover, the air heating element and the shelf heating element so as to thaw the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Jackson, Henry L. Nguyen, Joseph F. Sanders
  • Patent number: 11684213
    Abstract: A cooking unit includes a cooktop, a hood assembly, a duct assembly, and a fan. The cooktop defines a slot at least partially extending along a peripheral edge of the cooktop. The hood assembly includes a hood support extending upward from the cooktop and a hood coupled to the hood support. The hood support defines a conduit. The hood defines an intake and a hood chamber connecting the intake to the conduit of the hood support. The duct assembly includes ducting extending beneath the cooktop. The ducting connects the conduit to the slot. The fan is positioned to drive air into the intake, through the hood chamber, through the conduit, through the ducting, and out of the slot. At least a portion of the air exiting the slot returns to the intake such that an air curtain is generated between the slot and the intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Hatco Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Majchrzak, Jim Virgin, Kevin Veeser, William Novotny, Matthew Thomas, Nicholas Bassill
  • Patent number: 11639797
    Abstract: An oven comprising a housing, a cook cavity located within the housing, wherein the housing includes an opening to the cook cavity and the cook cavity is configured to receive a food item through the opening, an oven door for covering the opening, a heating element configured to heat an air within the cook cavity, an active vent interconnecting the cook cavity and an outside of the housing, and a controller operatively coupled to the active vent and the heating element is disclosed. The controller is configured to perform the steps of (a) turning on the heating element to initiate a cooking cycle, (b) keeping the active vent closed during an initial stage of the cooking cycle, (c) after the initial stage of the cooking cycle, opening the active vent, and (d) keeping the active vent open during at least a portion of a remainder of the cooking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: OVENTION, INC.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Alex Wayne Johnson
  • Patent number: 11617467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination pressure cooker and air fryer lid that may be attached to a vessel. The lid may be adjustable between two general cooking positions. In the first cooking position, the lid may operate with the vessel as a pressure cooker. In the second cooking position, the may operate with the vessel as an air fryer. In performing either of the pressure cooking or air fryer cooking functions, the lid need not be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Michael Kennedy, Eddy Fung
  • Patent number: 11597332
    Abstract: A motor-actuated actuated-vent-valve is configured to operatively couple to a vent port of a solid-fueled cooker. The vent port is in series with both a flow of air into a combustion region of the cooker, and a flow of resulting combustion gases from the cooker, the flow of air being responsive to a position of the actuated-vent-valve. A first controller adapted to receive a sensed-temperature signal responsive to a temperature within a cooking region of the cooker, and operatively coupled to an externally-located actuator motor of the motor-actuated actuated-vent-valve, provides for automatically electronically controlling the position of the actuated-vent-valve to a continuum of positions within a range of the positions, thereby substantially regulating the first temperature within the cooking region of the solid-fueled cooker to a user-defined temperature level responsive to the sensed-temperature signal by controlling an exclusively-naturally-occurring flow of air into the combustion region of the cooker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: IOT CONTROLS LLC
    Inventor: Eric D. Reinhart
  • Patent number: 11510523
    Abstract: An autonomous cooking apparatus for food includes a base body, a lid defining with the base body a cooking chamber, a container, disposed in the base body and a mixing device. The mixing device is connected to a drive member configured to make it rotate with respect to the container around a central axis of rotation. The apparatus also comprises a heating device configured to heat air in the cooking chamber and a ventilation device configured to make the air circulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Giuseppe De' Longhi, Renzo Mazzon, Luca Gallina
  • Patent number: 11506396
    Abstract: Provided is an oven comprising an air guide configured to guide the flow of air discharged from a discharge passage. The oven comprises: a main body having an open cavity; a door for opening and closing the oven cavity; a handle disposed on the upper portion of the front surface of the door; an air blower fan disposed on the top of the oven cavity so as to blow air suctioned from the outside of the main body; the discharge passage configured to discharge the air suctioned by the air blower fan to the outside of the main body; and the air guide disposed on one end of the discharge passage so as to divide the flow of air discharged through the discharge passage into an upper portion and a lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Jin Lee, Myoung Keun Kwon, Jung Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 11497196
    Abstract: An egg incubator includes a base assembly having a base tray configured to support a plurality of eggs and a motorized egg turner configured to turn the plurality of eggs. The egg turner includes a hub, a first ring concentric with the hub, and a first plurality of spokes extending radially from the hub. Each of the first plurality of spokes is circumferentially-spaced from an adjacent spoke of the first plurality of spokes and includes: a radial member extending from the hub toward the first ring, a first diverging member extending obliquely from the radial member to the first ring, and a second diverging member extending obliquely from the radial member to the first ring. The motorized egg turner also includes a second ring positioned outward from and circumscribing the first ring and a second plurality of spokes extending radially between the inner ring and the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MANNA PRO PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Zhao, Paul Hale Slinkard
  • Patent number: 11485581
    Abstract: A thermal processing apparatus (20) includes a spiral conveyor system (22) configured into an ascending spiral stack (26). An air balance tunnel (40) includes a tunnel housing (76) positioned inside of a thermal processing chamber adjacent an outlet opening (36). A conveyor belt (24) travels through the housing on its way out of the processing chamber. An air pervious ejector assembly (78) is positioned within the housing at an elevation above the conveyor belt (24). An air pervious evacuation sheet (80) is located within the housing at a location beneath the conveyor belt (24). An air pervious cover assembly (150) is positioned over the conveyor belt (24) at a location just before the conveyor belt enters the air balance tunnel (40). The cover sheet (150) is connectable to the ejector assembly (78) so as to remove the ejector assembly from the tunnel housing (76) by manually moving the cover assembly (150).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies AB
    Inventors: Kenny Tobias Norén, Nedjada Ribic, Patrik Torbjörn Dalhult, Lars Johan Siljeborn