Abstract: A probe assembly for a cooking appliance includes an outer case that includes a cap, a body, and retention features that are coupled to each of the cap and the body. A first temperature sensor is operably coupled to the cap of the outer case. A probe is operably coupled to the body of the outer case and is selectively concealed by the cap. A second temperature sensor is operably coupled to the probe. A controller is communicatively coupled to each of the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The controller is configured to receive a first signal from the first temperature sensor when the cap is directly coupled to the body of the outer case.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2024
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation
Inventors:
Marco Casucci, Simone Emanuele Ceron, Luca Corbo, Alessandro Gigante, Marta Maria Teresa Taverna
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adaptive logic board that includes a signal sensing circuit configured to receive an input signal as an electrical current. The signal sensing circuit includes a plurality of resistors and a plurality of switches configured to electrically couple or electrically decouple the plurality of resistors from the signal sensing circuit, in which each switch of the plurality of switches corresponds to a corresponding resistor of the plurality of resistors. The adaptive logic board also includes a sensing unit that is configured to measure a voltage drop of the input signal across an active resistor of the plurality of resistors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignees:
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Konstantin Alex Borisov, JonPaul Warriner, Chenyi Jiang, Anuradha Girish Ogale, Fei Lu
Abstract: A food thermometer includes a tip portion and an outer shell including a minimum food insertion depth indicator visible on an exterior of the outer shell. A thermal barrier member is located inside the outer shell along a center virtual axis defined by the outer shell at or adjacent a projected position of the minimum food insertion depth indicator on the virtual axis, or closer to the tip portion than the orthogonally projected position of the minimum food insertion depth indicator. In another aspect, a food thermometer includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. A third portion connected to the second portion includes an antenna. A thermal barrier member is located in at least one of the first portion and the second portion to thermally insulate the interior of the first portion from at least a portion of the interior of the second portion.
Abstract: Temperature data is wirelessly received from a food thermometer inserted into food. A remaining time for cooking the food is estimated based at least in part on the received temperature data. The progression of a recipe to at least two new stages is indicated on a user interface based on the received temperature data. According to one aspect, the food thermometer includes a thermal sensor configured to measure an internal temperature of the food or an ambient temperature adjacent the food. It is determined that the indicated temperature measured by the thermal sensor increased by at least a threshold value from a previously indicated temperature wirelessly received from the food thermometer, and the progression of the recipe is indicated on the user interface to a new cooking stage.
Abstract: Phase angle error and ratio error correction is provided in a current transformer by a bucking voltage opposite in phase to the voltage drop across the burden resistor and inherent winding resistance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 9, 2015
Assignee:
Magnelab, Inc.
Inventors:
George O. Langer, Christopher Scott Brown, Samad Seyfi