Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

General Electric Company

Eric Scott Johnson

Hans Juergen Paller

Rebekah Leigh Tyler

Debora W Chang

James Lee Armstrong

John Kenneth Hooker

James Anthony Staudigel

Sean Michael Renock

Anil Kumar Tummala

Eric Paez

Jeremy Davidson Mahaney

Charles David Christensen Phillips

Michael Goodman Schroeder

Mark William Hamersky

Natarajan Venkatakrishnan

James Robert Schwartz

James Carter Bach

Jennifer Elaine Hilvert

Marjorie Mossman Peffly

Joshua Stephen Wiseman

Beth Ann Schubert

David Scott Dunlop

Kyle Andrew Kozinski

Ramesh Janardhanam

Aaron Matthew McDaniel

Thomas Allen Hutchins

Michael Blum

Kelly Rose Kroger Lyons

Sabrina Marie Hannah

Bonnie Theresa King

Sandra Lou Murawski

Stephen Christopher Boedicker

Katherine Michelle Jansen

Brandon Bucholz

Teresa Cuasay Manuel

Theodore Jay Verbrugge

Gregory V Tormos

Abdel Hamad

Kenneth Joseph Hanley

David Thomas Warnke

Victoria Steele

Brian Michael Hurley

Matthew Francis Kuhar

Kyle Robert Eden

Aashish Ashokrao Saraf

Matthew David Gladhill

Juliette Marie Dubon

Yoel Tanquero

Rebekah Ruth Figueroa

William Jeffrey Gore

Iii Hutton Howard David

Kevin M Labitzke

Iii Margraf Carl Hinz

An oven appliance may provide for a method of adaptive cooking. The method may include receiving an oven temperature signal to indicate an oven temperature and directing activation of a bottom heating element according to a first heating cycle based on the oven temperature signal. The method may further include receiving a bottom temperature signal to indicate a bottom temperature and directing activation of the bottom heating element according to a second heating cycle based on the bottom temperature signal, the second heating cycle being distinct from the first heating cycle.

Oven appliance and methods for adaptive cooking

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking surface, a heating element, and a controller. The plurality of chamber walls may be mounted within the cabinet. The plurality of chamber walls may define an oven chamber. The cooking surface may be defined in the oven chamber. The heating element may be mounted in thermal communication with the oven chamber to heat the cooking surface. The controller may be in operative communication with the heating element. The controller may be configured to initiate a cooking operation that includes determining a cooking stability state within the oven chamber, directing a preheating cycle within the oven chamber following determining the cooking stability state, selecting a parameter value according to the cooking stability state, and directing activation of the heating element in a cooking cycle according to the selected parameter value following the preheating cycle.

Oven appliance and methods of state-contingent operation

An oven appliance having a cabinet with a chamber positioned within the cabinet. The chamber is configured for receipt of a food item for cooking. The oven appliance also includes a door for providing selective access to the chamber and a plurality of walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, and opposing sidewalls defining the chamber. Further, the oven appliance includes a fan assembly operable to cause air to flow in the chamber and a fan cover arranged to at least partially cover the fan assembly. Moreover, the oven appliance includes a first heating element arranged adjacent to the bottom wall. In addition, the oven appliance includes a duct in fluid communication with the fan assembly and the first heating element for directing airflow in the chamber to the fan assembly and across the first heating element to heat the food item.

Oven appliance having a duct for improved heating

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking plate, a debris trap, and a bottom heating element. The plurality of chamber walls may be mounted within the cabinet. The plurality of chamber walls may define an oven chamber. The plurality of chamber walls may include a back wall, a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall. The cooking plate may define a cooking surface in the oven chamber between the bottom wall and the top wall. The debris trap may be disposed against the cooking plate. The debris trap may define a recessed trough horizontally spaced apart from the cooking surface and disposed therebelow. The bottom heating element may be mounted above the bottom wall to heat the cooking surface within the oven chamber.

Oven appliance having a modular trim assembly for collecting debris

An oven appliance or method may provide for directing a pre-cooking setting of a first heating element and receiving a first-sensor temperature signal from a first temperature sensor. Receiving the first-sensor temperature signal may occur during the pre-cooking setting of the first heating element. The method may also include determining a first progress value based on the first-sensor temperature signal and a first fractional constant. The first fractional constant may be a predetermined proportion of a pre-cooking phase. The method may further include receiving a second-sensor temperature signal from a second temperature sensor and determining a second progress value based on the second-sensor temperature signal and a second fractional constant. The second fractional constant may be a predetermined proportion of the pre-cooking phase. The method may still further include directing display of a progress icon based on the first progress value and the second progress value.

Oven appliances and methods for displaying pre-cooking progress

An oven appliance includes a chamber, a fan assembly operable to cause air to flow in the chamber, and a first heating element adjacent to a bottom wall of the oven appliance. The oven appliance further includes a removable heating element cover configured for defining a duct in fluid communication with the fan assembly and the first heating element for directing airflow in the chamber to the fan assembly and across the first heating element to heat a food item. The oven appliance also includes a sensing device for detecting a presence of the heating element cover and a controller having a processor configured to receive an indication from the sensing device confirming whether the heating element cover is engaged with the sensing device and control operation of the oven appliance based on the indication.

Removable heating element cover for an oven appliance and methods of detecting same

Methods of operating a refrigerator appliance are provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a food storage chamber with a drawer slidably mounted within the food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a sensor operable to detect an atmospheric condition within the food storage chamber of the drawer and a camera assembly positioned and configured for monitoring the drawer. The methods generally include obtaining an image using the camera assembly and analyzing the image to identify a first food item and a second food item in the food storage chamber of the drawer.

Refrigerator appliance with smart drawers

Methods for operating an oven appliance, as provided herein, may include various steps for activating top and bottom heating elements (e.g., at overlapping times) prior to limiting activation of one of the heating elements based on one or more received temperature signals.

Oven appliance and methods for high-heat cooking

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking surface, a top heating element, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The cooking surface may be defined in a cooking chamber. The top heating element may be mounted above the cooking surface to heat the cooking chamber. The temperature sensor may be disposed within the cabinet. The controller may be configured to initiate a cooking operation that includes initiating preheat activation of the top heating element, receiving temperature signals from the temperature sensor during the preheat activation, determining a preheat threshold is met based on the received temperature signals, and initiating cooking activation of the top heating element based on a cooking cycle having a predetermined time interval subsequent to determining the preheat threshold is met. Initiating cooking activation may include directing the top heating element based on the cooking cycle for the predetermined time interval.

Oven appliance and method for preheating high-heat cooking surface

A temperature sensor assembly for a cooktop appliance can include a plate with a cylindrically-shaped boss, one or more seals located in one or more grooves of the plate, a grommet disk engaged with the bottom surface of the plate, and a cylindrically-shaped grommet in which a cap for a temperature sensor is positioned and is slidable therein.

Sealing temperature sensor assembly for an appliance cooktop

An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber for receipt of a food for cooking and an air exhaust channel having an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet is for directing air flowing adjacent to the cooking chamber into the air exhaust channel, whereas the air outlet is for directing the air out of the air exhaust channel. The oven appliance also includes a fan configured for causing air to flow from the cooking chamber and through the air exhaust channel. Further, the oven appliance includes a debris diverter component arranged with the air exhaust channel for preventing debris or liquid from contacting the fan.

Debris diverter component for preventing damage to oven appliance fan

An oven appliance is provided. In one aspect, the oven appliance includes a cabinet with a cooking chamber for receipt of food for cooking. The oven appliance further includes multiple fans disposed within a fan enclosure defined by a cover. A divider is positioned between the fans to separate the fan enclosure into a top region and a bottom region. A shroud defines a fan opening in which one of the fans is positioned and separates the top region into a suction region and an exhaust region. The fans generate an airflow pattern within the cooking chamber based on a selected convection cooking mode.

Oven appliance equipped with multiple fans for selecting convection air flow direction

An oven appliance, as provided herein, may include a plurality of chamber walls, a bottom heating element, a base panel, and a cooking plate. The plurality of chamber walls may define an oven chamber. The plurality of chamber walls may include a back wall, a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall. The bottom heating element may be mounted above the bottom wall to heat a cooking surface within the oven chamber. The base panel may be disposed over the bottom heating element. The base panel may define an oven vent and a receiving zone spaced apart from the oven vent. The base panel may further define an enclosed region with the bottom wall about the bottom heating element. The cooking plate may be disposed on the base panel within the receiving zone. The cooking plate may define the cooking surface.

Oven appliance having a high-heat cooking surface

Induction cooktops and operational methods are provided herein. A method of determining material composition of cookware on an induction cooktop can include determining that a piece of cookware is on the induction cooktop, inducing a current within the piece of cookware with an induction coil of the induction cooktop, and obtaining a peak induction coil current, a smoothed input line current, and a phase shift of current flowing in the induction coil. The method can further include comparing the peak induction coil current, the smoothed input line current, and the phase shift each to a set of predetermined ranges, and determining candidate material compositions for the cookware based on the comparing of each of the peak induction coil current, the smoothed input line current, and the phase shift.

Determining material composition of cookware in induction heating systems

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Eric Scott Johnson