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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Joshua M. Linton, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/6473 (2013.01); H05B 6/6408 (2013.01); H05B 6/6411 (2013.01); H05B 6/6488 (2013.01); H05B 6/6491 (2013.01); H05B 6/6494 (2013.01); H05B 6/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oven may include a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a radio frequency (RF) heating system configured to provide RF energy into the cooking chamber; and an energy conversion assembly provided as a cooking surface of the oven. The energy conversion assembly may be configured to convert at least some of the RF energy into thermal energy for heating the food product, while at least some other portion of the RF energy is directly applied to the food product to heat the food product.