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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
Richard W. Cowan, Louisville, KY (US);
Vern A. Neal, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N 1/00 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F23N 5/10 (2006.01); F23N 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N 1/002 (2013.01); F23N 5/105 (2013.01); F23N 5/126 (2013.01); F24C 3/128 (2013.01); F23N 2235/12 (2020.01); F23N 2239/04 (2020.01); F23N 2241/08 (2020.01);
Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a gas cooking element, an electromechanical valve fluidly coupled with the gas cooking element to regulate a flow of gas to the cooking element, a flame detector configured to detect an active state of a flame for the gas cooking element, a manually-actuated user control movable over a range of positions, and a controller coupled to the electromechanical valve, the flame detector, and the manually-actuated user control. The controller is configured to initiate a calibration process to determine an active range for the gas cooking element.