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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventor:
Richard W. Cowan, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/02 (2006.01); A47J 36/12 (2006.01); F24C 15/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/36 (2013.01); F24C 15/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooking apparatus includes a control circuit configured to operate an electronic lock on demand in response to user input provided to a user interface. The electronic lock may be operable regardless of whether the oven is active, and cooking operations may be started, stopped or modified even when the electronic lock is engaged.