The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
Richard W. Cowan, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel J. Trice, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N 1/00 (2006.01); F23N 5/20 (2006.01); F24C 3/02 (2021.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24H 9/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/126 (2013.01); F23N 1/002 (2013.01); F23N 1/005 (2013.01); F23N 5/206 (2013.01); F24C 3/02 (2013.01); F23N 2235/14 (2020.01); F23N 2237/00 (2020.01); F23N 2241/04 (2020.01); F23N 2241/08 (2020.01);
Abstract
A system for controlling digital gas valves of an appliance utilizing a configurable duty cycle that includes a configurable ON time, a configurable cycle period and one or more configurable burner power level variables. In some instances, the configurable duty cycle may be configured at least in part by operation of a control knob, and in some instances, multiple burner power levels may be specified such that cycling may be performed between multiple burner power levels.