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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Adam Baron Jones, Louisville, KY (US);
Hieu Manh Vu, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/68 (2006.01); A23B 2/82 (2025.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A23L 5/30 (2016.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/688 (2013.01); A23B 2/82 (2025.01); A23L 5/15 (2016.08); A23L 5/34 (2016.08); A47J 36/32 (2013.01); A47J 37/0629 (2013.01); H05B 6/6411 (2013.01); H05B 6/6435 (2013.01); H05B 6/6447 (2013.01); H05B 6/645 (2013.01); H05B 6/6455 (2013.01); H05B 6/681 (2013.01); H05B 6/686 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microwave cooking appliance and method for operating the same perform an adaptive thermal sensing cycle in which a temperature sensor is used to develop a temperature profile for food being heated or cooked at an intermediate point in the cycle, such that a duration and output level for a subsequent stage of the cycle may be determined at least in part based upon the temperature profile.