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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Timothy Scott Shaffer, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric K. Watson, Crestwood, KY (US);
Brian Michael Schork, Louisville, KY (US);
Paul Bryan Cadima, Prospect, KY (US);
Paul E. Mccrorey, Mount Washington, KY (US);
Timothy Scott Shaffer, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric K. Watson, Crestwood, KY (US);
Brian Michael Schork, Louisville, KY (US);
Paul Bryan Cadima, Prospect, KY (US);
Paul E. McCrorey, Mount Washington, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An gas burner assembly for a cooking appliance includes a main burner assembly, a simmer burner assembly positioned in a stacked relationship with and located below the main burner assembly, a venturi assembly for delivering a gas flow to the main burner assembly, a gas boost pump configured to control a pressurization of the gas flow, a gas valve assembly for controlling a rate of the gas flow, and an encoder coupled to the gas valve assembly, the encoder configured to track a position of the gas valve assembly and provide a signal to the gas boost pump for pressurization of the gas flow.