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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eric Scott Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
Matthew David Gladhill, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oven appliance and a method for preheating the same are provided. The oven appliance includes a broil heating element, a bake heating element, and a convection heating assembly with a convection heating element or a fan or both. The method includes initiating a preheat cycle having a first phase and a second phase. During the second phase of the preheat cycle, a power output of the convection heating element is reduced or an angular velocity of the fan is decreased or both.