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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Ashley Wayne Burt, Louisville, KY (US);
John Mark Smith, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Ashley Wayne Burt, Louisville, KY (US);
John Mark Smith, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/12 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
An appliance includes an oven cavity; a gas burner disposed within the oven cavity; an electrical heating element disposed within the oven cavity; and a controller in operative communication with the gas burner and the electrical heating element, the controller being configured to receive a signal indicative of a current state of an associated utility, and to selectively activate at least one of the gas burner and the electrical heating element based upon the signal.