公开(公告)号：US11767983B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17319727

申请日：2021-05-13

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander L. Clayton ,  Vince Huang ,  Xiangxu Liu ,  Ken Lei ,  Hanks Hu ,  Juan Chen ,  Tracy Yu ,  Jack Li ,  Roy Qiu ,  Seth Herndon ,  Donald John Gilmore ,  Cristiano Vito Pastore ,  Dick Ge ,  Pallavi Manjrekar ,  Bruce M. Wiatrak ,  Andrea Ferrise ,  Blake Cartwright ,  Richard J. Hughes ,  Joel Fletty ,  Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. ,  Joshua G. Abdoo ,  Collin A. Stipe ,  Nicholas Brenn ,  Casey L. McCuan ,  Christopher L. Carpenter

IPC: F24C7/08 ,  A21B1/06 ,  A21B1/40 ,  A21B3/02

CPC classification number: F24C7/085 ,  A21B1/06 ,  A21B1/40 ,  A21B3/02

Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.

公开(公告)号：US10912160B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16039821

申请日：2018-07-19

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Juan Chen ,  Vince Huang ,  Shirley Mao ,  Roy Qiu ,  Tracy Yu

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/80 ,  A47J37/00

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a bottom plate and a turntable. The bottom plate defines an aperture that receives the turntable such that the turntable is flush-mounted with the bottom plate to provide a floor of a cooking cavity as substantially continuous. A rotary hub engages with an underside of the turntable to transmit rotational motion to the turntable from a motor. The turntable includes a first material and the bottom plate includes a second material.

公开(公告)号：US20130334215A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-19

申请号：US13920360

申请日：2013-06-18

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Juan Chen ,  Fredrik B. Hallgren

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/68

CPC classification number: H05B6/6447 ,  H05B6/687 ,  H05B6/705

Abstract: A microwave heating apparatus and a method of heating a load using microwaves is disclosed. The microwave heating apparatus includes a cavity configured to receive a load, a microwave source for generating microwaves and a plurality of transmission lines for guiding the generated microwaves to the cavity. The microwave heating apparatus may also include an electronic device adapted to adjust the impedances of each of the plurality of transmission lines individually, a measuring device adapted to obtain a signal representative of the impedance of each one of the plurality of transmission lines, and a control unit configured to control the electronic device based on the obtained signals. The microwave heating apparatus, as disclosed, provides a microwave heating apparatus configured to heat a load with improved energy efficiency and improved heating evenness.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种微波加热装置和使用微波加热负载的方法。 微波加热装置包括构造成接收负载的空腔，用于产生微波的微波源和用于将所产生的微波引导到空腔的多个传输线。 微波加热装置还可以包括适于单独地调整多个传输线中的每一个的阻抗的电子装置，适于获得表示多个传输线中的每一个的阻抗的信号的测量装置，以及控制 被配置为基于获得的信号来控制电子设备的单元。 如所公开的那样，微波加热装置提供了一种微波加热装置，其被配置为以改善的能量效率和改善的加热均匀性来加热负载。

公开(公告)号：US11047578B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16240224

申请日：2019-01-04

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander L. Clayton ,  Vince Huang ,  Xiangxu Li ,  Ken Lei ,  Hanks Hu ,  Juan Chen ,  Tracy Yu ,  Jack Li ,  Roy Qiu ,  Seth Herndon ,  Donald John Gilmore ,  Cristiano Vito Pastore ,  Dick Ge ,  Pallavi Manjrekar ,  Bruce M. Wiatrak ,  Andrea Ferrise ,  Blake Cartwright ,  Richard J. Hughes ,  Joel Fletty ,  Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. ,  Joshua G. Abdoo ,  Collin A. Stipe ,  Nicholas Brenn ,  Casey L. McCuan ,  Christopher L. Carpenter

IPC: F24C15/20 ,  A21B1/24 ,  A21B3/04 ,  F24C7/08 ,  A21B1/06 ,  A21B1/40 ,  A21B3/02

Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.

公开(公告)号：US20200029402A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16039821

申请日：2018-07-19

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Juan Chen ,  Vince Huang ,  Shirley Mao ,  Roy Qiu ,  Tracy Yu

IPC: H05B6/64

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a bottom plate and a turntable. The bottom plate defines an aperture that receives the turntable such that the turntable is flush-mounted with the bottom plate to provide a floor of a cooking cavity as substantially continuous. A rotary hub engages with an underside of the turntable to transmit rotational motion to the turntable from a motor. The turntable includes a first material and the bottom plate includes a second material.

公开(公告)号：US10129936B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US13716769

申请日：2012-12-17

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Hakan Carlsson ,  Juan Chen ,  Fredrik Hallgren ,  Ulf Nordh ,  Patrik Rydin

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/80 ,  H05B6/70

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microwave heating apparatus and method of heating a load using microwaves. The microwave heating apparatus comprises a cavity dividable into at least two compartments, a first microwave generator and a first feeding port for feeding a first mode field in a first compartment of the cavity, a second microwave generator and a second feeding port for feeding a second mode field in a second compartment of the cavity. The first mode field and the second mode field provide complementary heating patterns in the cavity when the cavity is undivided. The present disclosure provides the flexibility of heating a load in a large cavity or heating a plurality of loads in smaller compartments of the cavity while still providing even heating in the cavity and in the compartments.