Patents
US 12063732 B2: Modular cooking appliance having an auto-loading microwave oven
- Granted
- 2024-08-13
- Filed
- 2020-04-02 application 16838589
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract
A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven and a second interchangeable cooking module containing a microwave oven. The microwave oven includes a magnetron and a cooking chamber, an oven door for covering the cooking chamber, wherein the oven door includes an external cover and an internal cover, a motor located outside the cooking chamber, a food holding surface located inside the cooking chamber, and a crank-and-cam mechanism connected to the food holding surface via a rod. The crank-and-cam mechanism moves the food holding surface to and fro within the cooking chamber during cooking for promoting food cooking evenness.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240813.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation Tech, LLC 11 patents | US company or organization | Elgin, IL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip R. McKee | Dallas, TX | 50 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Lee Thomas VanLanen | McKinney, TX | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| ANTHONY SAYAS | Irving, TX | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Danny McCauley | Greenfield, GB | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H05B | Electric heating; electric light sources not otherwise provided for; circuit arrangements for electric light sources, in general | H05B6/6408 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | APPLIANCE INNOVATION, INC. signed 2020-12-23 | AUTOMATION TECH, LLC ELGIN, IL | 55682/671 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-04-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MCKEE, PHILIP R. signed 2020-03-31 VANLANEN, LEE signed 2020-03-31 SAYAS, ANTHONY signed 2020-03-31 MCCAULEY, DANNY signed 2020-03-31 | APPLIANCE INNOVATION, INC. RICHARDSON, TX | 52299/263 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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