ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,762, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Adjusting preheating parameters for cooking appliances" was invented by Omar Santana (Louisville, Ky.) and Pirapat Kitipongpatana (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes at least one heating element to selectively supply heat to a cookware item; and a controller operably connected with the at least one heating element, the controller configured to direct a heating operation. The heating operation includes a preheating phase and a cooking phase. The heating operation includes receiving a temperature setpo...