US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Sept. 8 for "Adjusting a preheating cycle according to thermal attributes of cookware items" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,860, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Adjusting a preheating cycle according to thermal attributes of cookware items" was invented by Omar Santana (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a cooking appliance includes receiving a temperature setpoint input for a preheating phase of a cooking operation; retrieving a default power level for at least one heating element in response to receiving the temperature setpoint input; directing the at least one heating element at the default power level over a thermal coupling classification period, the thermal ...