ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,377, issued on March 31, was assigned to TOPINOX SARL (Wittenheim, France).
"Method for load detection in a cooking chamber of a cooking device and cooking device" was invented by Felix Kielmann (Wittenheim, France), Christian Koenen (Wittenheim, France) and Phillip Van Halsema (Wittenheim, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for load detection in a cooking chamber of a cooking device is described. At least one cooking chamber climate value in the cooking chamber is acquired. A gradient of a temperature change is acquired using a temperature sensor associated with a microwave trap or a microwave absorber. The at least one...