ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,669, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to WH PRODUCTS LLC (Columbus, Ohio).
"Pellet grill" was invented by Paul J. Simon (Elizabethtown, Ky.), Michael R. Giebel (Joplin, Mo.) and Xianjia Fan (Zhongshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pellet fueled apparatus having a continuous spark ignition system and swing-away warming rack is disclosed. The apparatus may include a power supply controller configured to cause a spark generator to create a continuous spark in a gap space between two electrodes for a duration greater than 2 seconds and up to 20 minutes uninterrupted. The apparatus, when embodied as a grill may include a warmin...