ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,696, issued on Nov. 11.
"Cooking apparatus with thermal energy storage system" was invented by Timothy Patrick Cooper (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy storage system comprises a heat storage unit having a thermally insulated housing containing a heating core of thermal storage material, such as a plurality of thermal storage bricks. An electric heating element is provided for heating the thermal storage bricks forming the core to a desired temperature. Heat extraction apparatus is provided for extracting thermal energy from the core. The heat extraction apparatus comprises a first air heat excha...