ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,914, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).
"Temperature sensor fitting" was invented by Eddie Siu (New South Wales, Australia), Richard Llewelyn Jones (Alexandria, Australia), Warren Preston (Alexandria, Australia) and Con Psarlogos (Alexandria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor fitting for use with a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of ingredients that are inside a heating vessel of a kitchen device, the temperature sensor fitting comprising: a collar comprising an inner threaded portion; a PTFE insulator comprising an outer threaded portion that corr...