US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 3 for "Systems and methods for operating an igniter of an oven appliance" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,530, issued on June 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for operating an igniter of an oven appliance" was invented by Hans Juergen Paller (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas oven appliance includes a cooking chamber, a gas burner positioned in the cooking chamber, an igniter positioned at the gas burner, and a gas valve coupled to the igniter. The gas valve includes a bimetallic strip. A controller is configured to operate the igniter. The controller cycles the ignitor between on and off at an interval of time to at least keep the bimetallic strip above a tem...