ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,626, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Methods for power cycle selection in appliances" was invented by Catherine Berghuis (Louisville, Ky.), Omar Santana (Louisville, Ky.) and Manav Patel (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of closed loop cooking on an appliance includes monitoring, by a controller, a temperature measurement from a sensor indicative of a cooking temperature during a cooking operation. Comparing, by the controller, the temperature measurement to a set temperature of the cooking operation. Determining, by the controller, a heating event defin...