ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,649, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PepsiCo Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).
"System and method for operating a heating element of an appliance" was invented by Praveen Kumar Nooli (Coram, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waffle maker having a base and a waffle mold supported by the base. The waffle mold has a first heating plate and a second heating plate, wherein the second heating plate is movable with respect to the first heating plate. A first heating element is arranged on the waffle mold for heating the first and second heating plates. The waffle maker further includes a sensor configured to detect motion in a detection area....