ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,222, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Heating cooking apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Nishijima (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating cooking apparatus (1) includes a heating cooking chamber (10), a housing (14), an opening/closing portion (30a), and a microwave supply unit (23). The opening/closing portion (30a) includes a flowing portion (31), a cam (32), a drive unit (33), a lid portion (34), and a biasing portion (35). The flowing portion (31) includes an opening (310B) that faces a through hole (10A1). The flowing portion (31) forms, between the flowing portion and the wall port...