ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,139, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Heating cooking apparatus" was invented by Yu Shinohara (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating cooking apparatus (100) includes a housing (1), a lid portion (21), a moving member (25), at least two connecting members (60), and a pivoting mechanism (30). The housing (1) includes an opening and a first face disposed on an outer periphery of the opening. The lid portion (21) includes a second face (21B) facing the first face, and a fixing member (26) fixed to the second face (2B). The moving member (25) moves along a first direction (D1) with respect t...