US Patent Issued to The Vollrath on Nov. 11 for "Three dimensional induction rethermalizing stations and control systems" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,171, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Vollrath Co. LLC (Sheboygan, Wis.).

"Three dimensional induction rethermalizing stations and control systems" was invented by Peter Roever (West Bend, Wis.), Yang Wang (Grafton, Wis.) and John Wojcik (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rethermalizing station includes a well defined by a side wall, a food pan configured to be inserted into the well and to hold a food item, a first induction coil surrounding the side wall of the well, the first induction coil configured to warm the food item via inductive heating of the food pan, a first temperature sensor configured to detect a...