ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,118, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Vollrath Co. LLC (Sheboygan, Wis.).
"Induction warmer station" was invented by Jeremiah Kopiness (Saukville, Wis.) and Andrew Amrhein (Sheboygan, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction warmer station includes a housing, a cooktop coupled to the housing, an induction coil positioned in the housing adjacent the cooktop, and a controller configured to adjust the frequency of a current input to the induction coil based on an indication of a response of an output current from the induction coil to a change in surface area of load material placed on the cooktop."
The patent was filed o...