US Patent Issued to Weber-Stephen Products on Sept. 9 for "Methods and apparatus for automating shutdown processes of gas grills" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,793, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Weber-Stephen Products LLC (Palatine, Ill.).

"Methods and apparatus for automating shutdown processes of gas grills" was invented by Kevin James Glennon (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and William Alexander Mecker (Kildeer, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods and apparatus for automating shutdown processes of gas grills are disclosed. An example grill includes a first burner, a second burner, a first burner valve operatively positioned between the first burner and a manifold of the grill, and a second burner valve operatively positioned between the second burner and the manifold. The e...