ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,249, issued on July 29, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JIU KANG ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Co. LTD. (Jiaxing, China).
"Glass-ceramic cooking apparatus and a method relating to temperature limiting control for preventing cooking oil ignition" was invented by Chunlei Shen (Jiaxing, China) and Yun Bai (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass-ceramic cooking apparatus and a method relating to temperature limiting control of the glass heating area for preventing cooking oil ignition is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one glass surface, at least one heat source under the glass to create a heating area on the glass, one temperature se...