公开(公告)号：US11953208B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US16867512

申请日：2020-05-05

申请人： Brava Home, Inc.

发明人： Shih-yu Cheng

IPC分类号： F24C1/08 ,  F24C3/04 ,  F24C7/04 ,  F24C7/06 ,  F24C7/08 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B6/70

CPC分类号： F24C1/08 ,  F24C3/045 ,  F24C3/047 ,  F24C7/043 ,  F24C7/062 ,  F24C7/065 ,  F24C7/087 ,  F24C7/088 ,  H05B1/0263 ,  H05B6/705

摘要： Several embodiments include a cooking instrument. The cooking instrument can include a heating system. The heating system can include one or more heating elements capable of emitting wireless energy into the cooking chamber. The cooking instrument can also include a control system. The control system can determine a heating sequence (e.g., logical instructions) to drive the heating system. The control system can then execute the heating sequence. The heating sequence can include an instruction to adjust, based on a trigger event detectable by the control system, the spectral power distribution of wireless waves emitted from a heating element in the heating system.

公开(公告)号：US11895760B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17186760

申请日：2021-02-26

申请人： MicroCube, LLC

发明人： Chun Yiu Chu ,  Dinesh I. Mody ,  Ketan Shroff ,  Amrish J. Walke ,  Kirby Chiang ,  Christopher Ah New ,  Christine M. Tate

IPC分类号： H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/70 ,  A61B18/18 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B6/72 ,  H05B6/66 ,  A61B18/00

CPC分类号： H05B6/6447 ,  A61B18/1815 ,  H05B1/025 ,  H05B6/664 ,  H05B6/705 ,  H05B6/72 ,  A61B2018/00267 ,  A61B2018/00642 ,  A61B2018/00708 ,  A61B2018/00755 ,  A61B2018/00785 ,  A61B2018/00875 ,  A61B2018/1846

摘要： Devices and methods that use returned power (RP) measurements during microwave energy delivery to perform one or more functions. For example, microwave devices and systems with one or more features to measure the returned microwave power. One or more measurements of the returned microwave power may be used to obtain information about one or more of: antenna shape, system status and system performance. One or more measurements of the returned microwave power shaping elements may also be used to obtain information about one or more properties of the target material. Devices and methods for delivering microwave energy to a variety of target materials to achieve a variety of desired microwave effects.

公开(公告)号：US11800608B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16131636

申请日：2018-09-14

申请人： NXP USA, Inc.

发明人： Minyang Ma ,  Xiaofei Qiu ,  Lionel Mongin

IPC分类号： H05B6/62 ,  H05B6/66 ,  H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/68 ,  H05B6/70

CPC分类号： H05B6/666 ,  H05B6/6467 ,  H05B6/688 ,  H05B6/70

摘要： A defrosting system includes an RF signal source, one or more electrodes proximate to a cavity within which a load to be defrosted is positioned, a transmission path between the RF signal source and the electrode(s), and an impedance matching network electrically coupled along the transmission path between the output of the RF signal source and the electrode(s). The system also includes measurement circuitry coupled to the transmission path and configured to measure one or more parameters that include voltage, current, forward signal power, reflected signal power, and S11 along the transmission path. A system controller is configured to monitor the measurements, and to modify operation of the system when a rate of change of any of the monitored parameter(s) exceeds a predetermined threshold. The impedance matching network may be a single-ended network or a double-ended network.

公开(公告)号：US11701173B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US16447663

申请日：2019-06-20

申请人： Emblation Limited

发明人： Gary Beale ,  Eamon McErlean

IPC分类号： A61B18/18 ,  H05B6/70 ,  H05B6/72 ,  B05D5/00 ,  B29C45/00 ,  B29L31/34

CPC分类号： A61B18/1815 ,  B05D5/00 ,  B29C45/0001 ,  H05B6/70 ,  H05B6/701 ,  H05B6/72 ,  B29L2031/34

摘要： A method of forming a microwave applicator comprising forming a body comprising dielectric material so that there is a void in the dielectric material, and depositing conductive material in the void to form a feed for coupling energy into the dielectric material.

公开(公告)号：US20230217559A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17798446

申请日：2021-02-10

申请人： MICROWAVE CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

发明人： Yasunori TSUKAHARA ,  Hisao WATANABE ,  Ryuhei KINJO ,  Kazushi UEMURA ,  Masahiro KANNO

IPC分类号： H05B6/72 ,  H05B6/70

CPC分类号： H05B6/72 ,  H05B6/707

摘要： Provided is a microwave processing apparatus that can irradiate an object with microwaves more uniformly. A microwave processing apparatus 1 includes a cavity that has a cylinder-like shape, and includes an internal space for accommodating an object, the cavity being provided with a microwave passage area in a partial region in an axial direction; a microwave generator; a rotary member that is provided on an outer circumferential side of the cavity so as to be rotatable, and includes, on an outer circumferential side of the microwave passage area, a cylinder-like member having a plurality of areas through which microwaves can pass; and a cover member that is provided while covering the entire cylinder-like member in a circumferential direction, and forms, on an outer circumferential side of the cylinder-like member, a wave guidepath for the microwaves introduced from the microwave generator.

公开(公告)号：US20230156877A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17528855

申请日：2021-11-17

申请人： WAVE POWER TECHNOLOGY INC.

发明人： Hsuan-Hao TENG ,  Han-Ying CHEN

IPC分类号： H05B6/70

CPC分类号： H05B6/707 ,  H05B6/705

摘要： A microwave heating apparatus has a magnetron, a circulator, a heating assembly, and an end assembly. The heating assembly has a base waveguide tube and a guiding tube obliquely mounted through the base waveguide tube. An included angle between the guiding tube line and the base waveguide tube is smaller than 90 degrees. The end assembly includes a reflecting component having a reflecting surface facing toward the guiding tube, and an adjusting module for adjusting a distance between the reflecting component and the guiding tube. By adjusting the included angle between the guiding tube and the base waveguide tube, an inclined angle of the reflecting surface of the reflecting component and the distance defined between the reflecting component and the guiding tube, a best impedance matching of the microwave can be set according to impedance change of liquid to be heated and heating efficacy of the microwave heating apparatus can be increased.

公开(公告)号：US11617240B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US16443095

申请日：2019-06-17

申请人： ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

发明人： Francesco Gambato ,  Marco Bullo ,  Chiara De Massari ,  Nicola Lanza ,  Fabrizio Dughiero ,  Andrea Baccara

IPC分类号： H05B6/72 ,  H05B6/68 ,  H05B6/70 ,  H05B1/02

摘要： A microwave heating device includes radiating portions adapted to radiate microwaves to the heating chamber and is operated according to operational configurations that differ in frequency or in phase shift(s) between the radiated microwaves. A learning procedure is executed by sequentially operating the radiating portions in several operational configurations. Energy efficiency data are calculated for those operational configurations. An operating frequency is selected based on energy efficiency data. An operational configuration with a maximum energy efficiency at the selected operating frequency is taken as a reference. A heating procedure is executed by sequentially operating the radiating portions in operational configurations having the selected operating frequency and respective phase shift(s) chosen around the respective phase shift(s) of the reference operational configuration. The phase shift(s) of each chosen operational configuration may have a phase shift distance from the respective phase shift(s) of the reference operational configuration, such that, in the space of the phase shifts, the reference operational configuration is surrounded by the chosen operational configurations.

公开(公告)号：US11503679B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16311219

申请日：2016-12-29

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION ,  Panasonic Corporation

发明人： Davide Guatta ,  Valeria Nocella ,  Mattia Rigo

IPC分类号： H05B6/68 ,  H05B6/72 ,  H05B6/70 ,  A23L5/30 ,  A23L5/10 ,  A23L7/174 ,  A47J27/00 ,  A47J36/32

摘要： An electromagnetic cooking device and method of controlling the same is provided herein. The cooking device has a cavity in which popcorn is placed and a plurality of RF feeds configured to introduce electromagnetic radiation into the cavity for popping the popcorn. A controller is provided and is configured to: analyze forward and backward power at the plurality of RF feeds to calculate efficiency; determine and monitor a coefficient of variation of the efficiency; detect a popping state of the popcorn based on changes in the coefficient of variation; and adjust a power level of the electromagnetic radiation in response to detection of the popping state.

公开(公告)号：US11438976B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US17167275

申请日：2021-02-04

申请人： CTL Energy, Inc.

发明人： Jeffrey Badac ,  Ryan Booth ,  Kaitlin Harris ,  Cliff Raleigh ,  Steven Schlaegle ,  Richard Troiano

IPC分类号： H05B6/80 ,  H05B6/64 ,  B01D46/10 ,  H05B6/70

摘要： Apparatuses, systems, and methods for heating a fluid or other material. The apparatuses may include a container (e.g., tube) in which a susceptor material is disposed. The susceptor material may convert microwave energy to heat, which may increase the temperature of a fluid or material in or adjacent the tube.

公开(公告)号：US11412584B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16212300

申请日：2018-12-06

申请人： Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.

发明人： Kenneth Ian Eke ,  Graham Christopher Eke ,  Dennis Conohan ,  Paul Kjorlie ,  Tom Sonntag ,  Greg Campbell

IPC分类号： H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/78 ,  H05B6/68 ,  H05B6/70

摘要： In certain examples, a food processing machine for processing a food product includes a housing defining a cavity, a conveyor with a belt comprising metal for conveying the food product through the cavity in a longitudinal direction, and a convection heating system for heating air in the cavity such that heated air heats the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity. A microwave launch box system is configured to emit microwave energy into the cavity in a lateral direction transverse to the longitudinal direction to thereby further heat the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity.