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US 12,222,107 B2Granted
Thermal management system and method for a connected oven
AssigneeJune Life, Inc.
InventorsNikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Mathias Watson Schmidt, Drew Atkinson, Gabriel Risk
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Abstract
The connected oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a back, a door opposing the bottom, a top adjacent the back and door, a bottom opposing the top, and opposing sidewalls adjacent the remainder of the walls, a user interface unit configured to receive instructions from the user, a sensor, and a thermal management system for minimizing or preventing thermal damage to heat-sensitive components arranged on the oven.
Claims20
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body defining a foodstuff cavity and comprising an apparatus top and an apparatus base, wherein the apparatus top comprises:
- a first section defining an air gap inlet;
- and
- a second section, wherein the first section and second section cooperatively define an air gap that defines an area smaller than the first section, wherein the apparatus body defines an air gap outlet;
- a heating element;
- and
- an optical assembly, wherein the optical assembly extends into the air gap, wherein a field of view of the optical assembly is directed toward the foodstuff cavity.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body defining a foodstuff cavity and comprising an apparatus top and an apparatus base, wherein the apparatus top comprises:
- a first section;
- and
- a second section, wherein the first section and second section cooperatively define an air channel defining an area smaller than the first section;
- a heating element;
- and
- an optical assembly, wherein the optical assembly is thermally connected to the air channel, wherein a field of view of the optical assembly is directed toward the foodstuff cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.