Method of operating an oven appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsKaren Marie Edberg, Hans Juergen Paller
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Abstract
An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber, a gas burner thermally coupled to the cooking chamber, a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the cooking chamber, and a controller in operative communication with the gas burner and the temperature sensor. The controller is configured to obtain a chamber temperature using the temperature sensor, determine that heat is needed based on the chamber temperature and a target chamber temperature, obtain a target operating time of the gas burner based on the chamber temperature and the target chamber temperature, determine that the target operating time is less than a minimum operating time, and operate the gas burner using a closed loop feedback control algorithm for the minimum operating time.
Claims20
An oven appliance defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cooking chamber;
- a gas burner thermally coupled to the cooking chamber;
- a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the cooking chamber;
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- a controller in operative communication with the gas burner and the temperature sensor, the controller being configured to:
- obtain a chamber temperature using the temperature sensor;
- determine that heat is needed based on the chamber temperature and a target chamber temperature;
- obtain a target operating time of the gas burner based on the chamber temperature and the target chamber temperature;
- determine that the target operating time is less than a minimum operating time;
- and
- operate the gas burner using a closed loop feedback control algorithm for the minimum operating time.
A method of operating an oven appliance, the oven appliance comprising a cooking chamber, a gas burner thermally coupled to the cooking chamber, and a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the cooking chamber, the method comprising:
- obtaining a chamber temperature using the temperature sensor;
- determining that heat is needed based on the chamber temperature and a target chamber temperature;
- obtaining a target operating time of the gas burner based on the chamber temperature and the target chamber temperature;
- determining that the target operating time is less than a minimum operating time;
- and
- operating the gas burner using a closed loop feedback control algorithm for the minimum operating time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.