Cecilia O Blanchard from Louisville, KY

Oven Display And User Interface
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US Patent:

6750433, Jun 15, 2004
Filed:

Nov 29, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/683192
Inventors:

Kevin Andrew Guenther - Frederick MD
Tanveer Iqbal - Louisville KY
Cecilia Maria Blanchard - Louisville KY
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

H05B 668
US Classification:

219506, 219490, 219720
Abstract:

A user interface for an oven including at least one heating element is described. The interface includes a reconfigurable display for indicating a plurality of oven control options and a plurality of selectors adjacent said display for user selection of said options. Each of said selectors correspond to one of said options indicated in said display, and a processor is configured to operate said display in response to manipulation of said plurality of selectors with selection specific menus and to control the heating element according to inputs obtained through said selection specific menus.

Methods And Apparatus For Operating A Speedcooking Oven
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US Patent:

6867399, Mar 15, 2005
Filed:

Mar 14, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/389307
Inventors:

Coleen Judith Muegge - Louisville KY, US
Jennifer Elizabeth Rael - Louisville KY, US
Karen Edberg - Louisville KY, US
Alicia A. Doligale - Prospect KY, US
Larry R. Harmon - Louisville KY, US
Cecilia Maria Blanchard - Louisville KY, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

H05B006/64
US Classification:

219681, 219685
Abstract:

A method for operating an oven including a microcomputer includes receiving in a microprocessor of an oven, a plurality of inputs from a user indicative of a conventional cooking time, a conventional cooking temperature, and a food category, wherein the oven includes an RF generation module, an upper heater module, a lower heater module, and a convection fan, and converting at least one of the conventional cooking time to a speedcooking time different than the conventional cooking time, and the conventional cooking temperature to a speedcooking temperature.

Power Management Systems And Methods
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US Patent:

7041940, May 9, 2006
Filed:

Mar 28, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/402512
Inventors:

Stephen Michael Bakanowski - Louisville KY, US
David Laurence Kinny - Louisville KY, US
Lawrence Michael Portaro - Louisville KY, US
Timothy Francis Powell - Mentor OH, US
Mark Patrick Schoenegge - Prospect KY, US
Joshua Stephen Wiseman - Elizabethtown KY, US
Charles Ray Smith - Shelbyville KY, US
Cecilia Maria Blanchard - Louisville KY, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

H05B 1/02
US Classification:

219412, 219395, 219485, 219497, 219486
Abstract:

A cooking platform includes at least one surface heating element having a first power consumption level and an oven located under the surface heating element. The oven includes a first heating element having a second power consumption level and a second heating element having a third power consumption level. The second heating element has at least two heating sub-elements. One of the two heating sub-elements is configured to be deenergized when a sum of the first, second, and third power consumption levels exceeds a power consumption limit of the cooking platform.

Power Supply Methods And Apparatus
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US Patent:

7113075, Sep 26, 2006
Filed:

Dec 23, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/745271
Inventors:

Kresimir Odorcic - Shepherdsville KY, US
Scott Horning - Overland Park KS, US
Timothy Ray Jackson - Louisville KY, US
Timothy Francis Powell - Mentor OH, US
Cecilia Maria Blanchard - Shepherdsville KY, US
Meher Prasadu Kollipara - Louisville KY, US
Mark Dilip Shah - Louisville KY, US
Gregory Michael Thomas - Louisville KY, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

H04M 11/04
US Classification:

3403101, 3403102, 3406611, 361 42, 361 45, 361 932
Abstract:

A detection circuit includes a first power line, a first signal conditioning module operationally coupled to the first power line, a neutral line (N) operationally coupled to the first signal conditioning module, a second signal conditioning module operationally coupled to the first power line, a second power line operationally coupled to the second signal conditioning module, and an analog to digital (A/D) converter operationally coupled to the first and the second signal conditioning modules.

Methods And Systems For Cooktop Control
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US Patent:

20030080111, May 1, 2003
Filed:

Oct 25, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/015149
Inventors:

Cecilia Blanchard - Louisville KY, US
Scott Horning - Louisville KY, US
Michael McGonagle - Louisville KY, US
Jeffrey Kern - Louisville KY, US
International Classification:

H05B001/02
H05B003/68
US Classification:

219/492000, 219/497000, 219/448110
Abstract:

A cooktop comprising at least one cooktop heater and a controller coupled to the heater and operable to control operation of the heater, including cool down of the heater and drift detection, is described. In one embodiment, the cooktop further comprises a control interface coupled to the controller. The interface comprises a power setting selection unit for operator selection of a power level setting for the heater. The controller is configured to switch off supply of power to the heater if a second power level selection for the heater is a lower power level than a first power level selection, and to then resume standard heater operation once a temperature corresponding to the second power level selection is reached.