Jason R Northcut

US Patent:

20100154654, Jun 24, 2010

Filed:

Dec 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/341322

Inventors:

Jason Northcut - Louisville KY, US
Michael Thomas Chezem - Georgetown IN, US
David Joseph Najewicz - Prospect KY, US
Daniel Joseph Trice - Louisville KY, US
Guy Henry Turner - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A47J 37/10

US Classification:

99422

Abstract:

A griddle for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The griddle includes a main body having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a recessed area formed on the second surface, the recessed area having a center, a periphery, and a thickness which diminishes from the periphery toward the center.

US Patent:

20100200565, Aug 12, 2010

Filed:

Feb 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/366788

Inventors:

Tony W. Leung - Hampton VA, US
Daniel Joseph Trice - Louisville KY, US
Michael Thomas Chezem - Georgetown IN, US
Brian Michael Schork - Louisville KY, US
Jason Northcut - Louisville KY, US

International Classification:

H05B 3/68
H05B 3/02

US Classification:

2194431, 219483

Abstract:

A cooking appliance including two or more independently controllable heating elements disposed on a cooktop of the cooking appliance; and a control circuit including two or more switches and configured to be operative in a first mode to enable each switch to independently control a respective one of the two or more independently controllable heating elements, and operative in a second mode to disable independent control of the two or more independently controllable heating elements, and enable one of the switches to simultaneously control the respective ones of the two or more independently controllable heating elements as a single unit.

US Patent:

20110067577, Mar 24, 2011

Filed:

Sep 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/562177

Inventors:

Brian S. RIDDLE - Louisville KY, US
Paul Cadima - Prospect KY, US
Jason Randall Northcut - Louisville KY, US
Daniel Joseph Trice - Louisville KY, US
James Tomaszewski - Louisville KY, US
Rafael Martinez - Queretaro, MX
Michael Thomas Chezem - Georgetown, IN
Cecil Clay Clements - Louisville KY, US
Mireya Huerta - Queretaro, MX
Edger Arreortua - Queretaro, MX

International Classification:

A47J 37/00
F24C 3/00

US Classification:

99339, 99422, 99447, 126 41 R

Abstract:

A cooking appliance including a cooktop having a cooktop surface and a griddle system including at least one cooking grate positioned on the cooktop surface, the at least one cooking grate including at least one griddle support protruding therefrom, and a griddle configured to removably engage the at least one griddle support, the at least one griddle support being configured to support the griddle away from the cooktop surface, and/or an oven cavity defined by top, bottom, front, rear, and lateral sides and a broil system including a diffuser disposed adjacent the top side of the oven cavity, a single tube broil element disposed between the diffuser and the top side of the oven cavity, and the diffuser being configured to diffuse heat emitted from the single tube broil element to form a substantially even temperature gradient proximate the top side of the oven cavity.

US Patent:

20130014744, Jan 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/183158

Inventors:

Amelia Lear Hensley - Louisville KY, US
Allen Louis Tatum - Flintstone GA, US
Michael Mahaney - Lafayette GA, US
Scott Russell King - Prospect KY, US
Jason Randall Northcut - Louisville KY, US
Jeffrey Shawn Coulter - Ringgold GA, US

International Classification:

F24C 3/00

US Classification:

126 39 E, 126 39 R

Abstract:

An orifice holder for use with a gas-fueled appliance includes a body, an orifice passage defined in the body, a first tube passage defined in the body, and a second tube passage defined in the body. The orifice passage, the first tube passage, and the second tube passage are in flow communication within the body.