Inventor

RICHARD W. COWAN

Inventor

US

Overview

2021–2026

Patent span

Mechanical engineering

Primary field (CPC F)

Patents· 44 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

F24Cprimary

F24CDomestic stoves or ranges47%

F23NRegulating or controlling combustion19%

G05GControl devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only9%

F16KValves5%

G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems5%

F23KFeeding fuel to combustion apparatus3%

A47JKitchen equipment2%

F23DBurners2%

H05BElectric heating2%

B65HHandling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cables1%

PatentTitleYear

12,595,913Double oven with toaster and air fryer2026 12,422,145Appliance corner cap2025 12,402,742Microwave with water dispenser2025 12,392,497Oven door alert2025 12,372,245Digital gas valve burner control systems and methods2025 12,317,379Cooking container sensing for ignition triggering and programmed cooking2025 12,270,551Configurable control selectors2025 12,234,995On demand oven door lock2025 12,234,996Igniter assembly for a gas cooking appliance2025 12,228,291Cooking appliance with self-closing user control2025 12,163,668Apparatus for reducing undesired change in cooking appliance configuration2024 12,044,406Minimum ignition period for gas burners2024 12,002,343Method and apparatus to alert energization of cooking appliance surface burners2024 11,933,502Cooking appliance with self-closing user control2024 11,927,278Two-step turn on for digital gas valves2024 11,841,145Configurable control selectors2023 11,828,462Gas valve mounting assembly for gas cooking appliance2023 11,796,182Secondary venting arrangement for gas oven cooking appliance2023 11,796,187Electronically controlled vent damper2023 11,788,729Cooking appliance with integrated touch sensing controls2023 11,761,637Method and apparatus for a manual gas valve2023 11,754,291Modulating oven burner control for gas cooking appliance2023 11,747,022Cooking appliance with unintentional control activation detection2023 11,739,933Oven broiler gas burner for cooking appliance with variable electromechanical valve2023 11,732,890Cooking appliance gas oven burner control during oven warm-up operation2023 11,639,796Gas cooking appliance with active igniter indicator2023 11,619,386Method and system for auto-calibrating an ignition process of a digital gas cooking appliance2023 11,619,321Two-step turn on for digital gas valves2023 11,605,284Method and apparatus to alert energization of cooking appliance surface burners2023 11,592,186Cooking appliance with multi-mode burner group2023 11,519,607Configurable control selectors with integrated illuminated displays2022 11,506,393Gas cooking appliance with gas burner state indications2022 11,486,574Gas cooking appliance with ignition position indicator2022 11,441,782Cooking appliance user control integrated with rate of movement detection2022 11,442,487Appliance burner assignment indication2022 11,421,874Digital gas valve burner control systems and methods2022 11,402,102User-configurable two-step activation sequence for gas cooktop burner2022 11,357,080Cooking container sensing for ignition triggering and programmed cooking2022 11,280,498Retracting and extending control selectors2022 11,262,069Method and system for auto-adjusting an active range of a gas cooking appliance2022 11,255,460Two-step turn on for digital gas valves2022 11,209,171Gas burner lighting via rotation2021 11,204,173Seven burner digital cooktop with re-configurable wok and griddle burner2021 11,204,174Configurable control selectors2021

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2021–2026Patents assigned to MIDEA GROUP CO LTD (44)· patent assignee history

2021–2026Based in US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MIDEA GROUP CO LTD	44	2021–2026

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
US	44	2021–2026