US 2,012,000,903 · Filed 2010-01-05

The Wireless Cookware That Talks Back to Its Power Source

Imagine a pot or pan that gets power wirelessly—like how some phone chargers work—and can actually communicate with its charging base to adjust its own heat automatically. A smart handle on the cookware can display temperature and perform other useful cooking tasks, all without a cord.

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The plain-English version

What it protects

The claim covers an inductively powered cooking appliance that receives electromagnetic power wirelessly from a base station and communicates back to it to control heat output. What's protected here is the combination of the cookware's metal cooking surface, a secondary component, and a smart handle that can display temperature and accept wireless power instructions. The specific technology involves the back-and-forth conversation between the pot and the power supply to regulate cooking temperature automatically.

Why it matters

This patent represents an early engineering approach to 'smart' cookware—applying wireless power and two-way communication to kitchen tools that were traditionally passive. Rather than a cook manually adjusting burner dials, the cookware itself becomes an active participant in temperature control. This kind of invention opens doors to safer, more consistent cooking and the potential for recipe-specific heat profiles programmed into the handle or base.

Real-world use

When you set a pan on a smart induction cooktop that can communicate with your cookware, the system automatically manages the heat flow to keep your food at the right temperature without you constantly adjusting the stove dial.

Original USPTO abstract

An inductively powered cooking appliance and an associated wireless power supply for producing an electromagnetic field. The cooking appliance may include a secondary and a metal portion where the wireless power supply is capable of providing power to both. The cooking appliance may communicate with the wireless power supply to control the temperature of the metal portion and the amount of power transferred to the secondary. A smart handle connected to the secondary may be capable of performing various functions. The smart handle may also be capable of displaying and monitoring temperature.

Patent details

Publication number: US 2,012,000,903
Filing date: 2010-01-05
Grant date: Application — not yet granted
Assignee: Access Business Group International Llc
Inventor(s): BAARMAN DAVID W., TAYLOR JOSHUA B., MOLLEMA SCOTT A., STONER, JR. WILLIAM T.
CPC class: H05B1/0266

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