US 12,262,837 B2
Sous vide cooker
Carl Hakan Messler, San Francisco, CA (US); Xia Yujie, San Francisco, CA (US); and Vivian Lee Hu, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Anova Applied Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Anova Applied Electronics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/423,961.
Application 17/490,580 is a division of application No. 16/382,534, filed on Apr. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,375,843, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Application 18/423,961 is a continuation of application No. 18/123,550, filed on Mar. 20, 2023, granted, now 11,910,948.
Application 18/123,550 is a continuation of application No. 17/490,580, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,622,644, issued on Apr. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164565 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 27/10 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/10 (2013.01) [A47J 27/004 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sous vide cooker comprising:
an impeller;
a motor operatively connected to the impeller via a drive shaft;
a heating element;
an electrical device that generates heat during operation;
a heat sink in conductive thermal communication with the electrical device; and
a housing assembly that contains the impeller, motor, heating element, electrical device, and heat sink, the housing assembly defining one or more openings,
wherein the heating element is mounted to the heat sink.