US 12,405,173 B2
Digital cooking thermometers having dynamo assemblies incorporated therein for generating electrical power utilized for operating the thermometers
Darren Keller, Easton, PA (US)
Assigned to Maverick Industries, Inc., Edison, NJ (US)
Filed by Maverick Industries, Inc., Edison, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,218.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044719 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G01K 7/22 (2006.01); G01K 1/02 (2021.01); G01K 1/14 (2021.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 7/22 (2013.01) [G01K 1/028 (2013.01); G01K 1/146 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); H02K 7/1853 (2013.01); G01K 2207/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital cooking thermometer comprising:
a housing having a proximal end and a distal end;
a printed circuit board disposed within said housing;
an electronic visual display in communication with said printed circuit board;
a dynamo assembly housing coupled with the distal end of said housing and being configured to rotate relative to said housing;
a dynamo assembly disposed within said dynamo assembly housing, wherein said dynamo assembly is in communication with said printed circuit board and is configured to generate electrical current upon rotation of said dynamo assembly housing;
a temperature probe coupled with said dynamo assembly housing, wherein said temperature probe includes a sensor for obtaining temperature readings that are transmitted to said printed circuit board, wherein said temperature probe is moveable from a retracted position in which said temperature probe extends along a side of said housing to an extended position in which said temperature probe extends distally beyond the distal end of said housing, and wherein said temperate probe simultaneously rotates said dynamo assembly housing as said temperature probe is moved from the retracted position to the extended position.