Induction cooking hob with integrated down-draft hood

    公开(公告)号:US11662100B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US16607396

    申请日:2018-04-10

    IPC分类号: F24C15/20 H05B6/12

    CPC分类号: F24C15/2042 H05B6/1209

    摘要: The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) with an integrated down-draft hood. The down-draft hood includes at least one downstream channel (40) extending from an air inlet (18) to an air outlet (36). The air inlet (18) is arranged within and/or beside a cooking panel (12) of the induction cooking hob (10). The air outlet (36) is arranged in a bottom wall and/or side wall of a chassis of the induction cooking hob (10). At least one heat sink (28) is arranged in and/or at the down-stream channel (40). The heat sink (28) is thermally connected to at least one power circuit for at least one induction generator. The heat sink (28) provides a heat exchange between the power circuit and an air stream through the downstream channel (40), so that the power circuit is cooled down.

    INDUCTION COOKING HOB INCLUDING A COOKING AREA WITH THREE OR MORE INDUCTION COILS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COOKING AREA

    公开(公告)号:US20210315065A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17345418

    申请日:2021-06-11

    IPC分类号: H05B6/06 H05B6/12

    摘要: The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) including at least one cooking area (12), wherein the cooking area (12) comprises at least three induction coils (14). The induction coils (14) of at least one cooking area (12) are arranged side-by-side and in series. Each induction coil (14) of at least one cooking area (12) has an elongated shape. The longitudinal axes of the induction coils (14) within one cooking area (12) are arranged in parallel. Each induction coil (14) of the cooking area (12) is associated with a dedicated induction generator (16). The induction generators (16) are connected or connectable to at least one current line (18). The induction generators (16) are connected to and controlled or controllable by at least one control unit (20). Requested powers (rP) for each used induction generator (16) are adjusted or adjustable independent from each other by a user interface (22). Instant powers (iP) of the induction generators (16) within a cycle pattern (T1, T2, . . . , T11) are controlled or controllable independent from each other by the control unit (20). Further, the present invention relates to a method for controlling a cooking area.

    Method for controlling an induction hob

    公开(公告)号:US10939506B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16322339

    申请日:2017-07-28

    IPC分类号: H05B6/06 H05B6/44

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for controlling an induction hob (1), the induction hob (1) comprising a plurality of induction coils (3) and two or more power units (4), each power unit (4) being coupled with one or more induction coils (3), wherein a cooking zone is formed by associating one or more induction coils (3) to a coil group (6.1-6.4), the method comprising the steps of: —defining one or more coil groups (6.1-6.4), each coil group (6.1-6.4) being associated with one or more induction coils (3); —calculating a relative power value or relative electrical parameter value of each coil group (6.1-6.4) based on a maximum power value or maximum electrical parameter value, the maximum power value being the power value of the coil group with the highest power request, respectively, the maximum electrical parameter value being an electrical parameter value of the coil group (6.1-6.4) with the highest power request; —calculating, for each coil group (6.1-6.4), a coil activation number based on the relative power value or relative electrical parameter value, the coil activation number being the number of induction coils (3) to be activated in subsequent steps of a coils activation sequence; —establishing a coils activation schedule based on the coil activation number; —operating the induction hob (1) according to the coils activation schedule. wherein the power units (4) are operated according to a master-slave configuration, wherein a master power unit is adapted to calculate the coil activation number, establish the coils activation schedule and operate the plurality of induction coils (3) of a master power unit and one or more slave power units according to the coils activation schedule.

    Method for exchanging information between a household appliance and a mobile device

    公开(公告)号:US10742437B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US16347669

    申请日:2017-10-04

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for exchanging information between a household appliance (1) and a mobile device (2), the method comprising the steps of: providing optical information at a graphical user interface (3) of the household appliance (1) (S10); preferably, aligning the mobile device (2) with respect to the household appliance (1) based on one or more markers (4) displayed at a graphical user interface (5) of the mobile device (2) or based on a time-invariant portion of provided optical information (S11); receiving optical information at the mobile device (2) by capturing said optical information provided at the household appliance (1) by a camera (6) of the mobile device (2) (S12); processing said received optical information at the mobile device (1) in order to derive an information message included in said received optical information (S13); providing said information message or information associated with said information message at a user interface of the mobile device (2) (S14).

    Induction hob and method for operating an induction hob

    公开(公告)号:US10154545B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-11

    申请号:US14901907

    申请日:2014-06-30

    IPC分类号: H05B6/06 H05B6/08

    摘要: An induction hob including a first heating region with a first induction coil and a second heating region with a second induction coil is provided. First and second resonant converters drive an AC current through the first and second induction coils. The first and second resonant converters form a half-bridge resonant converter that is continuously driven such that a direction of current flow through the first induction coil and the second induction coil is alternating. The half-bridge resonant converter controls the output power of the first and second heating regions by varying the frequency of the AC current through the respective induction coil. The first and second resonant converters have different resonance frequencies such that the resonance frequency of the first resonant converter is at least 1.4 times higher than the resonance frequency of the second resonant converter.

    INDUCTION HOB AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INDUCTION HOB
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    发明申请
    INDUCTION HOB AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INDUCTION HOB 审中-公开
    感兴趣的HOB和操作电感HOB的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160381735A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    申请号:US14901907

    申请日:2014-06-30

    IPC分类号: H05B6/06 H05B6/08

    CPC分类号: H05B6/065 H05B6/08

    摘要: The invention relates to an induction hob comprising at least two induction heaters (2, 3), each induction heater (2, 3) associated with at least one induction coil (4, 5), wherein a first induction heater (2) is associated with a first type of electronic driving means (6) comprising a first induction coil (4) and being adapted for driving an AC current through said first induction coil (4) of the first induction heater (2), wherein the second induction heater (3) is associated with a second type of electronic driving means (7) comprising a second induction coil (5) and being adapted for driving an AC current through said second induction coil (5) of the second induction heater (3) and wherein the electronic driving means (6, 7) are adapted to control the output power of the induction heaters (2, 3) by varying the frequency of the AC current through the respective induction coil (4, 5). Each electronic driving means (6, 7) is adapted to cause a constant electric power flow through the induction coil (4, 5) and the electronic driving means of the first and second type have different resonance frequencies such that the resonance frequency of the first type of electronic driving means (6) is at least 1.4 times higher than the resonance frequency of the second type of electronic driving means (7).

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种电磁炉,包括至少两个感应加热器(2,3),每个感应加热器(2,3)与至少一个感应线圈(4,5)相关联,其中第一感应加热器(2)相关联 具有第一类型的电子驱动装置(6),包括第一感应线圈(4)并且适于驱动通过所述第一感应加热器(2)的所述第一感应线圈(4)的AC电流,其中所述第二感应加热器 3)与包括第二感应线圈(5)并且适于驱动通过第二感应加热器(3)的第二感应线圈(5)的AC电流的第二类型的电子驱动装置(7)相关联,并且其中, 电子驱动装置(6,7)适于通过改变通过各个感应线圈(4,5)的交流电流的频率来控制感应加热器(2,3)的输出功率。 每个电子驱动装置(6,7)适于使恒定的电力流过感应线圈(4,5),并且第一和第二类型的电子驱动装置具有不同的谐振频率,使得第一 电子驱动装置(6)的类型比第二类型的电子驱动装置(7)的谐振频率高至少1.4倍。

    Induction cooking hob including a cooking area with three or more induction coils and a method for controlling a cooking area

    公开(公告)号:US11700675B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-11

    申请号:US17345418

    申请日:2021-06-11

    IPC分类号: H05B6/06 H05B6/12

    摘要: The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) including at least one cooking area (12), wherein the cooking area (12) comprises at least three induction coils (14). The induction coils (14) of at least one cooking area (12) are arranged side-by-side and in series. Each induction coil (14) of at least one cooking area (12) has an elongated shape. The longitudinal axes of the induction coils (14) within one cooking area (12) are arranged in parallel. Each induction coil (14) of the cooking area (12) is associated with a dedicated induction generator (16). The induction generators (16) are connected or connectable to at least one current line (18). The induction generators (16) are connected to and controlled or controllable by at least one control unit (20). Requested powers (rP) for each used induction generator (16) are adjusted or adjustable independent from each other by a user interface (22). Instant powers (iP) of the induction generators (16) within a cycle pattern (T1, T2, . . . , T11) are controlled or controllable independent from each other by the control unit (20). Further, the present invention relates to a method for controlling a cooking area.

    Power module and cooking appliance

    公开(公告)号:US11035575B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16636526

    申请日:2018-07-27

    摘要: The invention relates to a power module, preferably induction module for powering one, two, three, four, at least one, at least two, at least three or at least four heating element (s), preferably electrical, radiant and/or induction heating elements, more preferably induction coils (3), of a cooking appliance, preferably a cooking hob, more preferably a radiant or induction hob (1), the power module (10) at least comprising: —one, two or at least two heating power units (11), in particular three or at least three heating power units, more in particular four or at least four heating power units, preferably heating frequency units and/or induction generators (11), each for providing power, in particular electrical power, to one, two, three, at least one, at least two or at least three heating elements (3); —one or at least one controller (12) for controlling the heating power unit(s) (11); —a communication interface (13) for coupling the power module (10) with one or at least one user interface (5); —wherein, in particular in a first configuration mode, the power module (10) is adapted to be operated either according to a master module configuration or a slave module configuration and/or—wherein, in particular in a second configuration mode, the power module (10) is configured to directly communicate with the at least one user interface, a corresponding cooking appliance as well as a corresponding method for operating a cooking appliance.