IP Library Granted Patent US 8,269,149
Granted Patent B2
US 8,269,149 · App. 12/682,051 · Granted Sep 18, 2012

Cooking device

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Patent No.
US 8,269,149
App. No.
12/682,051
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooktop includes a plurality of heaters that form a contiguous cooking zone, a power supply for the plurality of heaters with a differentiator that differentiates between a first positive heating power for a first of the plurality of heaters and a second positive heating power for a second of the plurality of heaters in a differentiated heating mode.

Claims (19)

1. A cooktop comprising:

a plurality of heaters that form a contiguous cooking zone;

a power supply for the plurality of heaters with a differentiator that differentiates between a first positive heating power for a first of the plurality of heaters and a second positive heating power for a second of the plurality of heaters in a differentiated heating mode.

2. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heaters includes three heaters and the differentiated heating mode is a heating mode with three heaters.

3. The cooktop of claim 2 , wherein the three heaters are concentric to each other and wherein the differentiator differentiates between a first positive heating power for a first outer heater and the second positive heating power for a second outer heater.

4. The cooktop of claim 3 , wherein the power supply supplies an intermediate of the three heaters with a smallest positive heating power.

5. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the power supply comprises:

a first power supply for two of the plurality of heaters; and

a second power supply for a third of the plurality of heaters.

6. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the first power unit supplies power simultaneously to the two heaters.

7. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of heaters comprises three concentrically arranged heaters and wherein the first power supply supplies power to the two outer heaters.

8. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the first power supply supplies differentiated positive heating power for the two of the plurality of heaters in the differentiated heating mode.

9. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the differentiator comprises a switch that connects one of the plurality of heaters to one of the first power supply and the second power supply in the differentiated heating mode.

10. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the differentiator predetermines a fixed ratio between the first positive heating power and the second positive heating power in the differentiated heating mode.

11. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the differentiator comprises a capacitor.

12. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the differentiator is connected in series with one of the plurality of heaters in the differentiated heating mode.

13. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the differentiator comprises a differentiation means and a switch that switches the differentiation means on and off.

14. The cooktop of claim 13 , wherein the differentiation means is in a branch which bridges the switch.

15. The cooktop of claim 13 , wherein the differentiator comprises another differentiation means connected upstream of the switch.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2010
From: ACERO ACERO, JESUS; ALONSO ESTEBAN, RAFAEL; BRAULIO MARTINEZ, RUBEN; BURDIO PINILLA, JOSE MIGUEL; HERNANDEZ BLASCO, PABLO JESUS; MILLAN SERRANO, IGNACIO; PALACIOS TOMAS, DANIEL
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 024204/0900 →