IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,607
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,607 · App. 17/791,551 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Cooking device

Inventors: Manuel Fernandez Martinez (Saragossa, ES); Ignacio Garde Aranda (Saragossa, ES); Oscar Gracia Campos (Saragossa, ES); Paul Muresan (La Cartuja, ES); Daniel Palacios Tomas (Saragossa, ES); Diego Puyal Puente (Saragossa, ES)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
H05B6/065H05B2213/03
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Patent No.
US 12,464,607
App. No.
17/791,551
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooking appliance apparatus includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a first inductor, a set of further inductors including a first further inductor and a second further inductor, and a switching arrangement configured such as to allocate in an operating state the first inverter to the inductor and to allocate the second inverter in the operating state to an arbitrary one of the first and second further inductors of the set of further inductors.

Claims (27)

1 . A cooking appliance apparatus, comprising:

a first inverter;

a second inverter;

a first inductor;

a set of further inductors including a first further inductor and a second further inductor; and

a switching arrangement configured such as to allocate in an operating state the first inverter to the inductor and to allocate the second inverter in the operating state to an arbitrary one of the first and second further inductors of the set of further inductors,

wherein the set of further inductors includes a third further inductor,

the switching arrangement includes a configuration switching unit which is configured to individually electrically disconnect each one of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors from the first and second inverters, and

the configuration switching unit includes a configuration switching element and a further switching element, said configuration switching element being arranged schematically between the further switching element and at least one of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors.

2 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 1 , constructed in the form of a hob apparatus.

3 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate the second inverter in the operating state simultaneously to the first, second and third further inductors of the set of further inductors.

4 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate any two adjacent ones of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors to different ones of the first and second inverters.

5 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the switching arrangement includes a parallel switching unit which is configured to connect the first inverter and the second inverter in parallel.

6 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the parallel switching unit includes a parallel switching element arranged schematically between at least one of the first and second inverters and a further switching element of the switching arrangement.

7 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate an arbitrary number of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors to each of the first and second inverters.

8 . The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate at least one of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors simultaneously or alternately to each of the first and second inverters.

9 . A household appliance, comprising a cooking appliance apparatus, said cooking appliance apparatus comprising a first inverter, a second inverter, a first inductor, a set of further inductors including a first further inductor and a second further inductor, and a switching arrangement configured such as to allocate in an operating state the first inverter to the inductor and to allocate the second inverter in the operating state to an arbitrary one of the first and second further inductors of the set of further inductors,

wherein the set of further inductors includes a third further inductor,

the switching arrangement includes a configuration switching unit which is configured to individually electrically disconnect each one of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors from the first and second inverters, and

the configuration switching unit includes a configuration switching element and a further switching element, said configuration switching element being arranged schematically between the further switching element and at least one of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors.

10 . The household appliance of claim 9 , constructed in the form of a hob.

11 . The household appliance of claim 9 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate the second inverter in the operating state simultaneously to the first, second and third further inductors of the set of further inductors.

12 . The household appliance of claim 9 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate any two adjacent ones of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors to different ones of the first and second inverters.

13 . The household appliance of claim 9 , wherein the switching arrangement includes a parallel switching unit which is configured to connect the first inverter and the second inverter in parallel.

14 . The household appliance of claim 13 , wherein the parallel switching unit includes a parallel switching element arranged schematically between at least one of the first and second inverters and a further switching element of the switching arrangement.

15 . The household appliance of claim 9 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate an arbitrary number of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors to each of the first and second inverters.

16 . The household appliance of claim 9 , wherein the switching arrangement is configured to allocate at least one of the first inductor and the first, second and third further inductors simultaneously or alternately to each of the first and second inverters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: FERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, MANUEL; GARDE ARANDA, IGNACIO; GRACIA CAMPOS, OSCAR; MURESAN, PAUL; PALACIOS TOMAS, DANIEL; PUYAL PUENTE, DIEGO
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 060457/0847 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20382080 · Feb 7, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230031284A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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