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Cook top having at least one cooking zone and method for operating a cook top

US9867235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sandra Aranda Vazquez · Berga, ES
Ignacio Garde Aranda · Berga, ES
Oscar Gracia Campos · Berga, ES
Sergio Llorente Gil · Berga, ES
Oscar Lucia Gil · la Casa Nova de Valls, ES
Carlos Vicente Mairal Serrano · Berga, ES
Ignacio Millan Serrano · Zaragoza, ES
Paul Muresan · Fuentes de Ebro, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2011
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B40/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for operating a cooking zone of a cook top, wherein the cooking zone is formed by at least two cooking sub-zones and each cooking sub-zone can be heated by at least one heating unit, with the heating units arranged adjacent to each other without overlapping such that a cohesive heatable surface is formed during a joint operation of the cooking sub-zones, detection of an occupancy of a cooking sub-zone by at least one food preparation vessel is activated in a first operating mode and a same electrical power is supplied to all activated cooking sub-zones occupied by a food preparation vessel.

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