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US 11,442,487 B2Granted
Appliance burner assignment indication
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorRichard W. Cowan
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Abstract
A system for indicating the burner assignments of a plurality of burners operated by a plurality of digital gas valves to a plurality of control selectors that are configurably assigned to a specified burner or burners.
Claims20
A system for indicating control selector assignments for an appliance having a plurality of burners operated by a plurality of digital gas valves comprising:
- a controller having a concomitant data memory, said controller having a plurality of inputs and outputs for receiving and providing electrical signals to a plurality of electrical components of said appliance, wherein each of said plurality of digital gas valves is operatively coupled to an output from said controller;
- a plurality of control selectors each having an electrical output operatively coupled to an input of said controller, wherein said output of each control selector is representative of a desired burner output, and wherein each of said plurality of control selectors is assignable to any of said plurality of burners;
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- a burner icon display proximate each of said control selectors having a visual representation of which burner, if any, said control selector is assigned.
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A system for indicating control selector assignments for an appliance having a plurality of burners operated by a plurality of digital gas valves comprising:
- a controller having a concomitant data memory, said controller having a plurality of inputs and outputs for receiving and providing electrical signals to a plurality of electrical components of said appliance, wherein each of said plurality of digital gas valves is operatively coupled to an output from said controller;
- a plurality of control selectors each having an electrical output operatively coupled to an input of said controller, wherein said output of each control selector is representative of a desired burner output, and wherein each of said plurality of control selectors is assignable to any of said plurality of burners;
- a burner icon display proximate each of said control selectors having a visual representation of which burner, if any, said control selector is assigned;
- a user interface operatively coupled to said controller, wherein said user interface includes a display for assigning a specified control selector to a specific burner and wherein said display includes a visual representation of said control selector assignments to said burners;
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- wherein said controller provides an operatively coupled output to each of said burner icon displays, said output representative of a burner assignment for said proximate control selector.
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A method for indicating control selector assignments for an appliance having a plurality of burners operated by a plurality of digital gas valves comprising:
- providing a controller having a concomitant data memory, said controller having a plurality of inputs and outputs for receiving and providing electrical signals to a plurality of electrical components of said appliance, wherein each of said plurality of digital gas valves is operatively coupled to an output from said controller;
- providing a plurality of control selectors each having an electrical output operatively coupled to an input of said controller, wherein said output of each control selector is representative of a desired burner output, and wherein each of said plurality of control selectors is assignable to any of said plurality of burners;
- providing a burner icon display proximate each of said control selectors having a visual representation of which burner, if any, said control selector is assigned;
- providing a user interface operatively coupled to said controller, wherein said user interface includes a display for assigning a specified control selector to a specific burner and wherein said display includes a visual representation of said control selector assignments to said burners;
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- providing an operatively coupled output from said controller to each of said burner icon displays, said output representative of a burner assignment for said proximate control selector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.