# US 11,442,487 B2 · Appliance burner assignment indication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,487 B2 - Document ID: US11442487B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/805,265 - Filed: 2020-02-28 - Published: 2021-09-02 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-28 - Assignees: Midea Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Midea Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Richard W. Cowan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442487B2 ## CPC - G05G 1/105: {comprising arrangements for illumination} - F24C 3/124: {Control panels} - F24C 3/126: {on ranges} - G05G 1/08: Controlling members for hand actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels - G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) - F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and a burner icon display proximate each of said control selectors having a visual representation of which burner, if any, said control selector is assigned. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 comprising: 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. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said burner icon displays comprise: a programmable display having indicia thereon representative of assigned burner positions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said burner icon displays comprise: a plurality of LED icons representative of assigned burner positions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein said controller provides an output to each of said burner icon displays, said output representative of a burner assignment specific to said proximate control selector. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4 wherein said controller provides an output to each of said burner icon displays to illuminate at one of said LED icons, said output representative of a burner assignment specific to said proximate control selector. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4 wherein said controller provides a plurality of outputs to each of said burner icon displays to illuminate at least one of said LED icons, said outputs representative of a plurality of burner assignments specific to said proximate control selector. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said burner icon displays are capable of representing the assignment of said proximate control selector to a plurality of burners. ### Claim 9 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; and 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein said burner icon displays comprise: a programmable display having indicia thereon representative of assigned burner positions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein said burner icon displays comprise: a plurality of LED icons representative of assigned burner positions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein said burner icon displays are provided on a user interface positioned proximate said control selectors. ### Claim 13 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; and 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 comprising the further step of: providing an operatively coupled output from said controller to each of said burner icon displays, said output representative of a plurality of burner assignments for said proximate control selector. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 comprising the further step of: providing a burner icon programmable display having indicia thereon representative of assigned burner positions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 comprising the further step of: providing a burner icon display having a plurality of LED icons representative of assigned burner positions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein said burner icon displays are provided on a user interface positioned proximate said control selectors. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 comprising: a user interface operatively coupled to said controller, wherein said user interface includes a display for reassigning a specified control selector to a different burner and wherein said display includes a visual representation of said control selector assignments to said burners. ### Claim 19 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein said display is further for reassigning said specified control selector to a different burner. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein said display is further for reassigning said specified control selector to a different burner.