Electric kettle
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJaehoon Ahn
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Abstract
An electric kettle may include a body made of a metal material and configured to form a space in which fluid, such as water is contained, a heating module provided in the body to heat the space, a handle mounted to protrude from an outer surface of the body, a handle cover made of a metal material and configured to form a protruding upper surface of the handle, and a handle printed circuit board (PCB) provided inside of the handle and including a touch sensor in close contact with a rear surface of the handle cover to sense a touch operation of the handle cover. An operation of the heating module may be controlled by the handle PCB.
Claims23
An electric kettle, comprising:
- a body made of a metal material and configured to form a space in which fluid is contained;
- a heating module provided in the body to heat the space;
- a handle mounted to protrude from an outer surface of the body;
- a handle cover that is made of a metal material and forms an upper surface of the handle;
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- a handle printed circuit board (PCB) provided inside of the handle and comprising a touch sensor in contact with a lower surface of the handle cover to sense a touch operation of the handle cover, wherein an operation of the heating module is controlled by the handle PCB, and wherein the handle cover has an opening formed on a bottom of the handle cover, and the handle is inserted into and mounted on the opening of the handle cover.
An electric kettle, comprising:
- a body made of a metal material and configured to form a space in which fluid is contained;
- a heating module provided in the body to heat the space;
- a handle mounted to protrude from an outer surface of the body;
- a handle cover that is made of a metal material and forms an upper surface of the handle;
- a handle printed circuit board (PCB) provided inside of the handle and comprising a touch sensor in contact with a lower surface of the handle cover to sense a touch operation of the handle cover, wherein an operation of the heating module is controlled by the handle PCB;
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- a cover boss provided inside of the handle cover and extending downward to pass through the handle PCB such that the handle PCB is mounted inside of the handle cover.
An electric kettle, comprising:
- a body made of a metal material and configured to form a space in which fluid is contained;
- an upper body that extends upward along a circumference of an upper end of the body;
- a lid seated on the upper body to open and close the body;
- a heating module configured to heat an inside of the body;
- a handle cover that protrudes from an outer surface of the upper body and having an open lower surface;
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- a handle configured to cover the open lower surface of the handle cover, wherein a first portion of the handle is inserted into and fixedly mounted on an inside of the handle cover, and a second portion of the handle extends downward in a state of being spaced apart from the body.
An electric kettle, comprising:
- a body configured to form a space in which fluid is contained;
- a heating module provided in the body to heat the space;
- a handle that protrudes from the body;
- a handle cover that forms an upper surface of the handle;
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- a handle printed circuit board (PCB) provided inside of the handle and comprising a touch sensor in contact with a lower surface of the handle cover to sense a touch operation of the handle cover, wherein an operation of the heating module is controlled by the handle PCB, wherein the handle cover further comprises a display that displays operation information of the electric kettle, and wherein the handle cover has an opening formed on a bottom of the handle cover, and the handle is inserted into and mounted on the opening of the handle cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.