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US 12,069,775 B2Granted
Cooktop appliance and heating element having a heat transfer disk and a thermostat
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPaul Bryan Cadima, Eugenio Gomez, Dimitrios Iordanoglou
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Abstract
A cooktop appliance or heating element, as provided herein, may include a thermostat within the heating zone of the heating element. The thermostat may include a base and a top cap held on the base. The heat transfer disk may be joined to the thermostat at the top cap.
Claims20
An electric resistance heating coil assembly, comprising:
- a spiral wound sheathed heating element having a first coil section and a second coil section;
- a thermostat comprising a base and a top cap held on the base, the thermostat being connected in series between the first and second coil sections of the spiral wound sheathed heating element, the thermostat being spring loaded such that a distal end of the thermostat is urged away from a top surface of the spiral wound sheathed heating element;
- a heat transfer disk joined to the thermostat at the top cap, the heat transfer disk positioned concentrically with a center of the spiral wound sheathed heating element,
- a shroud extending about the thermostat;
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- a shroud cover disposed below the top cap and below the heat transfer disk to define an air gap between the heat transfer disk and a top wall of the shroud cover, the shroud cover insulating the thermostat at the base, the thermostat being mounted to the shroud cover,
- wherein a top of the shroud is nested in the shroud cover.
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A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a heating element defining a heating zone;
- and
- a sensor support assembly positioned within the heating zone of the heating element, the sensor support assembly comprising
- a shroud cover,
- a shroud having a top nested in the shroud cover,
- a thermostat mounted to the shroud cover to be insulated by the shroud cover, the thermostat comprising a base and a top cap held on the base above the shroud cover, and
- a heat transfer disk joined to the thermostat at the top cap, the heat transfer disk extending above the shroud cover to define an air gap between the heat transfer disk and a top wall of the shroud cover, the shroud cover insulating.
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An electric resistance heating coil assembly, comprising:
- a spiral wound sheathed heating element having a first coil section and a second coil section;
- a thermostat comprising a base and a top cap held on the base, the thermostat being connected in series between the first and second coil sections of the spiral wound sheathed heating element, the thermostat being spring loaded such that a distal end of the thermostat is urged away from a top surface of the spiral wound sheathed heating element;
- a heat transfer disk joined to the thermostat at the top cap, the heat transfer disk positioned concentrically with a center of the spiral wound sheathed heating element;
- a shroud extending about the thermostat;
- a shroud cover disposed below the top cap and below the heat transfer disk to define an air gap between the heat transfer disk and a top wall of the shroud cover, the shroud cover insulating the thermostat at the base, the thermostat being mounted to the shroud cover;
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- a spring bracket disposed within the shroud and supporting the shroud cover such that a distal end of the thermostat is urged away from a top surface of the spiral wound sheathed heating element,
- wherein a diameter of the heat transfer disk is larger than a diameter of the top cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.