Contact sensor arrangements for glass-ceramic cooktop appliances
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVivek V. Badami, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Emilie Thorbjorg Saulnier, Ertugrul Berkcan
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Abstract
A glass-ceramic cooktop appliance having at least one burner assembly disposed under a glass-ceramic plate. The cooktop appliance includes a sensor assembly having a support bar mounted on the burner assembly adjacent to the glass-ceramic plate and one or more devices for sensing cooktop related properties mounted on the support bar so as to be in contact with the glass-ceramic plate.
Claims24
A sensor assembly for a glass-ceramic cooktop appliance having at least one burner assembly disposed under a glass-ceramic plate, said sensor assembly comprising:
- a support bar mounted on said burner assembly adjacent to said glass-ceramic plate;
- and
- means for sensing cooktop related properties mounted on said support bar so as to be in contact with said glass-ceramic plate.
A glass-ceramic cooktop appliance comprising:
- a glass-ceramic plate;
- at least one burner assembly disposed under said glass-ceramic plate;
- a support bar mounted on said burner assembly adjacent to said glass-ceramic plate;
- and
- means for sensing cooktop related properties mounted on said support bar so as to be in contact with said glass-ceramic plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.