Method for supplying power to induction cooking zones of an induction cooking hob having a plurality of power converters, and induction cooking hob using such method
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsDAVIDE PARACHINI, FRANCESCO DEL BELLO, ANDREA DE ANGELIS, JURIJ PADERNO
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Abstract
A method for supplying power to induction cooking zones of an induction cooking hob with a plurality of power converters, each feeding an induction heating element, comprises feeding all the induction heating elements according to a predetermined and repetitive driving sequence in order to keep a predetermined delivered power to the induction heating elements according to user input.
Claims11
A method for supplying power from one or more mains lines to induction heating zones of an induction heating hob with a plurality of power converters each feeding electrical power to an associated induction heating element, said method comprising:
- obtaining a user input representing a selected average power level setting for each power converter and associated induction heating element;
- and
- feeding the induction heating elements according to a predetermined and repetitive driving sequence in order to deliver power to each induction heating element according to the selected average power level.
An induction cooking hob comprising
- a plurality of induction heating elements;
- a user input for selecting an average power level for each of the plurality of induction heating elements;
- a plurality of power converters each feeding an associated one of the plurality of induction heating elements;
- and
- a control unit directing the plurality of power converters to feed power to the plurality of induction heating elements according to a predetermined and repetitive driving sequence to deliver power to each induction heating element according to the selected average power level set through the user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.