US 2017/0257913 A1Published application

Induction burner cooling systems and methods

AssigneeMeyer Intellectual Properties Limited

InventorsDarren Erik Vengroff, Jonathan A. Jenkins

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Abstract

According to one embodiment, a portable induction cooking device includes a housing having a top platen surface, a bottom wall, and a sidewall defining an interior space. The interior space includes a first portion and a second portion. The device further includes an intake including one or more openings extending through the sidewall, and a vent including one or more openings extending through the sidewall. The device also includes one or more fans that each include a first inlet that draws air into the fan from the first portion, and a first outlet that discharges air out of the fan into the second portion. The one or more fans are configured to draw air into the housing through the intake in a first generally horizontal direction and are further configured to discharge air out of the housing through the vent in a second generally horizontal direction.

A portable induction cooking device, the device comprising:

a generally cylindrical housing having a generally circular top platen surface for supporting a cooking vessel, a bottom wall, and a sidewall defining an interior space, wherein the interior space comprises a first portion and a second portion of the interior space separated by one or more baffles;
the second portion of the interior space being disposed adjacent to the first portion of the interior space, wherein the platen surface extends over the first and second portions of the interior space;
the sidewall comprising a first portion extending along the first portion of the interior space and a second portion extending along the second portion of the interior space;
an intake comprising one or more openings extending through the first portion of the sidewall between the first portion of the interior space and an external environment;
a vent comprising one or more openings extending through the second portion of the sidewall between the second portion of the interior space and the external environment;
one or more fans positioned in the interior space, wherein each of the one or more fans includes an inlet positioned in the first portion of the interior space and an outlet positioned in the second portion of the interior space, wherein the inlet draws air into the fan in a first generally vertical direction, wherein the outlet discharges air out of the fan in a first generally horizontal direction, wherein the one or more fans are configured to draw air into the housing through the intake in a second generally horizontal direction and are further configured to discharge air out of the housing through the vent in a third generally horizontal direction;
at least one induction coil disposed below the platen surface;
electronics for modulating the power of the at least one induction coil, the electronics being positioned in the second portion of the interior space, at least a portion of the electronics being thermally connected to a heat sink having a series of vertical fins that define channels, the channels being positioned approximately parallel to the air discharged from the respective outlet of at least one of the one or more fans, the heat sink being positioned adjacent to the respective outlet of the at least one of the one or more fans;
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wherein the device weighs less than 15 pounds.

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Application

15/446,357Filed 1 Mar 2017

Priority

1 Mar 2016

Published

7 Sep 2017

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Classification6 codes

H05B 6/062
Control, e.g. of temperature, of power: for cooking plates or the like
H05B 6/1209
Cooking devices: induction cooking plates or the like and devices to be used in combination with them
H05B 6/1263
With special coil arrangements: using coil cooling arrangements
H05B 6/42
Coil arrangements: cooling of coils

Abstract

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