An induction cooking apparatus includes an induction coil forming a top surface and a bottom surface. The induction coil includes a plurality of conductive windings. A temperature sensor protrudes through the top surface of the induction coil. An electrical circuit is in communication with the temperature sensor. The electrical circuit is disposed on a substrate, which may form a chassis configured to support a plurality of conductive connections. The substrate forms a spring mechanism in connection with the temperature sensor.

An induction cooking apparatus includes a plurality of induction coils arranged in at least one array. At least one beam structure is configured to support the at least one array of induction coils. At least one electrical circuit is in connection with the at least one beam structure and in communication with each of the plurality of induction coils forming the at least one array. At least one inverter assembly is configured to drive the induction coils. The electrical circuit and the inverter assembly form a connection interface including a plurality of mating connectors. The mating connectors of the connection interface electrically connect the array with the inverter assembly.

An inductive component is provided, including: a coil former including a base body and being a carrier for a winding wire; an electrically insulating foil, some regions of the body being wrapped with the foil; and a winding of the wire around the coil former, such that the foil is between the wire and the body, and extends over a maximum of two thirds of a maximum possible effective length of the foil with which the foil would be present underneath the entire winding such that in some regions the wire is disposed over the foil, and in some regions the wire is disposed directly on the body, and such that a diameter of the winding in a region in which the wire is disposed over the foil is increased. A method for adjusting an inductance value for a group of inductive components of a same design is also provided.

A cooking appliance device includes a heating unit having a heating element for heating a cooking chamber in a heating operating state, and a cooking chamber element configured to at least partially bound the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber element has a part region with a surface shape which changes in the heating operating state in response to a thermal expansion of the cooking chamber element. The heating unit includes an adapting element which is arranged at least in part on the cooking chamber element and has in facing relation to the part region a surface which adapts in the heating operating state to the surface shape of the part region.

A novel glass-ceramic sheet intended in particular to be used as a surface of a furniture unit or as a worktop, the sheet includes, in at least one of its faces, at least one connection element of a height less than 10 cm and of which the cross section is inscribed inside a circle of a diameter less than 3 cm, the connection element being made from a material able to withstand at least 70° C. and including at least one fixing system allowing fixing along at least two axes or in two movements in particular obtained by at least two different translational or rotational movements or able to exert a force directed toward the glass-ceramic sheet. A worktop or a furniture unit incorporating the sheet, and to a method for mounting accessories or elements that are to be added to said sheet.

A heating cooker system according to the present invention includes: an induction cooker including a first coil configured to produce a first high-frequency magnetic field for induction heating, a first inverter circuit configured to supply a first high-frequency current to the first coil, a second coil configured to produce a second high-frequency magnetic field, and a second inverter circuit provided independently of the first inverter circuit and configured to supply a second high-frequency current to the second coil; and a cooking device including a power receiving coil configured to wirelessly receive supply of electric power from the second high-frequency magnetic field when the power receiving coil is positioned in the second high-frequency magnetic field, and a cooking unit configured to be driven by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

An induction heating device includes: a casing; a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing and configured to seat an object on a top surface of the cover plate; a working coil located within the casing and configured to heat the object on the top surface of the cover plate; a base plate configured to support the working coil; an indicator board that is located vertically below the base plate and that is spaced apart from the base plate to define an air-flow path between the base plate and the indicator board, where the indicator board includes a plurality of light emitting elements; and a blowing fan located at a first side of a bottom surface of the casing and configured to suction air into the casing from an outside of the casing and to discharge air into the air-flow path.

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes: a housing provided therein with a cooking space surrounded by bottom, rear and both lateral surfaces of the housing, and having upper and front surfaces open; a door including a door upper surface part covering the upper surface of the housing and a door front surface part connected to a front side of the door upper surface part and covering the front surface of the housing, and swiveling with respect to a rear side of the door upper surface part to open and close the upper surface and the front surface of the housing; and a tray disposed in the cooking space, the cooking appliance, further comprising: a first heating part disposed at the door.

An induction cooking apparatus including a cooktop panel, induction coil, controller, and temperature sensor assembly. A temperature sensor and guiding support are positioned in sliding engagement in an opening in the center of the induction coil where an upper end of the temperature sensor sits above a top surface of the induction coil. The controller includes a first circuit board that supplies electricity to the induction coil. A second circuit board, separate from the first circuit board, is electrically connected to the temperature sensor and includes a cantilevered leaf-spring structure that supports the temperature sensor. The guiding support is a load bearing structure that transmits a biasing force created by deflection of the cantilevered leaf-spring structure to the temperature sensor, which operates to hold the temperature sensor in contact with a lower surface of the cooktop panel.

A heater for coating removal heating a metal member having a surface coated with a coating film, includes a high-frequency power source; a transformer transforming a high-frequency current outputted from the high-frequency power source; and a plurality of heating units, each heating unit being detachably connectable to the transformer to heat the metal member disposed in contact with or near the heater for coating removal by the high-frequency current outputted from the transformer. One heating unit is selected from the plurality of heating units and attached to the transformer. The inductance value of the plurality of heating units except for the selected heating unit is adjusted to be within a predetermined range relative to the inductance value of the selected heating unit.