An induction heating type cooktop according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a case; a cover plate configured to be coupled to the upper end of the case and provided with an upper plate portion on which an object to be heated is disposed; a thin film configured to be coated on the upper plate portion; a first working coil and a second working coil provided inside the case; an inverter configured to be connected to the first working coil; and a first switch configured to be connected between the first working coil and the second working coil. The first switch may determine whether the first working coil and the second working coil are connected in series.

An induction heating device includes: a first board including a first working coil, a first inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the first working coil, a first current transformer configured to adjusting a magnitude of the first resonant current, a first control unit configured to control the first inverter; and a second board including a second working coil, a second inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the second working coil, a second current transformer configured to adjust a magnitude of the second resonant current, a first relay configured to selectively connect the second working coil to the second current transformer or to the first working coil, a second relay configured to selectively connect the second working coil to the first working coil or to the second resonant capacitor, and a second control unit configure to control the second inverter, the first relay, and the second relay.

A hob includes at least one heating inductor and a glass or glass ceramics cover plate that has at least one side coated with a metal layer coated with a metal layer. In order to improve the electromagnetic compatibility of the hob with a metal layer coating, the metal layer has a cover region which covers the heating inductor and is electrically insulated from a surrounding region of the metal layer, which surrounding region surrounds the cover region.

A dish assembly for serving food includes a dish housing that defines a surface, upon which the food can be placed, and an inner compartment, a phase-change material within the inner compartment, and an electrically-conductive element inside the inner compartment and thermally coupled to the phase-change material. In a typical implementation, the phase-change material is adapted to melt in response to the electrically-conductive element being heated by an electromagnetic induction heater. The thus heated dish assembly can facilitate getting hot food to a table while it is still hot, and once at the table, keeping that hot food at least warm for quite some time, while it is consumed.

An induction cooktop includes: a cover plate with at least one cooking point; a holding plate; at least one inductive heating coil arranged between the cover plate and the holding plate; at least one electronics housing fastened to a side of the holding plate facing away from the at least one inductive heating coil and having electronics for the at least one inductive heating coil; and a lower box closing off the induction cooktop at a bottom of the induction cooktop, the lower box being open at a top thereof. The at least one electronics housing is arranged in the lower box. The holding plate covers the lower box at the top. The retaining plate is connected in a force-transmitting manner to the lower box in an assembly state of the induction cooktop.

lower boxlower boxlower boxlower boxlower boxlower box An induction cooktop includes: a cover plate with at least one cooking point; a retaining plate; at least one inductive heating coil arranged in an intermediate space between the cover plate and the retaining plate; at least one electronics housing fastened to a side of the retaining plate facing away from the at least one heating coil and having electronics for the at least one heating coil; and a lower box closing off the induction cooktop at a bottom of the induction cooktop, the lower box being open at a top of the lower box. The at least one electronics housing with the electronics is arranged in the lower box. The retaining plate covers the lower box at the top of the lower box. The induction cooktop includes a fan for generating a primary cooling air flow for cooling the electronics in the lower box. At least one cooling air opening is arranged in the retaining plate.

The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) with a plurality of induction coils (16). The induction cooking hob (10) comprises a cooking surface (12) and a control unit. The cooking surface (12) includes a cover plate. The induction coils (16) are arranged side-by-side according to a predetermined scheme and below the cover plate. At least one induction coil (16) is marked by an identification symbol (18). The identification symbol (18) includes a first element (20) and a second element (22), wherein the first element (20) extends beyond the diameter of the corresponding induction coil (16) and the second element (22) marks the diameter of said induction coil (16).

An induction heating device is disclosed. The induction heating device includes a working coil for creating a magnetic field for induction of eddy currents in cooking equipment so as to heat the cooking equipment, a power supply unit for providing induction voltage to operate the working coil, and a case for accommodating the power supply unit and the working coil. The case includes a first case and a second case, and the first case and the second case define therebetween an insertion space into which a plate is fitted.

A hanger-type cooking information providing device is disclosed. The hanger-type cooking information providing device includes a clip portion including a water level sensor and configured to be hung on a cooking container, a contact portion including a temperature sensor configured to contact one lateral surface of the cooking container and to measure temperature, and a main body portion including a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly transmit, to an external device, at least one of water level information sensed by the water level sensor, temperature information sensed by the temperature sensor, water boiling notification information, information on elapsed cooking time, and information on remaining cooking time.

An induction heating container (1) in which an induction heat generator (3) is attached to the inside of a container main body (2) made of a non-conductive material so as to enable cooking by heating by an electromagnetic cooker. The induction heat generator (3) includes: a laminated body involving a conductor layer (4) that generates heat by induction of eddy current by high-frequency magnetic field and a heat-seal layer (5) that imparts heat-sealing properties to the container main body, and an eddy current control part (6) obtained by cutting the conductor layer (4) along the circumferential direction.