A countertop mounted cooking appliance includes a chassis upon which is arranged a cooktop. A peripheral side portion of the chassis includes at least one opening and a control box is mounted in the chassis for housing control elements and associated electronics. An inner duct extends over at least a portion of the control box, while an outer duct extends across the at least one opening along the peripheral side portion to the countertop. A fan is mounted within the chassis wherein, when the fan is activated, a cooling airflow is developed and directed through the inner duct, out of the chassis, and through the outer duct prior to being exhaust through a gap created between the cooktop and the countertop by a trim piece.

A heating cooker includes a housing having an exhaust aperture formed on an upper surface thereof; a top plate disposed on the housing, and provided with a heating zone disposed, in plan view, on a front side relative to the exhaust aperture; a heating coil configured to heat a heating target placed on the heating zone; an air-sending device; a cooling air guide having an air outlet, and configured to guide an air flow from the air-sending device to the air outlet; and an exhaust air guide disposed over the exhaust aperture, the exhaust air guide being formed with an air passage extending from a first inlet to a first outlet locating upper than the first inlet and a second outlet. In plan view, the air outlet of the cooling air guide and the exhaust aperture are aligned with each other in a front and back direction.

An induction heating device includes a case, a working coil, a base plate that is disposed vertically below the working coil, an indicator substrate support that is coupled to the case and that is disposed vertically below the base plate, an indicator substrate that is disposed on an upper surface of the indicator substrate support, that is disposed vertically below the base plate, and that is spaced apart from the base plate, an inverter substrate that is disposed at a lower surface of the indicator substrate support and that includes an inverter configured to apply a resonance current to the working coil through a switching operation, and a resonance substrate that is disposed at the lower surface of the indicator substrate support, that is connected to the working coil, and that includes a resonance capacitor configured to generate the resonance current based on the switching operation of the inverter.

A cooling system for a built-in induction hob with an improved cooling efficiency, and a cooling method thereof. The cooling system comprises an air blower for generating an airflow according to a first direction, a heat-sink device through which air blown by the air blower is conveyed. The cooling system further comprises airflow deflecting means for deflecting said airflow from said first direction to a second direction which significantly deviates from said first direction.

A cooling system for a built-in induction hob with an improved cooling efficiency, and a cooling method thereof. The cooling system comprises an air blower for generating an airflow according to a first direction, a heat-sink device through which air blown by the air blower is conveyed. The cooling system further comprises airflow deflecting means for deflecting said airflow from said first direction to a second direction which significantly deviates from said first direction.

An induction heating apparatus including a plurality of inverters configured with a plurality of types of switching topologies on a printed board assembly (PBA). The induction heating apparatus includes a cooking plate; a plurality of induction heating coils installed below the cooking plate and configured to generate a magnetic field; a plurality of driving circuits respectively connected to the plurality of induction heating coils and configured to supply a driving current to the corresponding induction heating coils; and a rectifier circuit configured to rectify AC power to supply the rectified AC power to the plurality of driving circuits. Each of the plurality of driving circuits may be connected in parallel to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit. The plurality of driving circuits may include at least one first driving circuit comprising one switching element and at least one second driving circuit comprising a plurality of the switching elements.

An induction heating-type cooktop include a case, a cover plate comprising an upper plate that is coupled to an upper end of the case and that is configured to seat an object to be heated on an upper surface of the upper plate, a working coil disposed in the case and configured to heat the object, a module base that is disposed at a lower surface of the upper plate and that includes a thin layer attached to a surface of the module base, and a thermal insulation material disposed between the module base and the working coil.

An induction heater for a cook top comprising: a first electrically insulating sheet (1); a second electrically insulating sheet (2); one or more inductors (5) arranged on a same plane between the first sheet (1) and the second sheet (2), each inductor (5) comprising a single electrically conductive track defining a flat spiral coil; at least one magnetic flux concentrator (4) arranged on a plane under the second sheet (2); a metallic heat sink plate (3) arranged under the at least one magnetic flux concentrator (4), adapted to dissipate the heat produced by the one or more inductors (5).

An induction cooker has a temperature sensor mount that includes a reciprocating sensor holder and a flexible diaphragm.

An induction heating device includes a case having a lower plate that defines an inlet and an exhaust slit; a cover plate coupled to the case; a working coil disposed inside the case; an indicator substrate support coupled to the lower plate and disposed below the working coil; an inverter substrate disposed on a lower surface of the indicator substrate support and including an inverter and a first heat sink configured to dissipate heat generated from the inverter; and a first blowing fan disposed at the lower plate and configured to draw air from an outside of the case through the inlet and discharge the air to the inverter substrate. The exhaust slit is configured to discharge, to an area below the lower plate, at least a portion of air discharged from the first blowing fan to the inverter substrate.