Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Gerhard Klein

Alex Viroli

Massimo Nostro

Christoph Luckhardt

Svend Erik Christiansen

Harald Hoffmann

Alwin Neukamm

Massimo Zangoli

Jochen Holzinger

Andrea Rossi

Ulrich Häutle

Filippo Milanesi

Jérôme Brasseur

Stefan Bayerlein

Claus Meider

Juergen Leikam

Uwe Kallert

Holger Wundling

Helmut Doebel

Silke Horbaschek

Richard Turek

Lukasz Wasinkiewicz

Björn Leyh

Elisabeth Rebelein

Emanuel Urgese

Laurent Jeanneteau

Simon Malkomes

Jacek Jurek

Diana Valerio

Constantin KRAUßE

Elia Schiaratura

Michele Forti

Hugo Murga

Alessandro Di Nardo

A household appliance (), particularly a cooking appliance, more particularly a cooking hob, even more particularly an induction cooking hob, comprises a first circuit board () and a second circuit board () or a first circuit board () and a mains connection unit (), particularly a mains terminal block or a power supply box. These pairs of units () are electrically connectable by a connection means comprising at least one connection line (). The first circuit board () comprises a first electrical connector () for an electrical connection for power and/or information transmission. The first electrical connector () of the first circuit board () is equippable with the connection line () after arrangement of the first circuit board () in a housing () of the household appliance (), preferably after arrangement of the first and second circuit boards () or of the first circuit board () and the mains connection unit () in the housing (). At least the first circuit board () is arrangeable or arranged in the housing () of the household appliance () at a predefined position in a way that also the first electrical connector () is arranged at a predefined position and the first electrical connector (), which is arranged at said predefined position, is accessible for the equipment with the connection line () from above, preferably for an automated equipment in a top down movement, particularly by an equipment robot.

Household appliance and method for assembling a household appliance

The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob () comprising at least one cooking zone () including one induction coil (). The induction cooking hob () comprises at least one user interface () including at least one display with at least one indicator corresponding with one cooking zone (). The induction coil () is provided for detecting at least one parameter related to the power of the electromagnetic field generated by said induction coil (). The induction cooking hob () comprises a memory for storing a maximum value of the parameter detected by the induction coil () of the cooking zone () when a cooking pot () is arranged upon said cooking zone (). The indicator corresponding with the cooking zone () indicates a signal related to an incorrect position of the cooking pot (), if the currently detected value of the parameter is lower than the maximum value of said parameter.

Induction cooking hob and method for checking an optimal position of a cooking pot on the induction cooking hob

The invention relates to an induction hob comprising: a hob plate (); two or more induction coils () arranged below the hob plate in order to form heating zones () at the hob plate (); one or more pot detection sensors (), the pot detection sensors () being at least partially placed between a pair of adjacent induction coils (); wherein the pot detection sensor () is a strip-shaped sensor extending in a space between said pair of adjacent induction coils () and the pot detection sensor () is coupled with an evaluation unit () adapted to determine information regarding the coverage of the pot detection sensor ().

Induction hob and method for controlling an induction hob

A method for checking an ideal position of a cooking pot above an induction coil of an induction cooking hob is provided. The method includes the steps of: detecting a first parameter related to the power of the electromagnetic field and/or to the position of the cooking pot above the induction coil, detecting a second parameter related to the power of the electromagnetic field and/or to the position of the cooking pot above the induction coil, comparing the detected first and second parameters with a stored relationship between the first and second parameters and the position of the cooking pot above the induction coil, determining a deviation of the position of the cooking pot from the ideal position above the induction coil, and outputting at least one signal corresponding with the deviation of the position of the cooking pot from the ideal position, if the deviation exceeds a minimum value.

Method and a device for checking an ideal position of a cooking pot above an induction coil of an induction cooking hob

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Rothenberg ob der Tauber, Germany

Gerhard Klein