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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Eugenio Gomez, Louisville, KY (US);
James Lee Armstrong, Louisville, KY (US);
Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A heating element that limits the maximum temperature readied by a cooking utensil or food items placed on the heating element is provided. A cooktop appliance with features for limiting the maximum temperature reached by a cooking utensil or food items placed on a heating element of the cooktop appliance also is provided. In particular, a cooktop appliance with a positive temperature coefficient heating element and a controller for regulating the heating element to a selected temperature or heat output is provided.