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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Gerhard Klein, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Ulrich Häutle, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Lukasz Wasinkiewicz, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Jacek Jurek, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Elia Schiaratura, Forli, IT;
Emanuel Urgese, Forli, IT;
Michele Forti, Forli, IT;
Svend Erik Christiansen, Forli, IT;
Alex Viroli, Forli, IT;
Andrea Rossi, Forli, IT;
Laurent Jeanneteau, Compiègne, FR;
Massimo Nostro, Forli, IT;
Massimo Zangoli, Forli, IT;
Diana Valerio, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sensor means () or module for determining a particularly elastic displacement or deflection or bending of a panel (), in particular a glass panel, or of a section of a panel or of an insert in relation to the panel (). The sensor means () or module and the panel () or said section thereof forming a weighing means, in particular a scale. The sensor means () or module is adapted to be integrated in or allocated to a household appliance (), in particular a cooking hob, more in particular an induction cooking hob, and comprises or is connected to at least one processing and/or interpretation and/or compilation means, preferably for providing a particular high sensor sensitivity and/or evaluation unit accuracy. Further, a household appliance () is disclosed which comprises an at least approximately horizontal panel (), in particular a glass panel. The panel () is part of or is in functional connection with a scale for weighing an item () placed on the panel (). Finally, the invention relates to a method for determining the weight of an item () on an at least approximately horizontal panel () of a household appliance (), in particular on a top panel () of a cooking hob. An acceleration of a panel () section or of a panel reference point or reference area, in particular a reference point or a reference area on a panel surface (), is estimated or determined during a displacement or deflection or bending of the panel section or the panel reference point or reference area due to a placing of the item () on the panel.