The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1978
Stanley B Welch, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A glass-ceramic cooktop surface is provided with a temperature sensor integral with the glass ceramic plate of the cooktop. The temperature sensor utilizes the temperature resistance characteristic of the glass ceramic plate as a means of monitoring the temperature of the plate and is formed in the heated areas of the glass-ceramic plate. The sensor comprises pairs of metallized conductive strips fired to the underside of the plate and terminated in a cool region of the plate. A continuity resistor is provided at the termination point of each pair of strips to distinguish between cold glass conditions and a defective sensor. One strip of each pair is connected to a further metallized strip which surrounds the periphery of the glass and forms a common ground for a heating unit control circuit and is also used as a broken glass detector. Each sensor forms one leg of an AC voltage divider and is connected to an associated control circuit. The output of the voltage divider is applied to two voltage comparators having a common output connected to operate a relay to control heater power to the 'burners' of the cooktop which may be open coil heaters or film heaters.