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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Sanjay Shukla, Hendersonville, TN (US);
James E. Pryor, Clarksville, TN (US);
Sanjay Shukla, Hendersonville, TN (US);
James E. Pryor, Clarksville, TN (US);
Electrolux Home Products, Inc,., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A power control system for an electric cooktop. The power level is set by a knob connected to a potentiometer. Potentiometer information is digitally communicated by a controller over a serial communication bus to a power unit. The power unit communicates power level display information back to the controller over the same serial communication bus. The display information is displayed as numbers on a digital display by the controller. The power unit controls a heating element of the cooktop according to the potentiometer information. A second potentiometer can be added to control a second heating element by operating as a slave to the first controller. Further, multiple heating elements can be controlled by a single potentiometer by dividing the angular rotation into multiple segments or ranges.
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