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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2010
Maria Carmen Artal Lahoz, Zaragoza, ES;
Jose-ramon Garcia Jimenez, Zaragoza, ES;
Ignacio Garde Aranda, Zaragoza, ES;
Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Cuarte de Huerva, ES;
Ignacio Millan Serrano, Zaragoza, ES;
Daniel Palacios Tomas, Zaragoza, ES;
Ramon Peinado Adiego, Zaragoza, ES;
Maria Carmen Artal Lahoz, Zaragoza, ES;
Jose-Ramon Garcia Jimenez, Zaragoza, ES;
Ignacio Garde Aranda, Zaragoza, ES;
Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Cuarte de Huerva, ES;
Ignacio Millan Serrano, Zaragoza, ES;
Daniel Palacios Tomas, Zaragoza, ES;
Ramon Peinado Adiego, Zaragoza, ES;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A hob includes at least one heating zone having several heating elements, a user interface for setting a heating capacity of the heating zone, and a control unit for operating the heating elements and for distributing the heating capacity among the heating elements according to a heating capacity distribution. In order to improve the efficiency of the hob, the control unit is configured to distribute the heating capacity among a larger number of heating elements when the heating capacity is below a threshold value than in the case, when the heating capacity is above the threshold value.