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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Oscar Luis Aldana Arjol, Zaragoza, ES;
Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Cuarte de Huerva, ES;
Ignacio Millan Serrano, Zaragoza, ES;
Fernando Monterde Aznar, Zaragoza, ES;
Daniel Palacios Tomas, Zaragoza, ES;
Oscar Luis Aldana Arjol, Zaragoza, ES;
Pablo Jesus Hernandez Blasco, Cuarte de Huerva, ES;
Ignacio Millan Serrano, Zaragoza, ES;
Fernando Monterde Aznar, Zaragoza, ES;
Daniel Palacios Tomas, Zaragoza, ES;
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A cooktop is provided that includes heating elements which are combined to a heating zone; a power supply to generate a heating current that operates the heating elements; a switch to open and close a power circuit that includes the power supply and one of the heating elements; and a controller that determines a characteristic variable of the heating current, actuates the switch as a function of a selected power level to operate the heating zone, and activates, in a first operating state, two of the heating elements, which are combined to form the heating zone, in different phases of a heating period.