Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic field distribution adjustment device and microwave heating device
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Application No.: US16472959Application Date: 2017-12-25
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Publication No.: US11382187B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Masafumi Sadahira , Koji Yoshino , Masayuki Kubo , Osamu Hashimoto , Ryosuke Suga
- Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2017-001553 20170110
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/046288 WO 20171225
- International Announcement: WO2018/131441 WO 20180719
- Main IPC: H05B6/64
- IPC: H05B6/64 ; H05B6/74

Abstract:
A microwave heating device includes a heating chamber that accommodates an object to be heated, a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves, a wave guide tube configured to guide the microwaves to the heating chamber, and an electromagnetic field distribution adjustment device provided in a predetermined two-dimensional region within the heating chamber. The electromagnetic field distribution adjustment device has a plurality of metal pieces and a plurality of switches. The plurality of metal pieces are arranged to fill the predetermined two-dimensional region. The plurality of switches connect the plurality of metal pieces with one another. A serially connected row of metal pieces is configured by connecting one metal piece among the plurality of metal pieces to at most two metal pieces adjacent to the one metal piece through at least two of the plurality of switches. The present exemplary embodiment can achieve a low-cost electromagnetic field distribution adjustment device that heats an object to be heated more uniformly, while preventing a drop in heating efficiency.
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