Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Induction cooking system
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Application No.: US16657472Application Date: 2019-10-18
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Publication No.: US11968765B2Publication Date: 2024-04-23
- Inventor: Jeremiah Kopiness , Andrew Amrhein , Jong-Woo Kim , Moonhyun Lee , Jih-Sheng Lai
- Applicant: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. , Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WI Sheboygan
- Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.,Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.,Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Sheboygan; US VA Blacksburg
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: H05B6/06
- IPC: H05B6/06 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M7/48 ; H02M7/5387 ; H03L5/00 ; H05B6/12

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes devices and methods for improving the power efficiency and control of an induction heating system. In particular, the induction heating system includes a series resonant bridge inverter circuit and a control circuit. The inverter circuit includes one or more induction coils that are structured to inductively couple to the cookware to heat the cookware and a current sensor structured to sense a coil current signal across the one or more inductor coils. In particular, the current sensor is structured to generate a positive sensed voltage signal corresponding to a positive portion of the coil current signal and a negative sensed voltage signal corresponding to a negative portion of the coil current. The control signal is structured to control switching of a first and a second set of switches based on the positive and negative sensed voltage signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200281048A1 INDUCTION COOKING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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