US 12,256,478 B2
Cooking apparatus
Eui Sung Kim, Seoul (KR); Yangkyeong Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hyunwook Moon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 16/769,199
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/000358
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/156372, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0015456 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039218 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 6/12 (2006.01); H01R 25/14 (2006.01); H05B 6/04 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/1236 (2013.01) [H01R 25/14 (2013.01); H05B 6/04 (2013.01); H05B 6/062 (2013.01); H05K 9/0075 (2013.01); H05B 6/1245 (2013.01); H05B 2206/022 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
an upper plate configured to support a cooking vessel;
a heating module that is disposed in a lower space defined vertically below the upper plate and that is configured to move in the lower space relative to the upper plate, the heating module comprising a coil;
a first moving tool configured to move the heating module; and
a rail that is disposed vertically below the heating module, that is configured to guide movement of the heating module, and that is configured to receive electric current and transmit the electric current to the heating module and the first moving tool,
wherein the electric current is an alternating current (AC).