US 12,410,919 B2
Cooktop device
Patricia Gomez Bachiller, Saragossa (ES); Oscar Gracia Campos, Saragossa (ES); Damaso Martin Gomez, Saragossa (ES); Pilar Perez Cabeza, Saragossa (ES); Jesús Ricardo Ruiz Gracia, Movera (ES); and Noelia Vela Pardos, Saragossa (ES)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/636,381
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073697
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043625, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19382770 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316713 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 15/10 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); H05B 6/12 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/102 (2013.01) [F24C 7/083 (2013.01); H05B 6/1218 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hob device, comprising:
a plate unit including a plate main body, which has a plate side with an at least substantially smooth surface in a surface portion;
a first layer unit arranged in a first sub-region of the surface portion and being at least substantially non-transparent;
a second layer unit arranged in a second sub-region of the surface portion configured to scatter light;
a third layer unit configured to at least partially filter light and arranged in a third sub-region of the surface portion;
a heating region comprising heating elements; and
an operating region comprising a user interface;
wherein the first sub-region surrounds the second sub-region and the third sub-region,
wherein the first sub-region and the second sub-region are arranged in the heating region,
wherein the second sub-region is configured to identify the heating region,
wherein the first sub-region and the third sub-region are arranged in the operating region, and
wherein the third sub-region is configured to identify the operating region.