US 12,452,964 B2
Induction cooking device
Arturo Acevedo Simon, Saragossa (ES); Sandra Aranda Vazquez, Saragossa (ES); Nicolas Blasco Rueda, Saragossa (ES); Carlos Calvo Mestre, Saragossa (ES); Cristina Diez Esteban, Saragossa (ES); Jose Miguel Gil Narvion, Saragossa (ES); Diego Puyal Puente, Saragossa (ES); and Francisco Villuendas Lopez, Saragossa (ES)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/792,158
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050532
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151661, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20382057 (EP), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049426 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H05B 6/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/062 (2013.01) [H05B 6/065 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An induction cooking appliance device, comprising:
an independent first heating unit comprising an inductor;
an independent second heating unit comprising an inductor;
a power supply unit configured to provide an alternating current for the first heating unit, said power supply unit comprising a configuration unit configured to provide for a change of configuration of the power supply unit between a half-bridge topology and a full-bridge topology for supplying the first heating unit, said power supply unit being configured to supply the second heating unit simultaneously with the first heating unit,
wherein the power supply unit comprises a first supply subunit which comprises an inverter and a resonance capacitor unit for supplying the first heating unit, and a second supply subunit which comprises an inverter and a resonance capacitor unit for supplying the second heating unit; and
wherein the configuration unit comprises a switching element which is configured to connect the first and second supply subunits electrically in series.