US 12,452,968 B2
Operation of a domestic microwave appliance as a function of a microwave generator temperature
Sebastian Sterz, Großaitingen (DE); Markus Kuchler, Gstadt am Chiemsee (DE); and Kerstin Rigorth, Mühldorf (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/624,858
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069867
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/013634, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 211 065.7 (DE), filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264708 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/72 (2006.01); H05B 6/70 (2006.01); H05B 6/74 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/645 (2013.01) [H05B 6/705 (2013.01); H05B 6/725 (2013.01); H05B 6/745 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a household microwave appliance, comprising:
controlling a microwave treatment operation as a function of a temperature of a microwave generator;
changing a field distribution in a cooking chamber of the household microwave appliance during the microwave treatment operation, wherein the microwave treatment operation is controlled as a function of a change in temperature of the microwave generator effected by the change in the field distribution; and
determining from the change in temperature an extent of a change in a portion of a microwave power radiated into the cooking chamber which portion is reflected from the cooking chamber back to the microwave generator.