Induction heating device and induction hob comprising an induction heating device of this kind

{
  "publication_number": "US10342075B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Induction heating device and induction hob comprising an induction heating device of this kind",
  "abstract": "An induction heating device including two induction heating coils and a plug-type contact device has a flat coil carrier for the induction heating coils, the plug-type contact device being arranged on the bottom face of the coil carrier with an insertion direction perpendicular to the surface of the coil carrier. The plug-type contact device has, on the bottom face of the coil carrier, a plug housing being movable with a defined movement travel in a plane parallel to the surface of the coil carrier. The plug housing has four receiving chambers being open at the bottom and having a direction of extent parallel to the insertion direction, in each of which a plug-type contact is arranged. A contact-making line runs from the plug-type contact to the induction heating coil.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An induction heating device comprising at least one induction heating coil and comprising a plug-type contact device, wherein said induction heating device comprises: a coil carrier for said at least one induction heating coil; said plug-type contact device is arranged on a bottom face of said coil carrier with an insertion direction perpendicular to a surface of said coil carrier; said plug-type contact device comprises a plug housing which is held on said bottom face of said coil carrier in such a way that said plug housing has an ability to move with a defined movement travel in a plane parallel to said surface of said coil carrier; said plug housing comprises at least two receiving chambers with a direction of extent parallel to an insertion direction of said plug-type contact device, wherein said receiving chambers are defined by at least two receiving sleeves each open at a bottom side thereof and each having two lateral slots; one plug-type contact that is arranged in each of said receiving chambers; and one contact-making line attached to each of said plug-type contacts, each contact-making line running freely from said plug-type contact, through the two lateral slots, to said induction heating coil, wherein said plug-type contact device is mounted on said coil carrier in a floating manner.",
    "2. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein two induction heating coils are arranged on said coil carrier.",
    "3. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said contact-making line of said plug-type contacts to said induction heating coil is a wire strand.",
    "4. The induction heating device according to claim 3, wherein said contact-making line is composed of a same wire strand as that from which the induction heating coil is wound and is a projecting and continuous section of the induction heating coil.",
    "5. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said contact-making line is fastened to an upper end region of the plug-type contact.",
    "6. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said plug-type contacts are plug sleeves for mounting on plug pins.",
    "7. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said plug-type contacts comprise an outside diameter which is 1% to at most 20% smaller than an inside diameter of said receiving chamber at a respectively corresponding level for an ability of said plug-type contacts to move freely in a manner which is restricted to a defined extent in said receiving chambers with a defined movement travel.",
    "8. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said plug-type contact device is mounted on said coil carrier in a floating manner.",
    "9. The induction heating device according to claim 8, wherein said plug-type contact device is mounted on said coil carrier in said floating manner by a latching mounting with latching hooks on several sides for a base plate of said plug housing.",
    "10. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said plug housing of said plug-type contact device comprises two parts with a base plate being held in a plug-type contact device receptacle on said bottom face of said coil carrier such that it is movable laterally with a defined movement travel of said plug-type contact device.",
    "11. The induction heating device according to claim 10, wherein said base plate comprises a radial holder for said plug-type contacts in a form of a bore or in a form of a sleeve section.",
    "12. The induction heating device according to claim 10, wherein said plug-type contact device comprises a cover for mounting on said base plate, wherein a connecting direction of said base plate and said cover is perpendicular to a surface of said coil carrier, wherein said cover for each plug-type contact comprises a passage opening for said plug-type contacts to project through and protrude through.",
    "13. The induction heating device according to claim 10, wherein each of said contact-making lines run laterally out of said plug-type contact device from said plug-type contacts between said base plate and a cover for mounting on said base plate, out of said receiving sleeves which project from the base plate, and through said lateral slots in the receiving sleeves.",
    "14. The induction heating device according to claim 13, wherein each of said contact making lines exit from said plug-type contact device in different directions.",
    "15. The induction heating device according to claim 10, wherein said plug-type contacts comprise a thickened portion or a laterally projecting projection in a manner of a circumferential collar which is wider than a passage opening through a cover for mounting on said base plate.",
    "16. The induction heating device according to claim 15, wherein said thickened portion or said projection is between said cover and said receiving sleeve on said base plate.",
    "17. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein said plug-type contact device is arranged on an outer region of said coil carrier.",
    "18. The induction heating device according to claim 17, wherein said plug-type contact device is arranged within a surface of said coil carrier and adjacent to an outer edge thereof.",
    "19. The induction heating device according to claim 1, wherein a plug-type connector is fastened to said plug-type contact device.",
    "20. The induction heating device according to claim 19, wherein said plug-type connector is fastened to an outer face of said plug-type contact device.",
    "21. An induction hob comprising: at least one induction heating device comprising at least one induction heating coil and comprising a plug-type contact device, wherein said induction heating device comprises: a coil carrier for said at least one induction heating coil; said plug-type contact device is arranged on a bottom face of said coil carrier with an insertion direction perpendicular to a surface of said coil carrier; said plug-type contact device comprises a plug housing which is held on said bottom face of said coil carrier in such a way that said plug housing has an ability to move with a defined movement travel in a plane parallel to said surface of said coil carrier; said plug housing comprises at least two receiving chambers with a direction of extent parallel to an insertion direction of said plug-type contact device, wherein said receiving chambers are defined by at least two receiving sleeves each open at a bottom side thereof and each having two lateral slots; one plug-type contact that is arranged in each of said receiving chambers; and one contact-making line attached to each of said plug-type contacts, each contact- making line running freely runs from said plug-type contact, through the two lateral slots, to said induction heating coil, wherein said plug-type contact device is mounted on said coil carrier in a floating manner, wherein said induction hob further comprises: a generator housing beneath a hob plate; and a generator component carrier being arranged in said generator housing, wherein said induction heating device is arranged above said generator housing with one of said plug-type contact devices pointing downwardly, wherein at least two upwardly projecting plug-type contacts are arranged on said generator component carrier in a fixed and unmovable manner for mounting said plug-type contact device of said induction heating device.",
    "22. The induction hob according to claim 21, wherein said plug-type contacts on said generator component carrier are plug pins.",
    "23. The induction hob according to claim 22, wherein said plug pins are slotted or are of variable diameter in a longitudinal direction, wherein said plug-type contacts of the plug-type contact device on the induction heating device are plug sleeves."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to an induction heating device comprising at least one induction heating coil and comprising a plug-type contact device, and also to an induction hob comprising at least one induction heating device of this kind.\n\nBy way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,514,656 B2 discloses a construction and also a method showing how induction heating coils in an induction heating device or an induction hob can be electrically connected. The critical factor here is the ability to easily achieve the electrical connection. This is not very easy to achieve during assembly since it usually takes place in the induction hob, a plane deeper than that of the induction heating coils.\n\nThe invention is based on the problem of providing an induction heating device of the kind mentioned in the introductory part and also a corresponding induction hob with which induction heating device and induction hob problems of the prior art can be solved and it is possible, in particular, to simplify, and at the same time configure in as reliable a manner as possible, a design of an induction heating device and also the assembly of the induction heating device and assembly of an induction hob.\n\nThis problem is solved by an induction heating device and also by an induction hob. Advantageous and preferred refinements of the invention are the subject matter of the further claims and will be explained in greater detail in the text which follows. In the process, some of the features will be described only for the induction heating device or only for the induction hob.",
  "cpc": [
    "H05B 6/1209",
    "F24C 15/104",
    "H01R 12/58",
    "H01R 12/7076",
    "H01R 12/718",
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    "H05B 2206/022",
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    "H05B 6/44",
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  "ipc": [
    "H01R 13/10",
    "H01R 13/506",
    "H05B 6/12",
    "H05B 6/44",
    "H01R 12/70"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "EGO Elektro Geratebau GmbH"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Stephane Lomp",
    "Michael Rupp",
    "Siegbert Wein",
    "Michael Gaertner",
    "Konstantin Freis"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-06-10",
  "publication_date": "2019-07-02",
  "grant_date": "2019-07-02",
  "priority_date": "2015-06-10",
  "application_number": "US-201615179307-A",
  "family_id": "56116310",
  "cited_by_count": 2,
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