Patents by Inventor Thorsten Grunow

Thorsten Grunow has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Induction hob and method for controlling an induction hob
    Patent number: 10433375
    Abstract: An induction hob has a hob plate, a plurality of induction heating coils arranged under the hob plate and a plurality of sensor coils arranged under the hob plate. The induction heating coils are rectangular, wherein at least two induction heating coils are arranged one behind the other and at least three induction heating coils are arranged one next to the other. Two adjacent induction heating coils form an adjacent region with one another in which the two induction heating coils lie with their adjacent sides. At least one sensor coil is arranged in each adjacent region, wherein precisely a single sensor coil is provided in a spacing direction from the one induction heating coil to the adjacent induction heating coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH
    Inventors: Stephane Lomp, Michael Rupp, Timo Dalaker, Michael Stoeffler, Hartmut Friedrich, Christian Egenter, Wolfgang Mohr, Michael Eberle, Thorsten Grunow
  • INDUCTION HOB AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTION HOB
    Publication number: 20160150600
    Abstract: An induction hob has a hob plate, a plurality of induction heating coils arranged under the hob plate and a plurality of sensor coils arranged under the hob plate. The induction heating coils are rectangular, wherein at least two induction heating coils are arranged one behind the other and at least three induction heating coils are arranged one next to the other. Two adjacent induction heating coils form an adjacent region with one another in which the two induction heating coils lie with their adjacent sides. At least one sensor coil is arranged in each adjacent region, wherein precisely a single sensor coil is provided in a spacing direction from the one induction heating coil to the adjacent induction heating coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Stephane Lomp, Michael Rupp, Timo Dalaker, Michael Stoeffler, Hartmut Friedrich, Christian Egenter, Wolfgang Mohr, Michael Eberle, Thorsten Grunow
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A RADIANT HEATING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20160014846
    Abstract: In order to supply power to a radiant heating element, which is connected at a first connection, via a triac, to a first terminal of a supply voltage source and at a second connection, with a relay, to a second terminal of the supply voltage source, wherein an interference suppression capacitor is connected in parallel with the series circuit by the triac and the radiant heating element and a feedback circuit is connected between the triac and the radiant heating element, after disconnection of the radiant heating element from the second terminal, the interference suppression capacitor is now only connected to the second terminal via the feedback circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Thorsten Grunow, Jean Ehrhardt