Patent ID: 11963283
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric range, comprising:
a case having an upper portion which is open and having an inner space;
at least one drive circuit disposed in the inner space of the case;
at least one base plate disposed in the upper portion of the case;
at least one induction heating unit disposed on an upper portion of the base plate;
a cover plate disposed at an upper portion of the at least one induction heating unit; and
an elastic holder disposed in the at least one induction heating unit, and configured to accommodate a fuse and a sensor at different positions in a single body, wherein the sensor contacts a lower surface of the cover plate,
wherein the at least one induction heating unit comprises:
a working coil base disposed on the base plate and having an insertion hole at a central portion of the working coil base, and
a working coil configured to form a circle that surrounds the insertion hole and is disposed on the working coil base,
wherein a lower end of the elastic holder is fitted into and installed in the insertion hole, and an upper end of the elastic holder protrudes from an upper portion of the working coil,

wherein the elastic holder comprises:
a fuse insertion body having a fuse insertion groove configured to have the fuse inserted within the fuse insertion groove,
a sensor insertion body provided at one side of the fuse insertion body, and having an open upper portion, and the sensor insertion body having a sensor insertion hole configured to have the sensor inserted within the sensor insertion hole, and
a holder body provided at a lower end of the sensor insertion body and fitted into and held in the sensor insertion hole,
wherein a lower portion of the fuse insertion groove is open in a downward direction from the fuse insertion body, and the fuse to be inserted into the fuse insertion groove through the open lower portion of the fuse insertion groove,
wherein an upper end portion of the fuse insertion body includes an exposure hole configured to expose the fuse insertion groove outward, a size of the exposure hole is less than a size of the fuse insertion groove, and the exposure hole configured to outwardly expose a portion of the fuse in the fuse insertion groove.