Patent ID: 11910509
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 18:
19. A method for controlling average power delivered to coils of a flexible induction cooktop that are arranged adjacent to one another in a non-overlapping manner to form a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns in the plurality of columns comprises a plurality of coils, the method comprising:
a) identifying a group of the coils that are underlying one or more cookware items, wherein the coils have a rectangular shape with longer sides and shorter sides, and coils may be adjacent one another along either the longer side or the shorter side;
b) providing power to at least one coil of the group of coils underlying one or more cookware items; and
c) preventing interaction between adjacent coils of the group of coils wherein the power is not provided to coils that are adjacent to each other on a longer side.