Patent ID: 11946653
Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KG
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 11:
12. A method for producing an induction cooktop, comprising:
providing a cover plate with at least one cooking point and a holding plate;
arranging at least one inductive heating coil between the cover plate and the holding plate;
fastening at least one electronics housing to a side of the holding plate facing away from the at least one inductive heating coil, the at least one electronics housing having electronics for the at least one inductive heating coil;
providing a lower box that closes off the induction cooktop at a bottom thereof, the at least one electronics housing with the electronics being arranged in the lower box, which is open at a top thereof, and the lower box being covered at the top by the holding plate; and
connecting the holding plate in a force-transmitting manner to the lower box when the induction cooktop is transferred to an assembly state, after which, in order to transfer the induction cooktop to the assembly state, the at least one electronics housing with the electronics is positioned and fixed in the lower box along an assembly axis of the induction cooktop in a first manufacturing step such that, in a second manufacturing step, the holding plate is snapped onto the at least one electronics housing, which is positioned and fixed only by the lower box, perpendicularly to the assembly axis of the induction cooktop,
wherein the lower box has at least one retaining flange on a side facing the holding plate configured to fasten the holding plate to the lower box.