Patent ID: 11871499
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A method for assembling an induction cooking apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
fixably mounting a coil beam assembly, having a beam with a top surface that supports a plurality of induction coils, to an upper end of a heatsink that has a beam-like structure;
fixably mounting a lower end of the heatsink to an inverter assembly having a first circuit board such that the heatsink is the sole support structure for the inverter assembly and is load bearing;
electrically connecting the induction coils to the first circuit board of the inverter assembly;
electrically connecting a plurality of temperature sensors to a second circuit board that is separate from the first circuit board of the inverter assembly;
fixably mounting the second circuit board to the beam of the coil beam assembly at a position below a bottom surface of the beam and above the first circuit board of the inverter assembly;
installing the coil beam assembly, inverter assembly, and heatsink as a burner sub-assembly in a burner box such that the inverter assembly is suspended above a bottom wall of the burner box; and
installing a cooktop panel over the burner box and the burner sub-assembly at a position above the at least one induction coil.