Patent ID: 9603202
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. An induction cooking appliance, the induction cooking appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral and transverse directions each perpendicular to each other, comprising: a cooktop having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface; an induction element positioned below the cooktop in the vertical direction, the induction element contacting the lower surface of the cooktop; a mount bracket connected to the lower surface of the cooktop; and a mount plate connected to the mount bracket and positioned below the induction element in the vertical direction, the mount plate comprising a first plate and a second plate, the first plate extending within a plane defined by the lateral direction and the transverse direction, the second plate extending in the vertical direction below the first plate and away from the cooktop, the induction element connected to the first plate of the mount plate in a non-biased engagement with the lower surface of the cooktop.