Patent ID: 7573003

Claim:
A cooktop, comprising: a cooktop panel having an underside; at least one heating element having an outer circumferential wall and being disposed beneath said cooktop panel for heating up a cooking vessel to be placed on said cooktop panel; a control unit electrically connected to said at least one heating element for controlling a heating power of said at least one heating element; a temperature sensor sensing a temperature of said cooktop panel, said temperature sensor: being in heat-conducting contact with said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element; and being electrically connected to said control unit; a heat-conducting element fastened at a region of said outer circumferential wall and having a portion at least partially disposed within said at least one heating element, said portion being in heat-conducting contact with said underside of said cooktop panel at a region of said cooktop panel; and said temperature sensor being fastened to said heat-conducting element in said region of said cooktop panel.