Patent ID: 8884197

Claim:
An induction cook top appliance comprising: a housing having a base, a set of sidewalls extending uprightly from the base, and an open top, the housing further having an air inlet and an air outlet; a chassis mounted to the housing and defining an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion, wherein the lower housing portion includes a cavity, wherein the chassis has an intake vent in air communication with the air inlet and an exhaust vent in air communication with the air outlet; a cooking surface attached to the housing and closing the upper housing portion; an inductor coil mounted to the chassis below the cooking surface in the upper housing portion; an induction generator operatively connected to the inductor coil; a fan that draws air from the cavity of the lower housing portion through the intake vent and moves the air through the upper housing portion to exit the upper housing portion through the exhaust vent; an electronic control system that controls the fan; a barrier system in the lower housing portion that physically isolates the exhaust vent from the intake vent in the lower housing portion to prevent circulation of air from the exhaust vent through the cavity to the intake vent, wherein the barrier system includes a shield disposed in the lower housing and wherein the shield is angled toward the intake such that the shield is not positioned perpendicular to the base, wherein the barrier system includes multiple barriers and wherein the intake of a first fan and a second fan is individually ducted and separated by one of the multiple barriers; and a through-mounted, with respect to the housing, cooling device in thermal communication with the electronic control system.