US Patent Issued to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI on Aug. 12 for "Induction heater for a cooktop" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,499, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI (Vittorio Veneto, Italy).

"Induction heater for a cooktop" was invented by Mauro Berioli (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), Antonio De Moliner (Oderzo, Italy), Francesco Giusto (Mestre, Italy) and Federico Zoppas (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heater for a cooking surface. The induction heater includes an electrically insulating layer, at least one inductor defining a winding adapted to heat at least one cooking utensil, at least one sensor adapted to detect whether the at least one cooking utensil is placed above the c...