US Patent Issued to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI on May 13 for "Induction heater for a cooking surface" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,480, issued on May 13, was assigned to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI (Vittorio Veneto, Italy).

"Induction heater for a cooking surface" was invented by Antonio De Moliner (Oderzo, Italy), Fabrizio Dughiero (Padua, Italy), Francesco Giusto (Mestre, Italy), Marcello Zerbetto (Padua, Italy) and Federico Zoppas (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heater for a cook top comprising: -a first electrically insulating sheet (1); -a second electrically insulating sheet (2); -one or more inductors (5) arranged on a same plane between the first sheet (1) and the second sheet (2), each inductor (5)...