US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Dec. 16 for "Induction heating apparatus and method for controlling induction heating apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,523, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Induction heating apparatus and method for controlling induction heating apparatus" was invented by Gwangrok Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Youn Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an induction heating apparatus comprises receiving a power level for a heating region, supplying a switching signal to an inverter circuit based on a predetermined reference frequency, measuring an output current value of the inverter circuit, measuring a DC link voltage value, calculating an output power value of the working co...