US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on May 13 for "Control circuits and methods for distributed induction heating devices" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,478, issued on May 13, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Control circuits and methods for distributed induction heating devices" was invented by Salvatore Baldo (Grotte, Italy), Marco Forgione (Varese, Italy), Andrea Gallivanoni (Casorate Sempione, Italy) and Cristiano Vito Pastore (Camerio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heating device comprises a D.C. power supply referenced to a ground connection. The D.C. power supply is configured to supply power to the induction heating device and comprises a voltage rectifier configured to rectify an input voltage into a direct current and output the D...