CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE

• US 20110031096A1
• Filed: 08/06/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EGO Elektro-Gerã¤Tebau GmbH (EGO Blanc und Fischer & Company GmbH)
• Original Assignee: EGO Elektro-Gerã¤Tebau GmbH (EGO Blanc und Fischer & Company GmbH)
• Inventors: Baier, Martin
• Application Number:
  US12/851,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20110031096A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 200/316
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/082 on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/94057 Rotary switches

Abstract

A control device for an electrical appliance has as an operating unit comprising a rotary knob having an electrical display. The rotary knob is mounted on a rotary shaft connected to a switching device for rotary operation, wherein the rotary shaft comprises a material readily conducting magnetic field lines. An inductive energy supply is provided for the electrical display, wherein a secondary winding is arranged inside the rotary knob whose winding plane is passed through by the rotary shaft and the magnetic field lines of a primary winding. The primary winding is arranged behind the cover of the electrical appliance, and a winding plane of the primary winding is passed through by the rotary shaft.

Claims

1. A control device for an electrical appliance comprising an operating unit designed as a rotary knob and mounted on a rotary shaft passing through a cover of said electrical appliance,

wherein said rotary shaft is connected to a switching device for rotary operation using said rotary knob,

wherein electrical display means are arranged inside said rotary knob,

wherein an inductive energy supply to said display means is provided having a primary winding and a secondary winding,

wherein said secondary winding is arranged inside said rotary knob whose winding plane is passed through by said rotary shaft and magnetic field lines coming from said primary winding,

wherein said rotary shaft comprises a material for conducting field lines that readily conducts said magnetic field lines, and

wherein said primary winding is arranged behind said cover of said electrical appliance and a winding plane of said primary winding is passed through by said rotary shaft.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said primary winding is arranged on a housing of said switching device.

3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said primary winding is arranged inside a housing of said switching device.

4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said secondary winding is positioned in said rotary knob.

5. The control device according to claim 4, wherein said secondary winding inside said rotary knob is designed as a module and fastened inside an correspondingly designed recess in said rotary knob.

6. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said secondary winding is injection-molded into said rotary knob.

7. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said display means are LEDs.

8. The control device according to claim 7, wherein a rectifier is connected to said secondary winding for operating said LEDs as display means.

9. The control device according to claim 8, wherein said rectifier is a bridge rectifier.

10. The control device according to claim 1, wherein all components are fastened inside said rotary knob by casting in place.

11. The control device according to claim 1, wherein all parts of said energy supply for said display means inside said rotary knob are designed as a module and fastened inside an correspondingly designed recess inside said rotary knob.

12. The control device according to claim 1, wherein all parts of said energy supply for said display means are designed with said primary winding underneath said cover as a module.