Control panel assembly
First Claim
1. A control unit for controlling the operation of a cooking utensil, comprising:
- a panel forming a front surface of the control unit and having a control means disposed thereon for introducing control instructions into said cooking utensil;
a printed wiring board forming a back surface of the control unit, said printed wiring board including circuit elements and a semiconductor chip device arranged thereon,said circuit elements and said semiconductor chip device being mounted on a first surface of the printed wiring board, the first surface facing the interior portion of the control unit; and
electrical connectors connecting the circuit elements and the semiconductor chip device together, said electrical connectors being supported on a second surface of the printed wiring board, the second surface being an opposite surface relative to the first surface and being an exterior surface of said control unit on the back surface thereof,the second surface being substantially flat.
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Abstract
A control panel assembly adapted for controlling operation of a cooking utensil comprises a control panel, a printed wiring board forming a back surface of the control panel assembly, and circuit elements including a semiconductor chip device arranged on the printed wiring board. Virtually all the bodies of the circuit elements are mounted on a first surface of the printed wiring board. The first surface is opposite to a heating source for the cooking utensil. Virtually all electric connectors for the circuit elements are supported on a second surface of the printed wiring board, the second surface facing the heating source. With such a construction, the second surface including the electric connectors, namely, the back surface of the control panel assembly is substantially flat and non-rugged.
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5 Claims
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1. A control unit for controlling the operation of a cooking utensil, comprising:
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a panel forming a front surface of the control unit and having a control means disposed thereon for introducing control instructions into said cooking utensil; a printed wiring board forming a back surface of the control unit, said printed wiring board including circuit elements and a semiconductor chip device arranged thereon, said circuit elements and said semiconductor chip device being mounted on a first surface of the printed wiring board, the first surface facing the interior portion of the control unit; and electrical connectors connecting the circuit elements and the semiconductor chip device together, said electrical connectors being supported on a second surface of the printed wiring board, the second surface being an opposite surface relative to the first surface and being an exterior surface of said control unit on the back surface thereof, the second surface being substantially flat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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