US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on March 24 for "System and method for controlling induction heating devices with series connected switching devices" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,112, issued on March 24, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"System and method for controlling induction heating devices with series connected switching devices" was invented by Salvatore Baldo (Grotte, Italy), Andrea Gallivanoni (Casorate Sempione, Italy), Davide Parachini (Cassano Magnago, 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 power supply configured to supply D.C. power and a plurality of resonant loads. Each of the resonant loads comprises a first node and a second node. The first nodes are in connection with the power supply....