Heating element for a cooking appliance

• Main Authors: Bergel, Noah, Lollar, Pat, Simmers, Richard, Ellena, Joseph D, Hull, David, Feldman, Benjamin F, Musman, Thomas, Reyes, Aurelio
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.11.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; COFFEE MILLS; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FURNITURE; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES; RANGES; RESISTORS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

A heating element for a cooking appliance includes terminals that act as electrically conductive contact points. One or more buses are arranged between the terminals, and connect one or more heating element segments in a zig-zag configuration. The heating element segments are connected in series and are arranged parallel with one another. Each heating element segment includes a plurality of cutouts linked together and having an elliptical shape. The terminals, heating element segments, and buses are a continuous single sheet of conductive material. A method of making the heating element includes forming a pattern into the sheet of conductive material by etching the pattern into the conductive sheet using photolithography.