Samsung patents cooktop with motorized vent cover
Samsung describes a cooking appliance where a motor attached to the cooktop spins a holder to open or close a vent. This mechanism allows a cover to automatically seal or expose an intake port on the cooking surface.
In the filing’s own words
A cooking apparatus including a cooktop, an intake port, a driving device configured to be mountable on the cooktop and generate a driving force, a holder configured to rotate by the driving force generated from the driving device, and a cover configured to cover the intake port to close the intake port or uncover the intake port to open the intake port by being linked to the holder, where the cover is couplable to and separable from the holder.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A cooking apparatus comprising: a cooktop including a plate on which a cooking vessel is to be placed; an intake port formed on the plate; and a case, to be disposed below the plate, configured to accommodate electrical components; a driving device configured to be mountable on the cooktop and generate a driving force; a holder configured to rotate by the driving force generated from the driving device; and a cover configured to cover the intake port to close the intake port or uncover the intake port to open the intake port while the cover is linked to the holder, wherein the cover is couplable to and separable from the holder.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- COOKING APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260276208A1
- Application number
- 19680704
- Filed
- May 18, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
F24C 15/20 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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