阅读说明：本技术 家电设备或烹饪器具的制造方法 (Method for manufacturing household electrical appliance or cooking utensil ) 是由 克里斯多夫·桑尼尔 索菲·阿桑 于 2021-05-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种家电设备或烹饪器具(10)的制造方法,包括将电子组件或导电轨道(20)集成到家电设备或烹饪器具(10)的绝缘材料主体(12)内的集成步骤,其中,所述集成步骤在制造绝缘材料主体(12)或绝缘材料主体(12)的一部分的制造步骤中进行。(The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a household appliance or a cooking appliance (10), comprising an integration step of integrating an electronic component or an electrically conductive track (20) into an insulating material body (12) of the household appliance or cooking appliance (10), wherein the integration step is carried out in a manufacturing step of manufacturing the insulating material body (12) or a part of the insulating material body (12).)

1. A method of manufacturing a household appliance or a cooking appliance (10), comprising an integration step (52) of an electronic component or a conductive track (20) into an insulating material body (12) of the household appliance or the cooking appliance (10), wherein the integration step (52) is carried out in a manufacturing step of manufacturing the insulating material body (12) or a portion of the insulating material body (12) so that the electronic component or the conductive track (20) comprises at least a portion of the insulating material body (12) of the household appliance.

2. The method of manufacturing of claim 1, wherein the insulating material comprises an organometallic additive.

3. Manufacturing method according to claim 2, wherein the step (52) of integrating the electronic components or the conductive tracks (20) comprises an etching step of etching a line in the body (12) of insulating material.

4. A manufacturing method according to claim 3, wherein the step (52) of integrating the electronic component or the conductive track (20) comprises a step (56) of catalyzing the etching line so that the etching line becomes all or part of the electronic component or the conductive track after the step (56) of catalyzing.

5. A household appliance or cooking appliance (10) comprising an insulating material body (12) and at least one electrically conductive track (20) integrated with said insulating material body (12) or an electronic component integrated with the insulating material body (12), so that the electronic component or electrically conductive track (20) comprises at least a portion of the insulating material body (12) of the household appliance.

6. The household appliance or cooking appliance (10) according to claim 5, wherein the body of insulating material (12) forms a curved surface.

7. Household appliance or cooking appliance (10) according to any one of claims 5 or 6, wherein the body of insulating material (12) forms a container for a liquid.

8. Household appliance or cooking appliance (10) according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the conductive track (20) or electronic component forms all or part of at least one sensor (22).

9. Household appliance or cooking appliance (10) according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the conductive tracks (20) or electronic components form all or part of the display unit (24).

10. Household appliance or cooking appliance (10) according to any one of claims 5 to 9, wherein the conductive track (20) or electronic assembly forms all or part of at least one control unit (26).

11. A system comprising an electric home appliance and a cooking appliance (10) according to any one of claims 5 to 10, wherein the electric home appliance comprises an appliance communication unit and the cooking appliance (10) comprises an appliance communication unit and at least one control unit (26), the appliance communication unit and the appliance communication unit being configured to communicate with each other for controlling the operation of the electric home appliance by means of the control unit (26) of the cooking appliance (10).

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a household appliance or a cooking appliance and to the household appliance or appliance concerned.

Background

Document EP2907237 describes, in a known manner, a container comprising an electrically insulating case (content) and intended to interact with a user. For this purpose, an electrically conductive layer is provided on the surface of the tank. The capacitance formed between the conductive layer and the adjacent charged object is measured. The measurement is made by a conductive sensing element capacitively coupled to the conductive layer. The control signal is generated based on the measured capacitance. The control signal may be applied to a transducer, such as a speaker, a light source, or an actuator.

The outside of the tank is provided with a stack of layers. The stack of layers defines a detection area of the charged surface, in particular the hand of a user. The stack of layers includes an electrically conductive layer and an electrically insulating layer. The conductive layer is arranged against the outside of the tank. An electrically insulating layer covers the electrically conductive layer.

However, these solutions are not entirely satisfactory.

In fact, the stack described in EP2907237 necessarily implies an increase in the size of the container and in its weight.

The present invention aims to solve some or all of the above disadvantages.

Disclosure of Invention

To this end, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a household appliance or a cooking appliance, comprising an integration step of integrating an electronic component or a conductive track into an insulating material body of the household appliance or cooking appliance, wherein the integration step is carried out in a manufacturing step of manufacturing the insulating material body or a part of the insulating material body, so that the electronic component or the conductive track comprises at least a part of the insulating material body of the household appliance.

This arrangement allows the size and weight of the home appliance or cooking appliance to be reduced. In fact, the integration step of the electronic components or conductive tracks, carried out in the manufacturing step, allows to pack them in an insulating material.

This arrangement also allows to avoid the limitation of the shape of the household appliance or appliance, since the latter does not need to have the rectilinear and planar shapes normally required for integrating conductive tracks or electronic components.

This arrangement allows to obtain a household appliance or cooking appliance having a curved shape.

According to one embodiment, the insulating material comprises an organometallic additive.

This arrangement allows to activate the electronic components or the conductive tracks after the manufacturing step of the insulator.

According to one embodiment, the step of integrating the electronic component or the conductive track comprises an etching step of etching a line in the body of insulating material.

This arrangement allows for the activation of the electronic components or conductive tracks.

According to one embodiment, the organometallic additive is copper oxide.

According to one embodiment, the step of integrating the electronic component or the conductive track comprises a step of catalysing the etched line so that it becomes all or part of the electronic component or the conductive track after the catalysing step.

This arrangement allows the lines to be roughened to form electronic components or conductive tracks.

The invention also relates to a household appliance or a cooking appliance comprising a body of insulating material and at least one conductive track integrated with the body of insulating material or an electronic component integrated with the body of insulating material, such that the electronic component or the conductive track comprises at least a portion of the body of insulating material of the household appliance.

This arrangement reduces the size and weight of the home appliance or cooking appliance.

This arrangement allows to obtain a household appliance or cooking appliance having a curved shape.

In one embodiment, the body of insulating material forms a curved surface.

A twist curve (curbe gauche) or curved surface refers to a curve or curved surface that is not contained within a plane. In other words, a curve or surface extends in three dimensions, regardless of the spatial reference frame considered.

In one embodiment, the body of insulating material forms a container for the liquid.

According to one embodiment, the conductive tracks or electronic components form all or part of at least one sensor.

According to one embodiment, the conductive track or electronic component comprises one or more level sensors.

According to one embodiment, the conductive track or electronic component comprises a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor may be of any kind, such as a thermistor.

According to one embodiment, the conductive tracks or electronic components form all or part of the display unit.

This arrangement allows at least one piece of information to be displayed based on the data transmitted by the at least one sensor.

According to one embodiment, the display unit comprises at least one light emitting diode.

According to one embodiment, the display unit is comprised of a screen. The screen may be of any kind, e.g. an LCD, OLED screen. According to one embodiment, the screen is touch-sensitive.

According to one embodiment, the conductive tracks or electronic components form all or part of at least one control unit.

This arrangement allows control of the household appliance or cooking appliance. For example, the control unit allows sending a capture command to the at least one sensor to enable the display unit to display the at least one piece of information according to the data sent by the at least one sensor.

According to one embodiment, the control unit is a capacitive button.

According to one embodiment, the control unit is a button.

According to one embodiment, the control unit is a touch key.

According to one embodiment, the household appliance comprises a device communication unit and the cooking appliance comprises an appliance communication unit and at least one control unit, the device communication unit and the appliance communication unit being configured to communicate with each other in order to control the operation of the household appliance by means of the control unit of the cooking appliance.

This arrangement allows the home device to be controlled in accordance with the data sent by the at least one sensor.

According to one embodiment, the device communication unit and the appliance communication unit are adapted to be in accordance withThe protocol communicates.

According to one embodiment of the method of the present invention,the protocol is low energy consuming.

The different aspects compatible with the above definitions can be combined.

Drawings

The present invention will be further understood by reference to the detailed description, which will be set forth below, and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

fig. 1 shows the steps of a method for manufacturing a household appliance or cooking appliance according to the invention.

Fig. 2 shows a front view of a cooking appliance according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a cooking appliance according to the invention.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a cooking appliance according to the invention.

Fig. 5 shows a view of a container part of a cooking appliance according to the invention.

Fig. 6 shows a view of a handle of a cooking appliance according to the invention.

Fig. 7 shows a view of a connection unit of a cooking appliance according to the present invention; and

fig. 8 shows a view of a cooking appliance according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

As shown in fig. 1, the method of manufacturing the household appliance or cooking appliance 10 includes an integration step 52 of integrating the electronic components or conductive tracks 20 into the insulating material body 12 of the household appliance or cooking appliance 10. The insulating material comprises an organometallic additive which allows to activate the electronic components or the conductive tracks after the manufacturing step of the insulator 12.

According to one embodiment, the integration step 52 is performed in a manufacturing step of manufacturing the body of insulating material 12 or a portion of the body of insulating material 12. This arrangement allows the size and weight of the household appliance or cooking appliance 10 to be reduced. In fact, the integration step 52 of the electronic components or conductive tracks 20 in the manufacturing step allows to pack the electronic components or conductive tracks 20 in an insulating material. This arrangement also allows shape limitations of the household appliance or cooking appliance to be avoided, as the household appliance or cooking appliance need not have the straight and planar shapes typically required for integrated conductive tracks or electronic components.

According to one embodiment, the step 52 of integrating the electronic components or conductive tracks 20 comprises an etching step 54 of laser etching a line of etching in the body 12 of insulating material. The etching is conductive due to the physicochemical reaction between the organometallic additive and the laser. This arrangement allows for the activation of the electronic components or conductive tracks. According to one embodiment, the organometallic additive is copper oxide.

According to one embodiment, the step of integrating the electronic component or conductive track 20 comprises a step 56 of catalyzing the etched line, so that said etched line becomes the electronic component or conductive track after the step 56 of catalyzing. This arrangement allows the lines to be roughened to form electronic components or conductive tracks 20.

According to one embodiment, the method of manufacturing the household appliance or cooking appliance 10 includes a deposition step 58. This step comprises depositing elements on the electronic components or conductive tracks 20 to obtain an electrical connection.

The invention also relates to a household appliance or cooking appliance 10, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, comprising a body of insulating material 12 and at least one conductive track 20 integral with the body of insulating material 12 or an electronic component integral with the body of insulating material 12. This arrangement reduces the size and weight of the appliance or cooking appliance 10.

According to one embodiment, the main body 12 of the cooking appliance 10 made of insulating material forms a torsion line, in particular a container.

As shown in fig. 5, 6, 7 and 8, the cooking appliance comprises a bottomless container portion 32 configured to receive, for example, a liquid element. The container portion includes a circular connecting shoulder 34, the circular connecting shoulder 34 configured to sealingly engage a handle 40, thereby forming a bottom 38 of the cooking appliance 10.

The container portion 32 further comprises an insertion opening 36, said insertion opening 36 being configured for sealing engagement with a first fixation element 44 of the connection unit 42.

The connection unit 42 further comprises a second fixation element 46, said second fixation element 46 being configured to cooperate with a fixation surface 48 of the handle 40.

The cooking appliance 10 includes at least one sensor 22, such as a level sensor 28, allowing the level of any liquid included in the container portion of the insulating material body 12 of the cooking appliance 10 to be known. The cooking appliance 10 further comprises a temperature sensor 22, which may be of any kind, such as a thermistor. This arrangement allows the temperature of any liquid contained in the container portion of the body of insulating material 12 to be known.

The cooking appliance 10 further comprises a display unit 24, which may in particular be any kind of screen, such as an LCD or OLED screen. Such a display unit 24 allows to display at least one piece of information according to the data sent by the temperature sensor 22 or by the level sensor 28.

According to one embodiment, the cooking appliance 10 further comprises a light emitting diode. This arrangement allows, for example, the light emitting diodes to be lit by a preset color code depending on the temperature of any liquid included in the container portion of the body 12 made of insulating material.

As shown in fig. 8, the cooking appliance 10 comprises at least one control unit 26, which may be of any kind, such as a capacitive key, a touch key or a push button. This arrangement allows control of the household appliance or cooking appliance 10. For example, the control unit allows sending a capture command to the at least one sensor to enable the display unit 26 to display at least one piece of information according to the data sent by the at least one sensor.

As shown in fig. 4, the cooking appliance 10 comprises a management unit 60, for example an electronic card, configured to manage the various electronic components of the cooking appliance 10.

The invention also relates to a system comprising an electric household appliance and a cooking appliance 10, such that the electric household appliance comprises an appliance communication unit and the cooking appliance comprises an appliance communication unit and at least one control unit 26, such that the appliance communication unit and the appliance communication unit are configured to communicate with each other for controlling the operation of the electric household appliance by means of the control unit 26. This arrangement allows the control of the household appliance according to the data sent by the at least one sensor. According to one embodiment, the device communication unit and the appliance communication unit are adapted to communicate according to a bluetooth low energy protocol.

Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments shown and described above, but on the contrary, the invention encompasses all variants.