Electric induction cooking appliance with reduced harmonic emission

Claim 1

Induction heating assembly for an electric induction cooking appliance and comprising a support for a vessel to be heated and at least one flat inductor having a center, connectable to a current-supplying frequency converter; said inductor being constituted by a first coil, having a first winding direction, and by at least one second coil which is formed of at least one turn having a second winding direction opposite to that of said first coil and which is connected in series with said first coil; said first and second coils being of generally circular shape and being disposed in an arrangement symmetrical relative to said center of said inductor; wherein said first coil and said at least one second coil of said inductor comprise six coils of circular shape and arranged side-by-side around a circumference, two neighbouring coils having opposite winding directions, respectively; wherein said six coils arranged on the circumference constitute peripheral coils, and wherein said assembly includes, in addition, two central coils surrounded by said peripheral coils and wound in semi-circles, said central coils having opposite winding directions, respectively, and having straight sides which are opposite each other.