公开(公告)号：US11619393B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US17313458

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin Dolezan ,  Vinod Jadhav ,  Shekhar D. Jirafe ,  Tyler Douglas Mathews ,  Fernando A. Ribas Junior ,  Rahul Wadke ,  James R. Chisholm ,  Randell L. Jeffery

IPC: F24C15/00 ,  F24C15/04 ,  F24C7/08 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: A display apparatus for a cooking appliance includes a first substrate. The first substrate forms an interface surface of the interface console and is designed to be exposed to a heat source of a cooking appliance. A display device is configured to transmit light through the first substrate and is aligned with the first substrate in a spaced-apart configuration. The spaced-apart configuration forms an insulated passage with an interior cavity between the display device and an interior surface of the first substrate. An air intake is in connection with the insulated passage. The interior cavity provides an air flow path extending from an inlet positioned away from the heat source and draws environmental air from the inlet and through the insulated passage.

公开(公告)号：US12281797B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-22

申请号：US17166281

申请日：2021-02-03

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Randall Vernen Crawford ,  Kevin Dolezan ,  Joseph E. Rendzikowski

IPC: E05F1/06 ,  E05D7/00 ,  F24C15/02

Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first hinge element having a hinge pin with upper and lower portions and an engagement portion outwardly extending from the hinge pin. The engagement portion of the first hinge element includes a lower surface having an upwardly angled portion and an abutment surface. A second hinge element includes a body portion surrounding a hollow interior portion and further includes a contoured upper rim having a downwardly angled portion and an abutment surface. The lower portion of the hinge pin of the first hinge element is slideably received in the hollow interior portion of the second hinge element. The first hinge element rotates between a first position, wherein the abutment surface of the first hinge element abuts the abutment surface of the second hinge element, and a second position, wherein the abutment surfaces of the first and second hinge elements are spaced-apart from one another.

公开(公告)号：US20230221004A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US18117673

申请日：2023-03-06

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin Dolezan ,  Vinod Jadhav ,  Shekhar D. Jirafe ,  Tyler Douglas Mathews ,  Fernando A. Ribas Junior ,  Rahul Wadke ,  James R. Chisholm ,  Randell L. Jeffery

IPC: F24C7/08 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: F24C7/083 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a heating surface and an interface console elevated above the heating surface. The interface console includes a viewing window forming an outer surface and an inner surface, opposite the outer surface, and a display device configured to transmit light through the viewing window. The display device is aligned with the viewing window in a spaced-apart configuration forming an insulating passage between the display device and the interior surface. An air intake is in connection with the insulating passage. The insulating passage provides an air flow path extending from a ventilation passage of the cooking appliance, and the ventilation passage extends away from the heating surface and communicates environmental air to the insulating passage.

公开(公告)号：US20220357041A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17313458

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin Dolezan ,  Vinod Jadhav ,  Shekhar D. Jirafe ,  Tyler Douglas Mathews ,  Fernando A. Ribas Junior ,  Rahul Wadke ,  James R. Chisholm ,  Randell L. Jeffery

IPC: F24C7/08 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: A display apparatus for a cooking appliance includes a first substrate. The first substrate forms an interface surface of the interface console and is designed to be exposed to a heat source of a cooking appliance. A display device is configured to transmit light through the first substrate and is aligned with the first substrate in a spaced-apart configuration. The spaced-apart configuration forms an insulated passage with an interior cavity between the display device and an interior surface of the first substrate. An air intake is in connection with the insulated passage. The interior cavity provides an air flow path extending from an inlet positioned away from the heat source and draws environmental air from the inlet and through the insulated passage.

公开(公告)号：US20210262672A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17166281

申请日：2021-02-03

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Randall Vernen Crawford ,  Kevin Dolezan ,  Joseph E. Rendzikowski

IPC: F24C15/02 ,  E05D3/08 ,  E05D7/00

Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first hinge element having a hinge pin with upper and lower portions and an engagement portion outwardly extending from the hinge pin. The engagement portion of the first hinge element includes a lower surface having an upwardly angled portion and an abutment surface. A second hinge element includes a body portion surrounding a hollow interior portion and further includes a contoured upper rim having a downwardly angled portion and an abutment surface. The lower portion of the hinge pin of the first hinge element is slideably received in the hollow interior portion of the second hinge element. The first hinge element rotates between a first position, wherein the abutment surface of the first hinge element abuts the abutment surface of the second hinge element, and a second position, wherein the abutment surfaces of the first and second hinge elements are spaced-apart from one another.

公开(公告)号：US20240085028A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US17941630

申请日：2022-09-09

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Lisa E. Blumenthal ,  Davide Bottalico ,  Trevor T. Carlson ,  Nicholas E. Crow ,  Kevin Dolezan ,  Ankur Garg ,  Hemlata P. Khanvilkar ,  Nicholas J. Kormanik ,  Ajit Maruti Patil ,  Timothy Patrick VanAntwerp ,  Dustin M. Walter ,  Akhil Haribhau Wankhede

IPC: F24C15/20

CPC classification number: F24C15/2007

Abstract: A cooking appliance comprises an outer frame surface defining a cooktop and the cooktop defines an outlet port. An inner frame surface defines a heating cavity disposed below the cooktop and within the outer frame surface. The inner frame surface defines an inlet port and a chimney extends between a first end connected to the inlet port and a second end connected to the outlet port for directing steam from the heating cavity outside of the cooking appliance. A nozzle apparatus is connected around the outlet port and includes an inner wall defining at least one aperture. The at least one aperture is oriented at an acute angle relative to the cooktop. The nozzle apparatus includes at least one post for connection to the cooktop.

公开(公告)号：US11852355B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US18117673

申请日：2023-03-06

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin Dolezan ,  Vinod Jadhav ,  Shekhar D. Jirafe ,  Tyler Douglas Mathews ,  Fernando A. Ribas Junior ,  Rahul Wadke ,  James R. Chisholm ,  Randell L. Jeffery

IPC: F24C15/00 ,  F24C15/04 ,  F24C7/08 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: F24C7/083 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a heating surface and an interface console elevated above the heating surface. The interface console includes a viewing window forming an outer surface and an inner surface, opposite the outer surface, and a display device configured to transmit light through the viewing window. The display device is aligned with the viewing window in a spaced-apart configuration forming an insulating passage between the display device and the interior surface. An air intake is in connection with the insulating passage. The insulating passage provides an air flow path extending from a ventilation passage of the cooking appliance, and the ventilation passage extends away from the heating surface and communicates environmental air to the insulating passage.