公开(公告)号：US20250035317A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18225415

申请日：2023-07-24

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander Auer ,  Satish Janardhan Kathar ,  Akhil Haribhau Wankhede ,  Ajit Janardan Manohar

IPC: F24C15/10

Abstract: A gasket for a cooking appliance is positioned between a rear upswept section of the appliance and the cooktop surface. The gasket has a rigid section that is received in a gasket groove in the upswept section of the appliance and a flexible section that contacts the top surface of the cooktop surface. The gasket has a compressible gap that allows the gasket to seal to different length gaps between the cooktop surface and the gasket groove.

公开(公告)号：US11517146B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US16418607

申请日：2019-05-21

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Collin A. Stipe ,  Cristiano Vito Pastore ,  Christopher D. Cullen ,  Andrea Gallivanoni ,  Gregory Bauman ,  Aaron Edward Showers ,  Rahul S. Dudhe ,  Natalie Hillmann ,  Tushar Ashok Kalbande ,  Ajit Janardan Manohar ,  Rahul R. Pandey ,  Neomar Giacomini ,  Kevin Chase ,  Josh Abdoo ,  Larissa Ducci De Araujo ,  Sugosh Venkataraman ,  Andrea Ferrise

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  A47J36/32 ,  G08B5/36 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06V20/52

Abstract: A cooking assistance appliance can include a body, at least one camera, at least one sensor, and an imaging device for capturing an image of a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance can provide for monitoring use of the cooking appliance, as well as assisting the user in operating the cooking appliance. Additionally, the cooking assistance appliance can be integrated into a hood or a microwave oven and vent combination above a stovetop.

公开(公告)号：US20250027656A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18222573

申请日：2023-07-17

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander Robert Auer ,  Dhiraj Jambuvant Gotekar ,  Harichandra Prabhakar Lambate ,  Nikhil Bharat Kahane ,  Satish Janardhan Kathar ,  Mohasin Nasir Mulla ,  Ajit Janardan Manohar

IPC: F24C15/08

Abstract: A console assembly for a cooking appliance includes a first supporting end post mountable on an upper surface of the cooking appliance on a first side thereof. The first supporting end post defines a first outer surface having a perimeter and a first flange offset from the outer surface and extending outwardly from the perimeter. The console assembly also includes a console body having a first major face and a first inwardly-turned end surface on a first side of the first major face. The console body has at least one control unit for the cooking appliance mounted thereto. The console body is coupled with the first supporting end post by engagement of the inwardly-turned end surface with the first flange of the first supporting end post with the inwardly-turned end surface positioned outside of the first flange and the first major surface extending perpendicular to the first outer surface.