公开(公告)号：US20210063020A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16556908

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Patrick J. Duffy ,  Thomas Walker Faussett ,  Paul Jordan Neuman ,  Binesh R. Pillai ,  Edward Benjamin Standen ,  Nicholas Edward Righetti ,  Sarah Katherine Small

IPC: F24C15/10 ,  F24C15/08 ,  F24C3/08

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a body and a cooktop disposed on the body. A plurality of gas burner assemblies is operably coupled to the cooktop. A first frame member is coupled to a first side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of a sump defined by the cooktop. A second frame member is coupled to a second side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop. A bracket is coupled to the first and second frame members. The bracket extends along a portion of a perimeter of the cooktop between the first and second frame members. The bracket defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop.

公开(公告)号：US11536463B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16556908

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Patrick J. Duffy ,  Thomas Walker Faussett ,  Paul Jordan Neuman ,  Binesh R. Pillai ,  Edward Benjamin Standen ,  Nicholas Edward Righetti ,  Sarah Katherine Small

IPC: F24C15/10 ,  F24C3/08 ,  F24C15/08

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a body and a cooktop disposed on the body. A plurality of gas burner assemblies is operably coupled to the cooktop. A first frame member is coupled to a first side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of a sump defined by the cooktop. A second frame member is coupled to a second side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop. A bracket is coupled to the first and second frame members. The bracket extends along a portion of a perimeter of the cooktop between the first and second frame members. The bracket defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop.