Domestic appliance and door for a domestic appliance

US10837650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag · SE

Inventors

• Dietmar Hildner · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
• Peter Hoffmann · Korschenbroich, DE
• Branko Ivanovic · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
• Erhard Käser · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/024
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a door (10) for a domestic appliance, in particular an oven door (10) for a cooking oven. The door (10) comprises a front panel (12) and at least one door handle (14) made of metal and arranged at an outer side of said front panel (12). The door (10) comprises at least one electric and/or electronic device (18) arranged inside and/or at the door handle (14). The door (10) comprises at least one fastening element (24) for fastening the door handle (14) at the front panel (12). At least one conducting element (26) is attached at the inner side and/or outer side of the front panel (12). The fastening element (24) penetrates the front panel (12) and the conducting element (26), the conducting element (26) includes a terminal lug (32) connected or connectable to a grounding element (32), and the grounding element (30) is connected or connectable to a chassis of the domestic appliance, so that the door handle (14) is grounded via the fastening element (24), the conducting element (26), the terminal lug (32) and the grounding element (30).