Cooktop with side frame members

US11536463B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Patrick J. Duffy · Blackrock, IE
• Thomas Walker Faussett · Three Rivers, US
• Paul J. Neuman · Three Rivers, US
• Binesh R. Pillai · Navi Mumbai, IN
• Edward Benjamin Standen · Three Rivers, US
• NICHOLAS E. RIGHETTI · Saint Joseph, US
• Sarah Katherine Small · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/101
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

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.