Bottom vent trim for oven

US12366364B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Shivaraj V. Giramallanavar · Belagavi, IN
• Ankur Garg · Bengaluru, IN
• Avinash Nanjundappa · Kanchinakote, IN
• David Gregory Quante · Three Rivers, US
• Federico Garuccio · Bresso, IT
• Ashish Mittal · Pune, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2025
• Expiry date: May 22, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/30
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vent assembly for use with an oven. The vent assembly includes polymeric end caps that are ultrasonically molded to a metal bracket. The metal bracket is coupled to a lower fin and an upper fin. The polymeric end caps include support surfaces for holding sections of the lower fin, the upper fin, and the metal bracket.