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One-piece fastening element for a cooking hob and a cooking hob with one-piece fastening elements

US8944044B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. · BE

Inventors

Bernd Buck · Nonnenhorn, DE
Bjorn Leyh · Blaufelden, DE
Alwin Neukamm · Wilhermsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2009
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/606
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a one-piece fastening element (10) with a cooking hob (24). The fastening element (10) comprises an upper portion (12) being permanently connectable to an upper part (26) of the cooking hob (24) and a lower portion (14) being detachably connectable to a lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24), so that the upper part (26) and the lower part (28) form the cooking hob (10). The lower portion (14) of the fastening element (10) comprises at least one lug element (18) engageable with a recess (30) in the lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24) and at least one spring element (22) for clamping the cooking hob (24) within a cutout (38) enclosing circumferentially said cooking hob (24). Further, the present invention relates to a cooking hob with such one-piece fastening elements.

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