Oven appliance

US9335055B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• John Mark Chilton · Campbellsburg, US
• Stephen Bernard Froelicher · Shepherdsville, US
• Scott Thomas Kershner · La Grange, US
• Joshua Stephen Wiseman · San Francisco, US
• John Adam Yantis · Prospect, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2013
• Grant date: May 10, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/02
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An oven appliance is provided. The oven appliance includes a pair of doors. Each door of the pair of doors includes an outer door panel and an inner door panel. The outer and inner door panels are spaced apart from each other along at least one edge of the door such that the inner and outer door panels define a thermal break therebetween. The thermal break can assist with limiting or hindering heat transfer between the inner and outer door panels.