US 11,965,655 B2
Cooking appliance and control method thereof
Changuk Lee, Seoul (KR); Seungtae Jang, Seoul (KR); and Siyoung Ryu, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,525.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0021279 (KR), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0262671 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. F24C 15/00 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/006 (2013.01) [F24C 7/085 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
a cavity including a cooking space therein;
an electronic component space provided outside the cooking space;
a circuit board disposed at the electronic component space;
a supporter to space the circuit board from the cavity and to support the circuit board;
a temperature measuring part disposed at the supporter and supported by the supporter; and
a cooling fan to generate a flow of air to pass through the electronic component space,
wherein the cooling fan generates the flow of air to pass through a cool air passage that is an area surrounded by the cavity, the circuit board and the supporter, and
the temperature measuring part measures a temperature in the cool air passage,
wherein the electronic component space is disposed at an upper side of the cooking space;
the supporter comprises an air guide disposed at a lateral side of the circuit board, configured to protrude upward from the cavity and configured to block a lateral side of the cool air passage; and
the temperature measuring part is disposed at the air guide,
wherein the temperature measuring part is disposed between the cavity and the circuit board, and a front-rear position of the temperature measuring part overlaps with a position of the circuit board.