US 11,656,025 B2
Resilient housing
Zachary J. Saylor, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/120,650.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,849, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0199375 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G03B 29/00 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC F25D 29/005 (2013.01) [G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2500/06 (2013.01); F25D 2700/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system for an appliance, comprising:
a resilient housing having a first end and a second end, the resilient housing comprising:
retention features;
a body having a rear attachment surface and a support surface, the body also including first and second elongated walls and first and second end walls that cooperate to define the support surface, wherein the body bends during coupling and removal of the resilient housing with an interior of said appliance; and
a coupling layer disposed on the rear attachment surface of the body; and
a data collection device disposed on the support surface of the body, communicatively coupled with a controller, and operably coupled to the resilient housing via the retention features.