US 11,747,023 B2
Adaptable port for an oven appliance
James Lee Armstrong, Louisville, KY (US); and Omar Santana, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/19,539.
Prior Publication US 2022/0082265 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/085 (2013.01) [F24C 3/128 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oven appliance assembly, comprising:
an oven appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining an oven cavity;
a heat source disposed within the oven cavity; and
a port comprising a socket;
at least one oven accessory comprising a probe, a plug, and at least one resistive element adjacent to and contacting the plug, the plug comprising a unique configuration for engagement with the socket of the port, wherein the socket comprises a tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) configuration and the plug comprises a corresponding TRRS configuration; and
a controller communicatively coupled with the oven appliance and the oven accessory, the controller comprising at least one processor for performing one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising:
determining a type of the at least one oven accessory engaged with the port of the oven appliance based on a resistance value of the at least one resistive element of the oven accessory.