US 12,326,262 B2
Cooking appliance
Wontaek Lee, Seoul (KR); and Daeyong Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,452.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0077691 (KR), filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397285 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 15/20 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01); F24C 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/2007 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01); F24C 15/023 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a housing having a cooking space defined by a bottom surface, both lateral surfaces and a rear surface of the housing, and having an open upper surface and an open front surface;
a door comprising a door upper surface part to cover the open upper surface of the housing and a door front surface part connected to a front side of the door upper surface part to cover the open front surface of the housing, the door capable of swiveling about a rear side of the door upper surface part to open and close the open upper surface and the open front surface of the housing;
a control board disposed in a space in the door front surface part;
a cooling fan to discharge air in the space where the control board is disposed to an outside of the door; and
a supporting panel disposed at the door front surface part and supporting the control board and the cooling fan,
wherein the door front surface part includes a cooling hole that forms a passage opening the space in the door front surface part to the outside of the door,
wherein the cooling fan and the control board are disposed in a same space,
wherein the supporting panel comprises a first area where the control board is disposed and a second area where the control board is not disposed, and the cooling fan is disposed in the second area,
wherein the cooking appliance comprises at least one of a temperature sensor or a touch manipulation part that is supported by the supporting panel, and the at least one of the temperature sensor or the touch manipulation part disposed in the second area.