US 12,016,105 B2
Home appliance cavity
Sean Johnson, New Bern, NC (US); Kenneth Jones, Washington, NC (US); and Robert Parchman, Newport, NC (US)
Assigned to BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US); and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US); and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/693,415.
Prior Publication US 2021/0160972 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. H05B 6/64 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); F27D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/6402 (2013.01) [B29C 70/46 (2013.01); F27D 1/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/762 (2013.01); F27D 1/0009 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A home appliance cavity, comprising:
a concave outer shape formed from a shaped composite material, wherein the shaped composite material comprises an inorganic resin and a substrate configured to be impregnated by the inorganic resin, wherein the substrate is a single material sheet, and wherein the home appliance cavity is devoid of an assembly seam; and
a bottom portion of the concave outer shape, the bottom portion being formed of the shaped composite material and having a trapezoidal shape with sloped portions configured to guide convective air flow.