US 12,432,823 B2
Electric cooktop assembly
Binesh R. Pillai, Navi Mumbai (IN); and Edward Benjamin Standen, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,208.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354481 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H05B 3/74 (2006.01); F24C 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 3/74 (2013.01) [F24C 15/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooktop assembly, comprising:
a cooktop support, including:
a first side frame member having an upper surface, a face surface, an inner surface, a first end surface with a first fastener opening and a second end surface with a second fastener opening;
a second side frame member having an upper surface, a face surface, an inner surface, a first end surface with a first fastener opening and a second end surface with a second fastener opening;
a first support bracket including a face surface having a first fastener opening on a first edge, a second fastener opening on a second edge, a first tab extending perpendicularly outward from said face surface adjacent to said first edge, a second tab extending perpendicularly outward from said face surface adjacent to said second edge, an upper flange portion extending perpendicularly inward from a rear surface, positioned below the top of said first support bracket forming an upper ledge with an upper wall, a lower flange portion extending perpendicularly inward from said face surface, said lower flange portion including a plurality of openings that extend to a plurality of openings in said face surface;
a second support bracket including a face surface, having a first fastener opening on a first edge, a second fastener opening on a second edge, a first tab extending perpendicularly outward from said face surface adjacent to said first edge, a second tab extending perpendicularly outward from said face surface adjacent to said second edge, an inclined surface extending inwardly from an upper edge of said face surface to a bend, a ledge surface extending from said bend to an upwardly extending flange portion, said ledge surface including a section that is generally perpendicular to said face surface;
wherein the first fastener opening on said first support bracket is aligned with the first fastener opening on said first side frame member and the second fastener opening on said first support bracket is aligned with the second fastener opening on said second side frame member;
wherein the first fastener opening on said second support bracket is aligned with the second fastener opening on said first side frame member and the second fastener opening on said second support bracket is aligned with the first fastener opening on said second side frame member; and
fasteners are coupled to said aligned openings; and
a glass cooktop coupled to said cooktop support with the bottom surface of the glass cooktop positioned above the upper surfaces of said first and second side frame members and above the upper ledge of the first support bracket and the ledge surface of the second support bracket.