US 12,449,137 B2
Cooktop oven gasket location and fasteners
Mariana Miranda, Louisville, KY (US); Daniel Ian Moore, Louisville, KY (US); Lydia Stempky, Louisville, KY (US); and Monica Martinez Mendez, 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 Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/692,596.
Prior Publication US 2023/0288074 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/08 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. An oven appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked and further comprising a cooktop situated above the cooking chamber;
a door pivotably attached to the cabinet, wherein the door pivots between an open position and a closed position and the door covers a front opening of the cooking chamber when the door is in the closed position;
a user interface panel situated above the door and is vertically aligned with and in front of the cooktop, user interface panel comprising a rear surface, the rear surface comprising a slot, the slot comprising a slot head that intersects with a slot body, a lateral width of the slot head being greater than a lateral width of the slot body at the point of intersection, the slot defining a shelf;
a gasket occupying the space between the user interface panel and the cooktop and attached to the rear surface of user interface panel, the gasket further comprising
a first end;
a first protrusion extending transversely from the first end, the first protrusion engaged with the rear surface of the user interface panel to fix a horizontal position of the gasket with respect to the user interface panel;
a second end spaced apart from the first end in the lateral direction;
a second protrusion extending from the second end, the second protrusion engaged with the rear surface of the user interface panel to fix a horizontal position of the gasket with respect to the user interface panel;
a central body connecting the first end to the second end, the gasket divided into an upper portion and a lower portion along a lateral centerline of the central body; and
a third protrusion extending transversely from the central body toward the user interface panel, the third protrusion further extending vertically from the lower portion to the upper portion, the third protrusion engaged with the user interface panel to fix a vertical position of the gasket with respect to the user interface panel,
wherein the third protrusion is received within the slot.