US 12,140,318 B2
Knob assembly for cook top
Yeonsik Ha, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,133.
Application 18/133,133 is a continuation of application No. 17/493,036, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,649,967.
Application 17/493,036 is a continuation of application No. 16/845,643, filed on Apr. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,162,685, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Application 16/845,643 is a continuation of application No. 15/900,251, filed on Feb. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,663,172, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-021878 (KR), filed on Feb. 17, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0094807 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2017; and application No. 10-2017-0167072 (KR), filed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243508 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 3/10 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G05G 1/08 (2006.01); G05G 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2006.01); H01H 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 3/124 (2013.01) [F24C 3/103 (2013.01); G01B 7/003 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G05G 1/08 (2013.01); G05G 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); H01H 3/0206 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knob assembly for an appliance, comprising:
a support frame configured to be fastened to a front panel of the appliance;
a knob ring configured to be disposed at a front side of the front panel and rotated by a user;
a knob configured to be disposed at the front side of the front panel and pushed and rotated by a user independently of a rotation of the knob ring; and
a control assembly configured to be fixed inside of the appliance and controlled by the knob,
wherein the support frame supports a rotation of the knob ring that supports a straight line motion and a rotation motion of the knob, and
wherein the knob is arranged annularly within at least a portion of the knob ring, and a display device is provided at the knob ring and is configured to display information.