# US 10,503,286 B2 · Household appliance with a user interface element > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,286 B2 - Document ID: US10503286B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/352,636 - Filed: 2016-11-16 - Published: 2017-05-18 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-16 - Assignees: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag - Applicants: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag - Inventors: Stefano Morandini; Andrea De Pellegrin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503286B2 ## CPC - D06F 34/28: Arrangements for programme selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating programme parameters, e.g. the selected programme or its progress - F21V 23/04: the elements being switches (safety devices F21V25/00) - F21V 33/0044: {Household appliances, e.g. washing machines or vacuum cleaners} - G06F 3/0362: with detection of one-dimensional [1D] translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - H05B 47/155: Coordinated control of two or more light sources - D06F 25/00: Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air (control of washing or of washing and drying D06F33/00, D06F34/00; domestic laundry dryers D06F58/00) - F21W 2131/30: Lighting for domestic or personal use - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A household appliance (2) has a drawer (30), a user interface element (44) and a light group (50) having a plurality of light elements (54). The light elements (54) are disposed substantially peripherally with respect to the user interface element (44). The light group (50) is arranged on a side of the user interface element (44) opposite to the drawer (30). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A household appliance, comprising: a user interface element including rotatable knob; a drawer arranged on a first side of said rotatable knob; and a light group comprising a plurality of light elements, said light elements being disposed substantially peripherally with respect to said rotatable knob, wherein the light elements of said light group are arranged along a rounded row, said rounded row being concentric with said rotatable knob, and the light elements are arranged on a second side of said rotatable knob opposite to said drawer, and wherein no light elements are arranged on said first side between said drawer and said rotatable knob. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein on the side of the user interface element opposite to said light group, only said drawer is visible to a user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein said light elements of said light group are arranged along a rounded row, said rounded row being concentric with said user interface element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein said light elements of said light group are arranged along a linear row substantially vertical with respect to the width of said appliance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein a user interface is provided, and whereby said light elements are associated with said user interface or adjacent to said user interface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The household appliance according to claim 5, wherein said user interface comprises at least one further light element and/or display element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The household appliance according to claim 5, wherein said user interface element is arranged on said user interface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein, said user interface element and said plurality of light elements are integrated in a common module. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein at least one switch is arranged between said user interface element and said drawer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The household appliance according to claim 8, wherein said at least one switch is integrated into said common module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein the illumination of a respective light element depends on an operative/positional state of said user interface element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The household appliance according to claim 11, whereby the illumination of a respective light element of said light group depends on the angular movement of said knob. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein said light elements of said light group are directly visible to a user or whereby at least one light guide is associated with said light elements, guiding the light towards the external side of said appliance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein the appliance is a laundry washing machine or combined laundry washing machine and dryer. ### Claim 15 A household appliance, comprising: a user interface element including rotatable knob; a drawer arranged on a first side of said rotatable knob; and a light group comprising a plurality of light elements, said light elements being disposed substantially peripherally with respect to said rotatable knob, wherein said light group is arranged on a second side of said rotatable knob opposite to said drawer, wherein no light elements and no appliance control elements are arranged on said first side between said drawer and said rotatable knob, and wherein a border between said first side of said rotatable knob and said second side of said rotatable knob intersects said rotatable knob.