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US 10,852,000 B2Granted
Control panel and household appliance having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoo Hyoung Heo, Hyung-Jin Kim, Young Tae Kim, Kyung Hwan Lee, Yeong Hyeok Kim
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Abstract
A household appliance including a control panel includes a body and a control panel provided on an outer side of the body, wherein the control panel includes a first panel formed by a process of extrusion of an aluminum (Al) material and provided with at least one surface thereof exposed to an outside thereof, and a second panel provided to be coupled to the first panel and made of the same material as the first panel.
Claims20
A household appliance comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a control panel provided on an outer side of the body,
- wherein the control panel includes:
- a first extruded aluminum panel extending lengthwise in a first direction and provided with at least one surface of the extruded aluminum panel exposed to an exterior of the household appliance, and including a front surface facing away from the body and a rear surface facing the body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- a second extruded aluminum panel provided to be coupled to the rear surface of the first panel by at least one fastener extending through the second extruded aluminum panel in the second direction, wherein the second extruded aluminum panel is exposed to the exterior of the household appliance in the first direction,
- wherein the at least one fastener is provided between the first extruded aluminum panel and the body in the second direction such that the at least one fastener is covered by the body in the second direction when the control panel is provided on the outer side of the body, and
- wherein the first extruded aluminum panel includes a top portion extending from a top of the first extruded aluminum panel in the second direction to cover a top of the second extruded aluminum panel in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
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A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a body including a cooking chamber;
- a control panel provided on an outer side of the body, extending lengthwise in a first direction and provided with an extruded aluminum surface exposed to an exterior of the cooking apparatus, and including a front surface facing away from the body and a rear surface facing the body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- a plurality of extruded aluminum control panel brackets provided to be respectively coupled to a respective rear surface of end portions of the control panel by at least one respective fastener extending through the plurality of extruded aluminum control panel brackets in the second direction, wherein the plurality of extruded aluminum control panel brackets are exposed to the exterior of the cooking apparatus in the first direction,
- wherein the at least one respective fastener is provided between the rear surface and the body in the second direction such that the at least one respective fastener is covered by the body in the second direction when the control panel is provided on the outer side of the body, and
- wherein the control panel includes a top portion extending from a top of the control panel in the second direction to cover a top of the plurality of extruded aluminum control panel brackets in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.