User interface module with adjustable mount for domestic appliance
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsJoshua Wittes, Cemalettin Hasturk, Murat Zengin, Göksel Göktepe, Tobias Hochstatter, Alpkan Başaran, Michael Pfister
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Abstract
An adjustable user interface module (UIM) for a domestic appliance is provided and includes an adjustable UIM housing; a UIM electronic component mounted to the adjustable UIM housing; and a pair of adjustable fastening members adapted to mount the adjustable UIM housing to the domestic appliance, each of the adjustable fastening members being configured to adjust the adjustable UIM housing in at least an up and down direction to in turn adjust the height of the UIM electronic component.
Claims21
An adjustable user interface module (UIM) for a domestic appliance, comprising:
- an adjustable UIM housing having a mounting tab at each of a left end portion and a right end portion thereof, each mounting tab having an opening therein;
- a UIM electronic component mounted to the adjustable UIM housing;
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- a pair of adjustable fastening members adapted to mount the adjustable UIM housing to the domestic appliance, each of the adjustable fastening members configured to engage the adjustable UIM housing through a respective one of the openings in the mounting tabs and to adjust the adjustable UIM housing in at least an up and down direction to in turn adjust the height of the UIM electronic component.
A drawer for a domestic appliance, comprising:
- a door assembly mounted to a front portion of the drawer;
- an adjustable UIM housing disposed on the door assembly and having a mounting tab at each of a left end portion and a right end portion thereof, each mounting tab having an opening therein;
- a UIM electronic component mounted to the adjustable UIM housing;
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- a pair of adjustable fastening members which mount the adjustable UIM housing to the door assembly of the drawer, each of the adjustable fastening members configured to engage the adjustable UIM housing through a respective one of the openings in the mounting tabs and to adjust the adjustable UIM housing in at least an up and down direction to in turn adjust the height of the UIM electronic component with respect to the door assembly.
A domestic appliance, comprising:
- a door assembly mounted to a front portion of the domestic appliance;
- an adjustable UIM housing disposed on the door assembly and having a mounting tab at each of a left end portion and a right end portion thereof, each mounting tab having an opening therein;
- a UIM electronic component mounted to the adjustable UIM housing;
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- a pair of adjustable fastening members which mount the adjustable UIM housing to the door assembly of the domestic appliance, each of the adjustable fastening members configured to engage the adjustable UIM housing through a respective one of the openings in the mounting tabs and to adjust the adjustable UIM housing in at least an up and down direction to in turn adjust the height of the UIM electronic component with respect to the door assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.