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US 12,225,652 B2Granted
Microwave cooking appliance with increased visibility into the cavity
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
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Abstract
A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame.
Claims23
A microwave cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having a door to form a cooking cavity, wherein the door includes an interior face arranged to face towards the cooking cavity and an exterior face arranged to face away from the cooking cavity;
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- the door comprising
- one or more conductive mesh layers and one or more glass layers;
- at least one frame having an outer periphery and a choke groove extending along the outer periphery, wherein the at least one frame supports the one or more conductive mesh layers and the one or more glass layers, and wherein the one or more conductive mesh layers are electrically grounded to the at least one frame;
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- wherein in a direction from the interior face of the door towards the exterior face of the door, the at least one frame is positioned followed by the one or more conductive mesh layers.
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A door for a microwave cooking appliance comprising:
- one or more conductive mesh layers;
- at least one frame supports the one or more conductive mesh layers, and wherein at least a portion of the one or more conductive mesh layers are electrically grounded to the at least one frame;
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- wherein in a direction from an interior face of the at least one frame towards an exterior face of the at least one frame, the exterior face of the at least one frame is positioned followed by the one or more conductive mesh layers.
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A method of grounding a conductive mesh layer to a frame of a microwave door comprising:
- providing at least one conductive mesh layer having at least one metal mesh layer;
- providing at least one frame defining at least one through opening, and wherein the at least one frame includes an interior face and an exterior face;
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- electrically grounding the at least one metal mesh layer to the exterior face of the at least one frame defining the at least one through opening with one or more conductive engagements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.