Cooktop appliance with hermetically sealed temperature sensor
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorPaul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
A cooktop appliance includes a top panel with a gas burner disposed on the top panel. The cooktop appliance also includes a grate with a plurality of fingers. The grate is removably positioned above the gas burner. The plurality of fingers includes a sensor finger. The cooktop appliance also includes a hermetically sealed temperature sensor mounted to the sensor finger of the plurality of fingers of the grate. The hermetically sealed temperature sensor includes a base, a sheath extending from the base to a rounded tip, and a contact pad in the base.
Claims19
A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a top panel;
- a gas burner disposed on the top panel;
- a terminal block positioned on the top panel adjacent to the burner;
- a grate with a plurality of fingers removably positioned above the gas burner, the plurality of fingers including a sensor finger;
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- a hermetically sealed temperature sensor mounted to the sensor finger of the plurality of fingers of the grate, the hermetically sealed temperature sensor comprising a base, a sheath extending from the base to a rounded tip, a contact pad in the base, a first hinge pin on a first side of the base, and a second hinge pin on a second side of the base opposite the first side of the base, the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin colinear whereby the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin define a hinge axis, the temperature sensor configured to rotate about the hinge axis, wherein the contact pad is configured to contact the terminal block and thereby form an electrical connection with the terminal block.
A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a top panel;
- a gas burner disposed on the top panel;
- a grate with a plurality of fingers removably positioned above the gas burner, the plurality of fingers including a sensor finger;
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- a hermetically sealed temperature sensor mounted to the sensor finger of the plurality of fingers of the grate, the hermetically sealed temperature sensor comprising a base, a sheath extending from the base to a rounded tip, a contact pad in the base, a first hinge pin on a first side of the base, and a second hinge pin on a second side of the base opposite the first side of the base, the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin colinear whereby the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin define a hinge axis, the temperature sensor configured to rotate about the hinge axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.