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US 12,595,914 B2Granted
Griddle assembly and cooktop appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorPaul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
A griddle assembly and a cooktop appliance having a gas burner are provided. The griddle assembly is positioned above the gas burner and configured to receive heat therefrom. The griddle assembly includes a frame at which a griddle is positioned. The griddle assembly includes a heat shield positioned adjacent to a bottom surface of the griddle. The heat shield is positioned over the gas burner and along a vertical direction between the bottom surface of the griddle and the gas burner.
Claims17
A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a gas burner;
- and
- a griddle assembly positioned above the gas burner and configured to receive heat therefrom, the griddle assembly comprising a frame at which a griddle is positioned, the griddle comprising an integrally formed rivet comprising a neck and a head, the griddle assembly comprising a heat shield positioned adjacent to a bottom surface of the griddle, wherein the heat shield is positioned over the gas burner and along a vertical direction between the bottom surface of the griddle and the gas burner, wherein the heat shield comprises an opening configured to receive the rivet, and wherein a radial gap is formed between the opening at the heat shield and the neck of the rivet, wherein the heat shield comprises a steel or steel alloy material, and wherein the griddle comprises an aluminum or aluminum alloy material.
A griddle assembly for a gas burner, the griddle assembly comprising:
- a frame at which a griddle is positioned, wherein the frame comprises a deflector that extends from a side wall at the frame, the deflector extending along a vertical direction toward a gas burner no greater than an extension of a leg at the frame;
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- a heat shield positioned adjacent to a bottom surface of the griddle, the griddle comprising a rivet comprising a neck and a head, wherein the heat shield comprises an opening through which the neck of the rivet extends and positions the heat shield along the vertical direction between the bottom surface of the griddle and the gas burner, wherein the deflector extends along a length of the frame alongside a corresponding length of the heat shield, wherein a radial gap is formed the opening at the heat shield and the neck of the rivet, wherein the heat shield comprises a steel or steel alloy material, and wherein the griddle comprises an aluminum or aluminum alloy material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.