Microwave cooking appliance having a connector system for an external vent

A microwave cooking appliance having a connector system comprising:

• the microwave cooking appliance having an exhaust and one or more first attachment mechanisms;
• a mounting bracket includes one or more second attachment mechanisms adapted to engage the one or more first attachment mechanisms to mount the microwave cooking appliance on the mounting bracket, a top plate, and a rear plate, wherein each one of the top plate and the rear plate of the mounting bracket includes a magnetic body defining at least one vent opening to engage the exhaust of the microwave cooking appliance;
• an adaptor having a plate, a sleeve, and a flange defining a through opening, wherein the sleeve projects from the plate towards an external vent in a first direction and the flange projects away from the plate towards the mounting bracket in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the flange includes an inner periphery defining the through opening and an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery of the flange engages an inner periphery of the at least one vent opening of the mounting bracket, and the plate includes one or more magnets;
• wherein the one or more magnets of the adaptor releasably engages the flange to the magnetic body of the top plate or the rear plate of the mounting bracket and the sleeve of the adaptor is configured to engage the external vent, when the adaptor is engaged with the mounting bracket, the exhaust of the microwave cooking appliance is in fluid communication with the external vent via the through opening of the adaptor and the at least one vent opening;
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• wherein the outer periphery of the flange of the adaptor and the inner periphery of the at least one vent opening of the mounting bracket include at least one orientation feature to orient the adaptor in a single orientation relative to the mounting bracket when assembled preventing the adaptor from assembling with the mounting bracket in orientations different from the single orientation.

A microwave cooking appliance having a connector system comprising:

• the microwave cooking appliance having an exhaust and one or more first attachment mechanisms;
• a mounting bracket includes one or more second attachment mechanisms adapted to engage the one or more first attachment mechanisms to mount the microwave cooking appliance on the mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket includes a magnetic body, wherein the magnetic body of the mounting bracket includes an appliance-facing surface and an opposing wall-facing surface, and wherein the magnetic body includes at least one vent opening to engage the exhaust of the microwave cooking appliance;
• an adaptor having a first end and an opposing second end, a through opening extends through the first end and the opposing second end, and one or more magnets;
• wherein the one or more magnets adjacent the first end of the adaptor releasably engages the first end of the adaptor to the opposing wall-facing surface of the magnetic body of the mounting bracket and the opposing second end of the adaptor is configured to engage an external vent, when the adaptor is engaged with the mounting bracket, the through opening of the adaptor is in fluid communication with the at least one vent opening of the mounting bracket;
• wherein the adaptor includes a plate in a plane, wherein the plate includes a sleeve extending away from the plate in a first direction perpendicular to the plane away from the first end of the adaptor, wherein the sleeve is adapted to engage the external vent, and wherein the plate includes a flange extending away from the plate in a second direction perpendicular to the plane opposite to the first direction away from the second end of the adaptor, wherein the flange includes an inner periphery defining the through opening and an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery of the flange engages an inner periphery of the at least one vent opening of the mounting bracket, and wherein the plate includes the one or more magnets;
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• wherein the mounting bracket includes a top plate and a rear plate, wherein the top plate includes the magnetic body defining a top vent opening of the at least one vent opening, the appliance-facing surface, and the opposing wall-facing surface, and wherein the rear plate includes the magnetic body defining a bottom vent opening of the at least one vent opening, the appliance-facing surface, and the opposing wall-facing surface.