US 12,760,905 B2 · Door assembly for an oven appliance

Abstract

A door assembly (6) for selectively providing access to, or closing, an oven cavity (5) of an oven appliance, the door assembly comprising: an outer pane element (9) comprising an at least partially transparent region; an inner pane element (10) spaced apart from the outer pane element comprising an at least partially transparent region; optionally one or more center pane elements (11, 12) located between the outer pane element and the inner pane element and comprising an at least partially transparent region; and a camera assembly (7) comprising an optical sensor (38) for obtaining image data from within the oven cavity; characterized in that the door assembly (6) further comprises: an aperture (25) which is provided in one of the pane elements (9, 10, 11, 12) and which accommodates the camera assembly (7).

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Dependent claims

A door assembly for selectively providing access to, or closing, an oven cavity of an oven appliance, the door assembly comprising:

a first pane comprising an at least partially transparent region;
a second pane spaced apart from the first pane and comprising an at least partially transparent region, wherein the first pane is located outward from the second pane such that the second pane is between the oven cavity and the first pane when the door assembly is mounted to the oven appliance and closes the oven cavity;
a camera assembly comprising an optical sensor for obtaining image data from within the oven cavity;
and
an aperture provided in the first pane, wherein the aperture accommodates the camera assembly,
wherein the camera assembly comprises a housing configured for being mounted in the aperture by a snap-fit connection.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Door assembly for an oven appliance

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Door assembly for an oven appliance

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