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US 2013/0255658 A1Published application
Sealed instrumentation port on ceramic cooktop
OwnerTimothy Scott Shafferinventor
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Abstract
A cooktop for a cooking appliance includes a glass ceramic plate, the glass ceramic plate providing a cooking surface and having an instrumentation opening. A low thermal expansion metallic sleeve is inserted into the opening and a high temperature ceramic cement is used to bond the sleeve to the glass ceramic plate.
Claims20
A sensor assembly comprising:
- a glass ceramic plate, the glass ceramic plate comprising an opening;
- a sensing device;
- a metallic sleeve of low thermal expansion that secures the sensing device, the metallic sleeve being disposed in the opening;
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- a high temperature ceramic cement bonding the metallic sleeve to the glass ceramic plate.
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A cooktop for a cooking appliance, comprising:
- a glass ceramic plate, the glass ceramic plate providing a cooking surface and comprising an instrumentation opening:
- a low thermal expansion metallic sleeve inserted into the opening;
- and
- a high temperature ceramic cement bonding the metallic sleeve to the glass ceramic plate.
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An instrumentation port assembly for a glass ceramic cooktop comprising a burner disposed under a glass ceramic plate, the instrumentation port assembly comprising:
- a low thermal expansion metallic penetration sleeve disposed in an opening in the glass ceramic plate;
- a ceramic cement bonding the metallic penetration sleeve to the glass ceramic plate;
- a sensor disposed in the metallic penetration sleeve for monitoring a condition of the cooktop;
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- wherein a top surface of the metallic penetration sleeve is flush with a top surface of the glass ceramic plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.