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US 2021/0010677 A1Published application
Sealing temperature sensor assembly for an appliance cooktop
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsEric Scott Johnson, Kyle Andrew Kozinski
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Abstract
A temperature sensor assembly for a cooktop appliance can include a plate with a cylindrically-shaped boss, one or more seals located in one or more grooves of the plate, a grommet disk engaged with the bottom surface of the plate, and a cylindrically-shaped grommet in which a cap for a temperature sensor is positioned and is slidable therein.
Claims19
A temperature sensor assembly for a cooktop appliance, the temperature sensor assembling defining a vertical axis, comprising:
- a plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface, the plate defining a first annular groove positioned on the top surface of the plate and facing upwardly along the vertical axis;
- a first seal located in the first annular groove of the plate;
- a grommet disk defining a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of the grommet disk engaged with the bottom surface of the plate, the grommet disk defining a cylindrically-shaped grommet extending along the vertical axis from the grommet disk, the cylindrically-shaped grommet having a grommet opening;
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- a cap for a temperature sensor, the cap positioned within the grommet opening, the cap slidable along the vertical axis within the grommet opening, the cap defining an interior space for receipt of a temperature sensor.
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An appliance having a cooktop, the appliance comprising:
- a glass cooktop surface defining a cooktop surface opening;
- a heating element positioned at the cooktop surface adjacent to the opening;
- a plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface, the plate defining a first annular groove positioned on the top surface of the plate and facing upwardly along a vertical axis;
- a first seal located in the first annular groove of the plate;
- a grommet disk defining a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of the grommet disk engaged with the bottom surface of the plate, the grommet disk defining a cylindrically-shaped grommet extending along the vertical axis from the grommet disk, and into the cooktop surface opening, the cylindrically-shaped grommet having a grommet opening;
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- a cap for a temperature sensor, the cap positioned within the grommet opening, the cap slidable along the vertical axis within the grommet opening, the cap defining an interior space for receipt of a temperature sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.