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AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsCaleb Farrel, Eric Matthew Lewis
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A door assembly for providing selective access to a chamber of an appliance includes adjustable balancing masses mounted to the door assembly to enable adjustment of the door assembly's center of gravity. Specifically, the door assembly includes one or more spring hinges attaching the door assembly to the appliance cabinet. Balancing mass are positioned on a mounting apparatus attached to the frame of the door assembly. To achieve an appropriate balance between the gravitational moment of the door assembly and the torsional stiffness of the spring hinges, the balancing masses may be adjusted on the mounting apparatus, thereby altering the center of gravity and gravitational moment generated by the door assembly to a predetermined amount appropriate for a given torsional stiffness of the spring hinge.
A door assembly for providing selective access to a chamber of an appliance, the door assembly comprising:
An oven appliance comprising:
A method of balancing a door assembly of an appliance, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.