Cooktop appliance with temperature sensor
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorPaul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
A cooktop appliance includes a top panel with a gas burner disposed on the top panel. The cooktop appliance also includes a grate with a plurality of fingers. The grate is removably positioned above the gas burner. The plurality of fingers includes a sensor finger. The cooktop appliance also includes a temperature sensor extending from the top panel adjacent to the gas burner. The temperature sensor is positioned outside of a footprint of the gas burner. The cooktop appliance further includes a thermally conductive probe extending from the temperature sensor to the sensor finger above the gas burner.
Claims20
A cooktop appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical direction, the lateral direction, and the transverse direction being mutually perpendicular, the cooktop appliance comprising:
- a top panel;
- a gas burner disposed on the top panel;
- a grate with a plurality of fingers removably positioned above the gas burner, the plurality of fingers including a sensor finger;
- a temperature sensor extending upward generally along the vertical direction from the top panel adjacent to the gas burner, wherein the temperature sensor is positioned outside of a footprint of the gas burner;
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- a thermally conductive probe extending from the temperature sensor to the sensor finger above the gas burner.
A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a top panel;
- a gas burner disposed on the top panel;
- a grate with a plurality of fingers removably positioned above the gas burner, the plurality of fingers including a sensor finger;
- a temperature sensor extending from the top panel adjacent to the gas burner, wherein the temperature sensor is positioned outside of a footprint of the gas burner;
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- a thermally conductive probe extending from the temperature sensor to the sensor finger above the gas burner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.