Oven camera assembly with heat management structures

An oven, comprising:

• a liner defining a cooking cavity having an open side, a back wall opposite the open side, and a top wall extending between the open side and the back wall, the top wall having a camera opening defined therethrough in a position more proximate to the back wall than the open side;
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• a camera assembly mounted on the top wall of the liner outside the cooking cavity and including:
• an insulating block contacting the top wall of the liner and defining an aperture therethrough, a lower side of the aperture being aligned with the camera opening in the top wall of the liner;
• a sink washer having a hole therethrough aligned with a top side of the aperture through the insulating block, the sink washer having a major surface mounted to the insulating block in partial contact therewith and extending outward from the top side of the aperture, the sink washer further including first and second fins extending from the major surface in a direction away from the insulating block and opposite the flange;
• a camera mounted over the insulating block via coupling with the sink washer between the first and second fins and having a lens directed through the aperture in the insulating block and through the camera opening in the top wall of the liner, wherein the sink washer directs heat from the camera away from the camera and away from the top wall of the liner;
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• a glass substrate coupled within the lower side of the aperture to enclose an air gap within the aperture between the glass substrate and a housing of the camera.

A camera assembly, comprising:

• an insulating block for mounting against and in contact with a surface and aligned with an opening through the surface, the insulating block defining an aperture therethrough, a lower side of the aperture being aligned with the opening in the surface;
• a sink washer having a hole therethrough aligned with a top side of the aperture through the insulating block, the sink washer having a major surface mounted to the insulating block in partial contact therewith and extending outward from the top side of the aperture and further including first and second fins extending from the major surface in a direction away from the insulating block and opposite the flange;
• a camera mounted to the sink washer between the first and second fins and having a lens directed through the aperture in the insulating block and through the opening in the surface, the sink washer directing heat away from the camera and away from the surface;
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• a glass substrate coupled within the lower side of the aperture to enclose an air gap within the aperture between the glass substrate and a housing of the camera.