Mount bracket for a knob assembly of a cooking appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsShawn Coulter, Zachery Reed
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Abstract
A knob assembly may include a position sensor disposed on a rear face of a surface panel of a cooking appliance. The position sensor may include a sensor collar. The knob assembly may include a mount bracket that may secure the position sensor to the surface panel. The mount bracket may define a sensor aperture in receipt of the sensor collar. The mount bracket may include one or more bracket orientation tabs. The one or more bracket orientation tabs may extend from the mount bracket in selective engagement with the position sensor.
Claims20
A knob assembly for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a user interface assembly, the user interface assembly comprising a surface panel, the knob assembly comprising:
- a position sensor disposed on a rear face of the surface panel, the position sensor comprising a sensor collar;
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- a mount bracket securing the position sensor to the surface panel, the mount bracket defining a sensor aperture in receipt of the sensor collar, the mount bracket comprising one or more bracket orientation tabs, the one or more bracket orientation tabs extending from the mount bracket in selective engagement with the position sensor.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a user interface assembly comprising a surface panel, the surface panel comprising a front face and a rear face;
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- a knob assembly comprising:
- a position sensor disposed on a rear face of the surface panel, the position sensor comprising a sensor collar;
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- a mount bracket securing the position sensor to the surface panel, the mount bracket defining a sensor aperture in receipt of the sensor collar, the mount bracket comprising one or more bracket orientation tabs, the one or more bracket orientation tabs extending from the mount in selective engagement with the position sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.