US 2026/0258955 A1 · Cooking Appliance and Method for Mounting a Control Panel and a Cooktop Assembly to a Cooking Appliance

Abstract

A cooking appliance comprises a housing; a control panel, which is mounted at an upper front region of the housing; a cooktop assembly, which is mounted at a top side of the housing and which is mechanically coupled to the control panel and to the housing, wherein the housing comprises a first hook part located at the upper front region and to which the control panel is hooked in, and wherein the cooktop assembly has a first flange region, which has a bent shape and which is hooked into an interior region of the control panel through an opening in the control panel, and wherein a gap is formed between the control panel and the cooktop assembly at the first flange region.

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Dependent claims

A cooking appliance comprising:

a housing;
a control panel, which is mounted at an upper front region of the housing;
and
a cooktop assembly, which is mounted at a top side of the housing and which is mechanically coupled to the control panel and to the housing wherein the housing comprises a first hook part located at the upper front region and to which the control panel (f) is hooked in, and wherein the cooktop assembly has a first flange region, which has a bent shape and which is hooked into an interior region of the control panel through an opening in the control panel, and wherein a gap is formed between the control panel (+) and the cooktop assembly at the first flange region.

1 more element

A method for mounting a control panel and a cooktop assembly to a cooking appliance comprising the steps:

Providing a control panel, a cooktop assembly and a housing of the cooking appliance;
Attaching the control panel to an upper front region of the housing, wherein the housing comprises a first hook part located at the upper front region and to which the control panel is hooked in;
Attaching the cooktop assembly to a top side of the housing and mechanically coupling the cooktop assembly to the control panel, wherein the control panel is hooked in a first hook part located at the upper front region and wherein the cooktop assembly has a first flange region, which has a bent shape and which is hooked into an interior region of the control panel through an opening in the control panel, and wherein a gap is formed between the control panel and the cooktop assembly at the first flange region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cooking Appliance and Method for Mounting a Control Panel and a Cooktop Assembly to a Cooking Appliance

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Cooking Appliance and Method for Mounting a Control Panel and a Cooktop Assembly to a Cooking Appliance

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Abstract

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