Double oven appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10024541-B2
Application number	US-201615153820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2016
Priority date	May 13, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A double oven appliance having an upper and lower oven positioned below the upper oven along a vertical direction such that a gap is defined between a top wall of the lower oven and a bottom wall of the upper oven. A bracket having a mounting platform positioned within the gap and spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction. The double oven appliance further including a circuit board coupled to the mounting platform such that the circuit board may be spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction. Further, the circuit board may be cooled by a cooling medium flowing across the circuit board.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double oven appliance that defines a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction, and a transverse direction that are each perpendicular to each other, the double oven appliance comprising:
an upper oven having a back wall, a top wall and a bottom wall spaced from the top wall by opposing side walls;
a lower oven having a back wall, a top wall and a bottom wall spaced from the top wall by opposing side walls, the lower oven positioned below the upper oven along the vertical direction such that a gap is defined between the top wall of the lower oven and the bottom wall of the upper oven;
a bracket having a mounting platform, the mounting platform positioned within the gap and spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction; and
a circuit board coupled to the mounting platform such that the circuit board is spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction.

2. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the mounting platform is positioned within the gap such that a first distance defined between the mounting platform and the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction is greater than a second distance defined between the mounting platform and the bottom wall of the upper oven along the vertical direction.

3. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a first support member and a second support member spaced from the first support member along the transverse direction, and wherein the first and second support member extend from the mounting platform along the vertical direction.

4. The double oven appliance of claim 3 , wherein the first and second support member are coupled to the top wall of the lower oven.

5. The double oven appliance of claim 4 , further comprising a dielectric material positioned between the top wall of the lower oven and each of the first and second support members along the vertical direction.

6. The double oven appliance of claim 4 , wherein a cooling medium flows across the circuit board along the longitudinal direction.

7. The double oven appliance of claim 6 , wherein the first support member defines a first opening and the second support member defines a second opening, the first and second opening defining a flow path for the cooling medium to flow across the circuit board along the transverse direction.

8. The double oven appliance of claim 1 , further comprising a frame having a front, a back and opposing sides, the frame positioned between the circuit board and the mounting platform along the vertical direction.

9. The double oven appliance of claim 8 , wherein the frame includes a tab adapted to be received within a slot formed on the mounting platform.

10. The double oven appliance of claim 9 , wherein the mounting platform defines opposing channels spaced apart along the transverse direction of the mounting platform, each of the opposing channels extending along the longitudinal direction.

11. The double oven appliance of claim 10 , wherein the opposing channels of the mounting platform are adapted to receive the opposing sides of the frame such that the frame is movable relative to the mounting platform.

12. The double oven appliance of claim 11 , wherein the frame is movable along the longitudinal direction of the bracket until the tab is received within the slot of the mounting platform.

13. A double oven appliance that defines a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction, and a transverse direction that are each perpendicular to each other, the double oven appliance comprising:
an upper oven having a back wall, a top wall and a bottom wall spaced from the top wall by opposing side walls;
a lower oven having a back wall, a top wall and a bottom wall spaced from the top wall by opposing side walls, the lower oven positioned below the upper oven along the vertical direction such that a gap is defined between the top wall of the lower oven and the bottom wall of the upper oven;
a bracket having a mounting platform and a plurality of support members extending from the mounting platform along the vertical direction, the mounting platform positioned within the gap and spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction, each of the plurality of support members coupled to the top wall of the lower oven;
a dielectric material positioned between the top wall of the lower oven and each of the plurality of support members along the vertical direction;
a frame having a front, a back and opposing side walls, the frame coupled to the mounting platform; and
a circuit board coupled to the frame such the circuit board is spaced from the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction and from the bottom wall of the upper oven along the vertical direction.

14. The double oven appliance of claim 13 , wherein the mounting platform is positioned within the gap such that a first distance defined between the mounting platform and the top wall of the lower oven along the vertical direction is greater than a second distance defined between the mounting platform and the bottom wall of the upper oven along the vertical direction.

15. The double oven appliance of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of support members includes a leg portion and a foot portion, the leg portion extending from the mounting surface along the vertical direction, the foot portion extending orthogonally from the leg portion.

16. The double oven appliance of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of support member includes a first support member and a second support member extending from the mounting platform along the vertical direction, and wherein the first support member is spaced from the second support member along the transverse direction.

17. The double oven appliance of claim 16 , wherein a cooling medium flows across the circuit board along the longitudinal direction.

18. The double oven appliance of claim 17 , wherein the first support member defines a first opening and the second support member defines a second opening, and wherein the first and second opening define a flow path for the cooling medium to flow across the first and second circuit board along the transverse direction.

19. The double oven appliance of claim 13 , wherein the frame includes a tab adapted to be received within a slot formed on the mounting platform.

20. The double oven appliance of claim 19 , wherein the mounting platform defines opposing channels spaced apart along the transverse direction, each of the opposing channels extending along the longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Gen Electric
• Haier Us Appliance Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Wojick Walter
• Wiggins William Byron
• Zehr Edwin Glenn
• Johnson Kenneth Willard

Classifications

• H05B6/642

  Cooling of the microwave components and related air circulation systems (H05B6/6473 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05B6/64

  Heating using microwaves {(containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted to be heated by microwaves B65D81/3446)} · CPC title

• F24C7/08

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• F24C7/043

  Stoves · CPC title

• F24C7/085

  on baking ovens · CPC title