Domestic appliance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11852352-B2
Application number	US-201917053372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2019
Priority date	Jun 21, 2018
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

A household appliance device includes a first structural unit, a second structural unit, and an insulation unit configured to provide an insulation between the first and second structural units. The insulation unit includes a placement assist element configured to tailor an exterior shape of the insulation unit to the first structural unit for placement of the insulation unit, and an expansion compensation element configured to compensate at least substantially a thermal expansion of at least one subregion of the insulation unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household appliance device, comprising:
a first structural unit;
a second structural unit; and
an insulation unit configured to provide an insulation between the first and second structural units, said insulation unit including a placement assist element configured to tailor an exterior shape of the insulation unit to the first structural unit for placement of the insulation unit, wherein the placement assist element comprises a notch configured to enable bending of the insulation unit; and
an expansion compensation element configured to compensate at least substantially a thermal expansion of at least one subregion of the insulation unit.

2. The household appliance device of claim 1 , constructed in the form of a household cooking appliance device.

3. The household appliance device of claim 1 , wherein the notch includes a segment which defines a longitudinal extension direction which is aligned at an angle to a longitudinal extension direction of a segment of the expansion compensation element in an unmounted state.

4. The household appliance device of claim 1 , wherein the notch adjoins a lateral boundary of the insulation unit in an unmounted state.

5. The household appliance device of claim 4 , wherein the notch extends at a minimum angle of at least substantially 45° to the lateral boundary of the insulation unit in the unmounted state.

6. The household appliance device of claim 1 , wherein the expansion compensation element is formed by a material weakening of the insulation unit in an unmounted state.

7. The household appliance device of claim 1 , wherein the expansion compensation element is arranged in an unmounted state completely within a surface extension of the insulation unit in a main extension plane when the main extension plane of the insulation unit is viewed in a perpendicular manner.

8. The household appliance device of claim 1 , further comprising a further insulation unit including a further notch and a further expansion compensation element, said further insulation unit having a configuration which differs from a configuration of the insulation unit.

9. The household appliance device of claim 8 , wherein the insulation unit and the further insulation unit have at least substantially a same surface extension in an unmounted state.

10. The household appliance device of claim 8 , wherein the insulation unit and the further insulation unit overlap one another such that the notch and the further notch are arranged without overlap in the unmounted state, when a main extension plane of the insulation unit is viewed in a perpendicular manner.

11. The household appliance device of claim 8 , wherein the insulation unit and the further insulation unit overlap one another such that the expansion compensation element and the further expansion compensation element are arranged without overlap in the unmounted state, when a main extension plane of the insulation unit is viewed in a perpendicular manner.

12. The household appliance device of claim 1 , wherein the insulation unit is configured as a single piece.

13. The household appliance device of claim 1 , wherein the insulation unit has a first insulation subelement and a second insulation subelement, said first and second subelements configured to enable mounting in a modular manner.

14. The household appliance device of claim 13 , wherein the first insulation subelement has a configuration which differs from a configuration of the second insulation subelement.

15. A household appliance, in particular a household cooking appliance, comprising a household appliance device, said household appliance device comprising a first structural unit, a second structural unit, and an insulation unit configured to provide an insulation between the first and second structural units, said insulation unit including a placement assist element configured to tailor an exterior shape of the insulation unit to the first structural unit for placement of the insulation unit, wherein the placement assist element comprises a notch configured to enable bending of the insulation unit and the insulation unit further comprises an expansion compensation element configured to compensate at least substantially a thermal expansion of at least one subregion of the insulation unit.

16. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the notch includes a segment which defines a longitudinal extension direction which is aligned at an angle to a longitudinal extension direction of a segment of the expansion compensation element in an unmounted state.

17. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the notch adjoins a lateral boundary of the insulation unit in an unmounted state.

18. The household appliance of claim 17 , wherein the notch extends at a minimum angle of at least substantially 45° to the lateral boundary of the insulation unit in the unmounted state.

19. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the expansion compensation element is formed by a material weakening of the insulation unit in an unmounted state.

20. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the expansion compensation element is arranged in an unmounted state completely within a surface extension of the insulation unit in a main extension plane when the main extension plane of the insulation unit is viewed in a perpendicular manner.

21. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the household appliance device comprises a further insulation unit including a further notch and a further expansion compensation element, said further insulation unit having a configuration which differs from a configuration of the insulation unit.

22. The household appliance of claim 21 , wherein the insulation unit and the further insulation unit have at least substantially a same surface extension in an unmounted state.

23. The household appliance of claim 21 , wherein the insulation unit and the further insulation unit overlap one another such that the notch and the further notch are arranged without overlap in the unmounted state, when a main extension plane of the insulation unit is viewed in a perpendicular manner.

24. The household appliance of claim 21 , wherein the insulation unit and the further insulation unit overlap one another such that the expansion compensation element and the further expansion compensation element are arranged without overlap in the unmounted state, when a main extension plane of the insulation unit is viewed in a perpendicular manner.

25. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the insulation unit is configured as a single piece.

26. The household appliance of claim 15 , wherein the insulation unit has a first insulation subelement and a second insulation subelement, said first and second subelements configured to enable mounting in a modular manner.

27. The household appliance of claim 26 , wherein the first insulation subelement has a configuration which differs from a configuration of the second insulation subelement.

28. A household appliance device, comprising:
a first structural unit;
a second structural unit;
an insulation unit configured to provide an insulation between the first and second structural units, said insulation unit including a placement assist element configured to tailor an exterior shape of the insulation unit to the first structural unit for placement of the insulation unit;
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Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Felices Betran Jorge
• Galindo Perez Juan Jose
• Hernandez Blasco Pablo Jesus
• Jaca Equiza Izaskun
• Lope Moratilla Ignacio
• Martin Gomez Damaso

Classifications

• F24C15/34 Primary

  Elements and arrangements for heat storage or insulation · CPC title

• H05B6/129 Primary

  induction ovens · CPC title

• F24C15/021

  sealings for doors or transparent panel · CPC title

• H05B2206/044

  Microwave heating devices provided with two or more magnetrons or microwave sources of other kind · CPC title