US 12,169,070 B2
Deflector for a cooking appliance
Ankur Garg, Pune (IN); Federico Garuccio, Bresso (IT); Ashish Mittal, Pune (IN); and Luca Zilio, Baindronno (IT)
Assigned to WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/580,712.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235891 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/006 (2013.01) [F24C 15/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a housing having an upper portion and a bottom portion;
a door operably coupled to the housing and including a front portion and a plurality of panels, the door defining a channel between each of the panels;
a ventilation assembly proximate the bottom portion of the housing and configured to draw cool air through the channels defined by the door; and
a deflector operably coupled to the door proximate the upper portion of the housing, the deflector including:
a first fin proximate the front portion of the door; and
a second fin defining a circulation space and including a central fin extending from a body of the second fin, the first fin and the second fin defining a restricted opening fluidly coupled with the ventilation assembly via the channels; and
wherein the central fin re-distributes air among the plurality of the channels.