Whirlpool Corporation

Dick Ge

Cristiano Vito Pastore

Christopher L Carpenter

Alexander L Clayton

Donald John Gilmore

Bruce M Wiatrak

Seth Herndon

Xiangxu Liu

Hanks Hu

Pallavi Manjrekar

Vince Huang

Juan Chen

Tracy Yu

Jack Li

Richard J Hughes

Andrea Ferrise

Ryan Li

Joel Fletty

Roy Qiu

Ken Lei

Nicholas Brenn

Blake Cartwright

Fly Xie

Troy Zhou

Casey L Mccuan

A cooking appliance having a cabinet including an insert within the cabinet to define cooking chamber with an access opening and a door selectively closing/opening the access opening, the cooking appliance comprising at least one of a first cooling flow path through a back wall of the cabinet, over a top wall of the insert, and out a side wall of the cabinet, a second cooling flow path through a bottom wall of the cabinet, along the bottom wall of the cabinet, and out a side wall of the cabinet, and a third cooling flow path through a bottom wall of the cabinet, out a front wall of the cabinet, into the door, out of the door, into a front wall of the cabinet, and out of a side wall of the cabinet.

Automatic oven

A microwave oven includes a housing, a door, and a latch. The housing defines a first internal cavity configured to receive food. The door is rotatably secured to the housing, defines a second internal cavity, and has a handle. The door is configuring to pivot relative to the housing to transition the door between an open position and a closed position. The latch is disposed within the second internal cavity. The latch has a hook and a push button. The hook protrudes outward from second internal cavity and toward the housing. The hook is configured to engage and disengage the housing to lock and unlock the door to and from the housing, respectively. The push button is rigidly interconnected with the hook. The hook is configured to disengage the housing in response to depression of the push button.

Latch system for microwave oven door

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SHENZHEN, China

Dick Ge