Whirlpool Corporation

Ravindra Balkrishna Salunkhe

Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy

Ethan Harbrecht

Tushar Sopan Jadhav

Vishal Shankar Marathe

Ankur Garg

Harichandra Prabhakar Lambate

Suraj Narendra Kadam

Prem Dhanasekaran

Swapnil Anant Wadkar

Mohasin Nasir Mulla

Sujay Sampat Shelke

Vishal Shrimandhar Masutage

Dennis Asa Robinson, Ii

Edward J Miller

Ragini Dilip Patil

An appliance includes an outer cabinet having a front aperture for accessing a processing space. A door selectively engages the front aperture in a closed position to enclose the processing space. A hinge includes a cabinet mount attached to the outer cabinet and having a stop that defines an open position of the door. A hinge pin extends through the cabinet mount to define a rotational axis of the hinge. A sheet metal flange is press fit onto the hinge pin and is fixedly attached to the door. The sheet metal flange is wrapped around the hinge pin and is attached to the door via fasteners. The pin includes a protrusion that selectively engages the stop of the cabinet mount in the open position.

Door hinge for a laundry appliance having a sheet metal hinge and an integrated rotation limiting device

A laundry appliance includes a valve assembly that includes a body and a conduit that is attached to the body. A first valve is attached to a first end of the conduit. A second valve is attached to a second end of the conduit. A valve support plate has a first aperture that receives a first fitting of the first valve, and a second aperture that receives a second fitting of the second valve. The valve support plate includes a securing interface that secures the first fitting of the first valve with the second fitting of the second valve and prevents independent rotational deflection of the first fitting and the second fitting.

Valve support bracket for torsional support of fluid valves during installation of a rotational fitting

An oven includes a cooking chamber, a cabinet at least partially surrounding the cooking chamber, and a water reservoir having a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet. The oven further includes a water fill assembly including an opening, a water-receiving cavity and a fill outlet from the water-receiving cavity, the water fill assembly defining a fluid flow path in from the opening and out through the fill outlet, a check valve in fluid communication with the fill outlet downstream of the fluid flow path defined by the water fill assembly, the check valve configured in a closed state under a force of gravity on at least a portion thereof and opening by a flow force of fluid out of the fill outlet and through the check valve, and a conduit connecting the check valve with the water reservoir inlet downstream of the fill outlet.

Steam oven with check valve at water inlet for steam backflow prevention

A hinge assembly for an appliance includes a base plate, a hinge plate, a shaft, a stop block, and a stop. The base plate has a first pair of spaced-apart eyelets. The hinge plate has a second pair of spaced-apart eyelets and a central eyelet disposed between the eyelets of the second pair of eyelets. The shaft extends through each eyelet of the first pair of spaced-apart eyelets, second pair of spaced-apart eyelets, and central eyelet. The hinge plate is configured to pivot relative to the base plate via the shaft. The stop block protrudes from a first eyelet of the first pair of spaced-apart eyelets. The stop extends from the central eyelet and is configured to engage the stop block to limit radial movement of the hinge plate relative to the base plate.

Hinge assembly for washing or laundry machine

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Maharashtra, India

Ravindra Balkrishna Salunkhe