Bsh Home Appliances Corporation

William Bringe

Samuel Harward

Michael Rutherford

John Freeman

John J Freeman

Rose Marie Parker

Charlie Hanna

Benjamin Warf

Rob Ladner

A combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit for a household cooking appliance or stand-alone cooking appliance is provided in which the combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit includes a cooking surface, a first heating unit for heating a first portion of the cooking surface, and a second heating unit for heating a second portion of the cooking surface, wherein the first heating unit and the second heating unit are selectively operable to uniformly heat an entire area of the cooking surface in a griddle mode of operation and to concentrate a greater amount of heat in a first area of the cooking surface than in a second area of the cooking surface in a teppanyaki mode of operation.

Combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit for a household cooking appliance

A household appliance includes a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber and a warming drawer module in the interior chamber. The warming drawer module includes a glass heating element forming a floor surface of the warming drawer module for receiving items to be warmed, a thermostat having a sensor measuring a temperature of the glass heating element, the thermostat being disposed under the glass heating element, and a thermally conductive layer disposed between an underside of the glass heating element and the sensor of the thermostat.

Household appliance having a warming drawer with a thermally conductive layer

A home appliance includes a housing having a cavity accessible by an opening formed in a sidewall of the housing, a door movable for accessing or closing the opening of the housing, and a deployable rating label plate having a label surface, the deployable rating label plate being movable between a first position in which the label surface of the rating label plate is hidden from view by the housing and a second position in which the label surface of the rating label is exposed and visible to a user.

Home appliance having a hideaway label plate

A household appliance includes a thermostat retainer for supporting a thermostat in an opening in a support plate. The thermostat retainer includes a first body portion having a first width dimension in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the first body portion, and a second body portion arranged in series with the first body portion in the axial direction of the thermostat retainer. The second body portion has a second width dimension in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction that is greater than the first width dimension. The first body portion and the second body portion cooperate to form a shoulder that prevents the second body portion from passing through the opening in the support plate. The first body portion or the second body portion includes means for preventing rotation of the thermostat retainer in the opening in the support plate.

Household appliance having a thermostat retainer for a thermostat of a warming drawer

A household appliance includes a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber, and a warming drawer module in the interior chamber. The module includes a support plate, a glass heating element forming a floor surface of the module for receiving items to be warmed, a gasket strip covering an upper perimeter surface of the glass heating element, a frame disposed over the gasket strip and the upper perimeter surface, and a first electrical connection disposed adjacent to an edge of the frame. The frame includes a drip guard projecting outward from the edge of the frame and overhanging the first electrical connection to guide a liquid from a surface of the frame or the glass heating element away from the first electrical connection such that the liquid does not come into contact with the first electrical connection.

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Powell, TN, United States of America

William Bringe