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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Patrick J. Duffy, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Thomas Walker Faussett, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Paul Jordan Neuman, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Binesh R. Pillai, Navi Mumbai, IN;
Edward Benjamin Standen, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Nicholas Edward Righetti, Detroit, MI (US);
Sarah Katherine Small, St. Louis, MO (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a body and a cooktop disposed on the body. A plurality of gas burner assemblies is operably coupled to the cooktop. A first frame member is coupled to a first side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of a sump defined by the cooktop. A second frame member is coupled to a second side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop. A bracket is coupled to the first and second frame members. The bracket extends along a portion of a perimeter of the cooktop between the first and second frame members. The bracket defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop.