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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Eric Scott Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
Hans Juergen Paller, Louisville, KY (US);
Rebekah Leigh Tyler, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An oven appliance includes a chamber, a fan assembly operable to cause air to flow in the chamber, and a first heating element adjacent to a bottom wall of the oven appliance. The oven appliance further includes a removable heating element cover configured for defining a duct in fluid communication with the fan assembly and the first heating element for directing airflow in the chamber to the fan assembly and across the first heating element to heat a food item. The oven appliance also includes a sensing device for detecting a presence of the heating element cover and a controller having a processor configured to receive an indication from the sensing device confirming whether the heating element cover is engaged with the sensing device and control operation of the oven appliance based on the indication.