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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Murgyappa Mahadev Athani, Jat Sangli, IN;
Omkar Bharat Jadhav, Pune, IN;
Wojciech Adam Pawlowski, Wroclaw, PL;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A lighting system is provided for illuminating a cooking cavity in a cooking appliance. The lighting system includes a light guide rod configured to guide an illumination and a reflective element optically coupled to the light guide rod for reflecting the illumination from the light guide rod toward the cooking cavity. A guide for insertion of the light guide rod extends longitudinally between an insertion end and a reflective element connection end coupled to the reflective element. The guide defines an inner surface that is tapered, becoming narrower from the insertion end towards the reflective element connection end, for guiding the light guide rod during optical coupling with the reflective element.