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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Hanks Hu, Shenzhen, CN;
Ping Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
Ryan Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Shirley Mao, Shenzhen, CN;
Tingting Yu, Shenzhen, CN;
Muhammad Khizar, St. Joseph, MI (US);
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A microwave oven includes a housing defining an interior cavity, a magnetron positioned within the housing and outside of the interior cavity and a micro-wave antenna in electrical communication with the magnetron and positioned adjacent a lower surface of the interior cavity. The microwave oven further includes a heating plate that includes a glass-ceramic substrate defining at least a portion of the lower surface of the interior cavity. The heating plate further includes a resistive-heating coating applied on a portion of the glass-ceramic substrate and defining at least one open micro-wave transmissive path from the micro-wave antenna to the interior cavity.