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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Alexander L. Clayton, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Vince Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiangxu Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Ken Lei, Shenzhen, CN;
Hanks Hu, Shenzhen, CN;
Juan Chen, Norrkoping, SE;
Tracy Yu, Shenzhen, CN;
Jack Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Roy Qiu, Shenzhen, CN;
Seth Herndon, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Donald John Gilmore, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Cristiano Vito Pastore, Comerio, IT;
Dick Ge, Shenzhen, CN;
Pallavi Manjrekar, Stevensville, MI (US);
Bruce M. Wiatrak, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Andrea Ferrise, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Blake Cartwright, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Richard J. Hughes, Coloma, MI (US);
Joel Fletty, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Joshua G. Abdoo, Stevensville, MI (US);
Collin A. Stipe, West Unity, OH (US);
Nicholas Brenn, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Casey L. Mccuan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Christopher L. Carpenter, Pearisburg, VA (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A cooking appliance having a cabinet including an insert within the cabinet to define cooking chamber with an access opening and a door selectively closing/opening the access opening, the cooking appliance comprising at least one of a first cooling flow path through a back wall of the cabinet, over a top wall of the insert, and out a side wall of the cabinet, a second cooling flow path through a bottom wall of the cabinet, along the bottom wall of the cabinet, and out a side wall of the cabinet, and a third cooling flow path through a bottom wall of the cabinet, out a front wall of the cabinet, into the door, out of the door, into a front wall of the cabinet, and out of a side wall of the cabinet.