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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Massimiliano Frontini, Casciago, IT;
Marco Giuliani, Comerio, IT;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A microwave oven includes a muffle that includes a plurality of walls and defines an internal cavity for housing food, a radiofrequency supplying assembly that is configured to generate and propagate radiofrequency waves into the internal cavity via an access opening provided on one of the plurality of walls of the muffle, and a mounting flange arranged on an outer side of the muffle in correspondence to the access opening and configured to establish a coupling with the waveguide of the radiofrequency supplying assembly. The radiofrequency supplying assembly includes a radiofrequency generator, and a waveguide coupled to the radiofrequency generator and configured to guide the radiofrequency waves from the radiofrequency generator to the internal cavity.