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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Alexander Auer, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Satish Janardhan Kathar, Aurangabad, IN;
Akhil Haribhau Wankhede, Chandrapur, IN;
Ajit Janardan Manohar, Maharashtra, IN;
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A gasket for a cooking appliance is positioned between a rear upswept section of the appliance and the cooktop surface. The gasket has a rigid section that is received in a gasket groove in the upswept section of the appliance and a flexible section that contacts the top surface of the cooktop surface. The gasket has a compressible gap that allows the gasket to seal to different length gaps between the cooktop surface and the gasket groove.
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