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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2024
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Kalie N. Collins, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Paul J. Neuman, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Binesh R. Pillai, Navi Mumbai, IN;
Akhil Haribhau Wankhede, Pune, IN;
Jyoti Ashok Falke, Pune, IN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cooktop, a grate including a shaft, and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly defines an opening having a rotation section and a lock section that receives the shaft. The shaft is moveable with respect to the rotation section between a cooking position where the grate is substantially parallel with the cooktop and a cleaning position where the shaft is received in the lock section and the grate is held at an angle from the cooktop. The angle is non-parallel to the cooktop.
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