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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:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz Peschl, New Bern, NC (US);
Nils Platt, New Bern, NC (US);
Ray Callahan, New Bern, NC (US);
Bernd Hopfenmueller, New Bern, NC (US);
Assignee:
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/68 ; F24C 1/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/68 ; F24C 1/510 ;
Abstract
A cooktop having a flat glass ceramic plate and a plurality of rails independently attached to the bottom surface of the glass ceramic plate. The rails are configured to be received in a cutout in a countertop and are not connected to each other at the corners. The bottom of the cooktop is enclosed by a rough in-box consisting of a primary U-shaped cover and two independent end covers.