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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:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore A. Becker, Cleveland, TN (US);
Mark A. Pickering, Cleveland, TN (US);
Assignee:
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ; H05B 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ; H05B 3/18 ;
Abstract
A cooking appliance including a cooktop incorporates a plurality of control element arrays for regulating spaced heating zones, a downdraft venting system that includes a grill provided on the cooktop, and a timing device. In accordance with the most preferred form of the invention, electronic control components are utilized and openings are formed in a ceramic-based face plate portion of the cooktop to accommodate mounting of the electronic control components generally flush with an exposed surface of the face plate portion.