IP Library Granted Patent US 7,586,069
Granted Patent B2
US 7,586,069 · App. 10/800,062 · Granted Sep 8, 2009

Inner box for cooker and method of integrating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,586,069
App. No.
10/800,062
Granted
Sep 8, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inner box for a cooker is provided including a front plate having an opening portion and an inner box main body bonded to a peripheral edge of the opening portion comprising a first fold-to-bend portion constituted by folding to bend an end portion thereof to invert to be brought into close contact therewith and a second fold-to-bend portion constituted by inverting a portion on a side of the end portion of the first fold-to-bend portion with a predetermined clearance therebetween and a flange portion inserted into the clearance between the first fold-to-bend portion and the second fold-to-bend portion, and wherein the bonding portions of the front plate and the inner box main body are constituted by a structure of inserting the flange portion into the clearance to be calked to bond therewith.

Claims (19)

1. An inner box for a cooker, comprising:

a front plate having an opening portion; and

an inner main body bonded to a peripheral edge of the opening portion for cooking at inside of the inner main body;

wherein at least either one of bonding portions of the front plate and the inner main body includes a first fold-to-bend portion constituted by folding to bend an end portion thereof to invert to be brought into close contact therewith, and

a second fold-to-bend portion constituted by inverting a portion on a side of an end portion of the first fold-to-bend portion with a predetermined clearance therebetween, and

wherein other of the bonding portions of the front plate and the inner main body includes a flange portion inserted into the clearance between the first fold-to-bend portion and the second fold-to-bend portion, and calked to bond,

wherein the second fold-to-bend portion has a locking hole and the flange portion has a locking projection that extends through the locking hole,

wherein insulating films are formed on a surface of the front plate on a side opposed to a side of being connected with the inner main body and an outer side surface of the inner main body, and

wherein an inner peripheral portion of the locking hole is not formed with the insulating film and constitute a conducted face, and a surface of the main body portion of the locking projection is a metal face having conductivity, and wherein the locking projection is formed on the surface on which the insulating films are not formed, and therefore a front plate and a face plate of the inner box main body are electrically connected.

2. An inner box for a cooker, comprising:

a front plate having an opening portion; and

an inner main body bonded to a peripheral edge of the opening portion for cooking at inside of the inner main body;

wherein at least either one of bonding portions of the front plate and the inner main body includes a first fold-to-bend portion constituted by folding to bend an end portion thereof to invert to be brought into close contact therewith, and

a second fold-to-bend portion constituted by inverting a portion on a side of an end portion of the first fold-to-bend portion with a predetermined clearance therebetween, and

wherein other of the bonding portions of the front plate and the inner main body includes a flange portion inserted into the clearance between the first fold-to-bend portion and the second fold-to-bend portion, and calked to bond,

wherein the second fold-to-bend portion has a locking hole and the flange portion has a locking projection that extends through the locking hole,

wherein the locking projection is a projection formed by punching machining,

wherein insulating films are formed on a surface of the front plate on a side opposed to a side of being connected with the inner main body and an outer side surface of the inner main body, and

wherein an inner peripheral portion of the locking hole is not formed with the insulating film and constitute a conducted face, and a surface of the main body portion of the locking projection is a metal face having conductivity, and wherein the locking projection is formed on the surface on which the insulating films are not formed, and therefore a front plate and a face plate of the inner box main body are electrically connected.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0653 →
CORRECTED COVER SHEET TO CORRECT ASSIGNOR'S NAME, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 015578/0237 (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Feb 14, 2005
From: INOUE, TAKAHIRO; ISHIDA, KIYOTO; IDOMOTO, SUSUMU
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016296/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2004
From: INOUE, TAKAHIRO; ISHIDA, KIYOTO
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015578/0237 →