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Granted Patent B2
US 12,432,825 · App. 17/734,242 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Cooking apparatus

Inventors: Changhyun Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Woojoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Chulwoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Seokang Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yesil Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H05B6/6426F24C7/02F24C15/20H05B6/6414
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Patent No.
US 12,432,825
App. No.
17/734,242
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooking apparatus includes a main body including a cooking chamber, a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber of the main body, a wire inserted into the main body from an inside of the door, a service hole formed on an upper surface of the main body to allow access to the wire inserted into the inside of the main body, and a service panel removably mounted to the main body so as to open and close the service hole.

Claims (49)

1. A cooking apparatus comprising:

a main body comprising a cooking chamber;

an upper surface of the main body having a service hole formed thereon;

a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber of the main body;

a wire insertable into the main body from an inside of the door, the wire configured to electrically connect components of the cooking apparatus; and

a service panel mountable to and removable from the main body so as to allow the service hole to be opened and closed,

wherein while the wire is inserted into the main body, the wire is accessible through the service hole.

2. The cooking apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a wire cover to cover the wire exposed between the door and the main body.

3. The cooking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the door comprises a door opening formed on a rear surface of the door to allow the wire to pass therethrough,

wherein an end of the wire cover is coupled to the main body, and another end of the wire cover is inserted into or withdrawn from the inside of the door through the door opening based on the opening and closing of the door.

4. The cooking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the wire corresponds to a first wire,

wherein the main body accommodates a second wire connected to the first wire and configured to exchange a signal with the first wire.

5. The cooking apparatus of claim 4 , wherein

the door further comprises a manipulator configured to receive a user command,

wherein the an end of the first wire is connectable to the manipulator and another end of the first wire is connectable to the second wire.

6. The cooking apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

a control assembly arranged in front of the main body and adjacent to an electronic equipment chamber formed inside the main body,

wherein an end of the second wire is connectable to the first wire and another end of the second wire is connectable to the control assembly.

7. The cooking apparatus of claim 4 , wherein

the first wire and the second wire is separable from each other through the service hole.

8. The cooking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises:

a circulation air inlet formed on a lower surface of the main body to suction air; and

a filter configured to filter the air suctioned through the circulation air inlet,

wherein the service panel further comprises a circulation air outlet provided to discharge the air that passes through the filter.

9. The cooking apparatus of claim 8 , wherein

the main body further comprises an electronic equipment chamber and a cooling air inlet formed on the upper surface of the main body to suction air for cooling the electronic equipment chamber,

wherein the cooling air inlet is arranged in front of the circulation air outlet.

10. The cooking apparatus of claim 9 , wherein

the cooling air inlet corresponds to a first cooling air inlet, and

the cooking apparatus further comprises:

a second cooling air inlet formed on a front surface of the electronic equipment chamber to allow air, which is suctioned through the first cooling air inlet, to be introduced into the electronic equipment chamber;

a guide duct provided to allow the cooking chamber to communicate with the electronic equipment chamber so as to guide the air cooling the electronic equipment chamber to an inside of the cooking chamber; and

a cooling air outlet formed on the upper surface of the main body to communicate with the cooking chamber so as to discharge the air cooling the cooking chamber.

11. The cooking apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the wire cover comprises a curved shape so as not to interfere with the door.

12. The cooking apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:

a hinge device configured to rotatably couple the door to the main body,

wherein the hinge device comprises:

a hinge bracket provided on the main body to protrude toward the door; and

a hinge shaft arranged inside the door and provided to form a rotation center of the hinge bracket by being rotatably coupled to the hinge bracket.

13. The cooking apparatus of claim 12 , wherein

the door further comprises a door cap arranged adjacent to the hinge device to prevent separation of the hinge device, the door cap coupleable to and decouple from the rear surface of the door.

14. The cooking apparatus of claim 12 , wherein

the hinge bracket is couplable to an end of the wire cover inside the main body.

15. The cooking apparatus of claim 12 , wherein

the hinge shaft further comprises a body and an extension formed to extend radially outward from an outer surface of the body,

wherein the hinge bracket is rotatably coupled to the body of the hinge shaft and provided to support the extension.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2022
From: LEE, CHANGHYUN; KIM, WOOJOO; LEE, CHULWOO; KIM, SEOKANG; SEO, YESIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059778/0668 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0087390 · Jul 2, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0097944 · Jul 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022005386 · Apr 14, 2022
Related Publication 20230007741A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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