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Granted Patent B2
US 12,655,990 · App. 18/386,010 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Cooking equipment

Inventors: Changhyun Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yesil Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
F24C15/08F24C15/006F24C15/20
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Patent No.
US 12,655,990
App. No.
18/386,010
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooking equipment including a main body, and a controller mounted to the front of the main body. The controller includes a case, a bracket panel inside the case and accommodating a circuit board, and a guide panel detachably coupled, inside the case, to the bracket panel and the front surface of the main body. The guide panel includes a guide rib to guide a tool to enter the case to couple the guide panel to the bracket panel and the front surface of the main body or to detach the guide panel from the bracket panel and the front surface of the main body.

Claims (42)

1 . A cooking equipment, comprising:

a main body; and

a controller mounted on a front of the main body,

wherein the controller includes:

a case,

a bracket panel inside the case and accommodating a circuit board, and

a guide panel detachably coupled to the bracket panel and a front surface of the main body inside the case,

wherein the guide panel includes a guide rib configured to guide a tool to enter the case to couple the guide panel to the bracket panel and the front surface of the main body or to detach the guide panel from the bracket panel and the front surface of the main body.

2 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein the guide rib has a shape inclined downward toward a rear of the cooking equipment.

3 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein the guide rib is configured to support an outer circumferential surface of the tool.

4 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein

the case includes an opening on an upper surface of the case, and

the guide panel is configured so that, when the tool enters the case, the tool enters the guide panel through the opening of the case, and is in first contact with the guide rib and not the case.

5 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein

the main body includes a first hole on the front surface,

the bracket panel includes a second hole corresponding to the first hole,

the guide panel includes a third hole corresponding to the second hole, and

the first hole, the second hole, and the third hole are configured to be screwed together.

6 . The cooking equipment of claim 5 , wherein an uppermost end of the guide rib is located above a center of the third hole of the guide panel.

7 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein

the guide panel further includes a body seated on an upper surface of the guide panel, and

the guide rib extends upward from the body.

8 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein

the controller further includes an intake grille configured to cover an upper portion of the case and including a cooling air inlet communicating with an outside of the cooking equipment, and

the guide panel is between a lower side of the intake grille and an upper side of the bracket panel.

9 . The cooking equipment of claim 8 , wherein

the main body includes a cooking chamber and an electronic equipment chamber partitioned from the cooking chamber, and

a rear of the controller is adjacent to the electronic equipment chamber.

10 . The cooking equipment of claim 9 , wherein

the cooling air inlet is a first cooling air inlet,

the main body further includes a second cooling air inlet on the front surface of the main body and configured to communicate with the first cooling air inlet, to allow air introduced through the first cooling air inlet of the intake grille to be introduced to the electronic equipment chamber.

11 . The cooking equipment of claim 10 , wherein the intake grille is configured to cover the guide panel and the second cooling air inlet of the main body.

12 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein the guide rib includes:

a first rib, and

a second rib behind the first rib and having a height lower than the first rib.

13 . The cooking equipment of claim 1 , wherein the guide panel is configured to couple the case and the bracket panel.

14 . The cooking equipment of claim 13 , wherein

the bracket panel includes a first hole,

the guide panel includes a second hole corresponding to the first hole,

the case includes a third hole corresponding to the second hole, and

the first hole, the second hole, and the third hole are configured to be screwed together.

15 . The cooking equipment of claim 7 , wherein the body of the guide panel is spaced apart from a rear surface of the case and has a shape inclined downward toward a front of the cooking equipment, to guide moisture introduced into the controller between the guide panel and the case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2023
From: LEE, CHANGHYUN; SEO, YESIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0071258 · Jun 2, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0097942 · Jul 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022006760 · May 11, 2022
Related Publication 20240060652A1 · Feb 22, 2024
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