THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONNECTED OVEN

摘要

The connected oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a back, a door opposing the bottom, a top adjacent the back and door, a bottom opposing the top, and opposing sidewalls adjacent the remainder of the walls, a user interface unit configured to receive instructions from the user, a sensor, and a thermal management system for minimizing or preventing thermal damage to heat-sensitive components arranged on the oven.

主权项

1. A connected oven, comprising:
an oven body comprising:
an oven back;an oven bottom;an oven top opposing the oven bottom, the oven top comprising an interior top panel and an exterior top panel cooperatively defining a top fluid channel therebetween, wherein the interior top panel, the oven back, and the oven bottom cooperatively define a cooking cavity; an oven door mounted to the oven body, the oven door comprising an interior door panel and an exterior door panel cooperatively defining a door fluid channel therebetween, the interior door panel cooperatively defining the cooking cavity with the oven body, wherein the exterior door panel defines a user interface mounting region thermally connected to the door fluid channel; a user interface unit mounted to the user interface mounting region, the user interface unit comprising a touchscreen input device; and a camera assembly defining a field of view directed toward the oven bottom, the camera assembly mounted to the oven top and thermally connected to the top fluid channel.