Patent ID: 9080775
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: F23N,F24C,H01C

Abstract:
1. A potentiometer for a household cooking appliance, the household cooking appliance including a gas valve having a valve stem, the potentiometer comprising: a circuit board having a contact; a wiper rotor that is rotatable with respect to the circuit board and having an opening at an axis of rotation of the wiper rotor, the opening of the wiper rotor for engaging the valve stem of the gas valve, the wiper rotor including a wiper electrically contacting the contact of the circuit board; a housing coupled to the circuit board and enclosing the wiper rotor between the housing and the circuit board; and a first interior edge and a second interior edge formed in each of the circuit board, the wiper rotor, and the housing and defining a channel extending from an outer edge of the potentiometer to the opening of the wiper rotor to permit the valve stem of the gas valve to pass through the channel from the outer edge of the potentiometer to the opening of the wiper rotor.