Patent ID: 8258435

Claim:
A. cooking appliance comprising: a cabinet defining an oven cavity: a door attached to said cabinet for selectively exposing and sealing the oven cavity; a broil element mounted to the cabinet for heating the oven cavity; a bake element mounted to the cabinet for heating, the oven cavity; a convection heating system including: a convection cover including first and second vertically spaced apertures and first and second sets of spaced openings, said convection cover being mounted to the cabinet and defining a rear wall of the oven cavity; a back panel including a cut-out portion said back panel being mounted to the cabinet behind the convection cover; a first convection fan assembly positioned between the convection, cover and the back panel, and a first motor driven convection fan positioned at the first aperture; a second convection fan assembly positioned between the convection cover and the back panel, and a second motor driven convection fan positioned at the second aperture such that the first and second motor driven convection fans are vertically spaced in the oven cavity; a fan mounting panel, each of the first and second convection fans being directly mounted to the fan mounting panel, wherein said fan mounting panel is positioned between the convection cover and the back panel and projects into the cut-out portion; and at least one convection heater extending about at least, one of the first and second motor driven convection fans between the back panel and the convection cover;and a controller in communication with the user interface device for controlling the operation of the broil element, the bake element, the at least one convection heater, and the first and second convection fans.