Oven Door Wire Routing Structure for Hidden, Damage-Free Cable Drawout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking apparatuses face challenges in safely drawing out wires connected to substrates built in doors without interfering with other components, especially when the door is openably attached to the cooking cavity.
Innovation Solution
The cooking apparatus incorporates a wire drawing structure that guides the wire through a dedicated opening and drawing guide, allowing it to be extracted safely without damaging the components, while maintaining an aesthetic design by hiding the wire from view when the door is opened or closed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the control panel is built in the door, then the aesthetic appeal and ease of operation are improved, but the wire connected to the control panel may interfere with other components and damage them
Solution Approach 1:
A wire drawing guide structure is introduced as an intermediary component between the control panel wire and the door opening. This guide structure includes a guide body with a guide hole that directs the wire along a predetermined path, preventing the wire from contacting and damaging other components while maintaining the control panel's integrated design in the door
Solution Approach 2:
The wire drawing guide structure is pre-installed in the door body before the control panel is mounted. The guide structure creates a predetermined wire routing path in advance, ensuring that when the control panel wire is connected, it automatically follows the safe path without requiring complex post-installation wiring adjustments
2Ease of manufacture
If the wire is drawn out through the door opening, then the control panel can be connected, but the wire may be seen when the door is opened or closed, affecting aesthetic design
Solution Approach 1:
The wire drawing guide structure extends the wire routing from a simple linear path through the door opening into a three-dimensional curved path within the door body. The guide body creates a spatial route that directs the wire away from the door's external surface, hiding it from view when the door is opened or closed while still allowing electrical connection
3Ease of manufacture
If the wire routing path is not predetermined, then installation is simpler, but the wire may interfere with other components and cause damage
Solution Approach 1:
The wire drawing guide structure serves as a mediating component that establishes a predetermined safe path for the control panel wire. The guide body with its guide hole creates a physical channel that separates the wire from other components, eliminating interference risks while maintaining installation simplicity through the pre-formed routing path
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AI summary
In order to provide a cooking apparatus capable of drawing out a wire connected to a substrate built in a door without interfering with other components even though the door having the built-in substrate is openably attached to a cooking cavity, the present invention discloses a cooking apparatus, comprising: a cooking cavity; a door hinged onto a lower portion of the cooking cavity for opening/closing the cooking cavity; a control panel built in the door for interworking with a user input; and an opening formed at a lower portion of the door, through which a wire connected to the control panel is drawn.