Abstract: An appliance door includes an inner door panel with a plurality of emboss locators and an outer door panel with a plurality of emboss locators. The outer door panel mounts to the inner door panel, and a plurality of handle brackets mount to the outer door panel. Additionally, each of the plurality of emboss locators of the inner door panel is engaged with a respective one of the plurality of emboss locators of the outer door panel.

Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. The oven appliance further includes a door handle including two ends, each end of the door handle including two locator pin. The door handle attaches to a door trim, wherein the outer locator pin on one end of the door handle sets the horizontal and vertical alignment of the door trim and the outer locator pin on the opposite end of the door handle sets the angular alignment of the door trim. The door handle also attaches to a first handle bracket and a second handle bracket. The outer and inner locating pins on one end of the door handle set the vertical and horizontal alignment and the angular alignment of the first handle bracket, respectively. The outer and inner locating pins on the opposite end of the door handle set the vertical and horizontal alignment and the angular alignment of the second handle bracket, respectively.

Abstract: An appliance includes a frame defining an interior within the frame, a user interface, and a door providing selective access to the interior. The door includes a hinge, and a hinge receiver coupled to the frame of the appliance. The hinge receiver includes a first fastener hole disposed on an outward face of the hinge receiver, and a first fastener extending through the first fastener hole into the frame. The hinge receiver also includes a locating hole positioned on the outward face of the hinge receiver, a locating projection extending from the frame into the locating hole, and a second fastener hole disposed on an outward face of the hinge receiver with a second fastener extending through the second fastener hole into the frame.

Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a restrictor plate. The cabinet may include a top panel and a bottom panel. The cabinet may define an internal chamber between the top panel and the bottom panel. The door may be mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the internal chamber in a closed position. The door may extend along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip. The handle may be provided on the door proximal to the top lip. The handle may define an upper surface directed away from the bottom lip, the upper surface being a complementary match to the underside surface of the top panel.

Abstract: A door assembly for an appliance includes an outer panel, at least one inner panel arranged adjacent to the outer panel, and a hinge assembly for rotatably securing the door assembly to the appliance. The inner panel(s) includes a first set of apertures. The first set of apertures includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The hinge assembly is secured between the outer and inner panels. The hinge assembly includes a hinge body and a hinge extending from the hinge body. The hinge body defines at least one locating feature and at least one retaining feature formed integrally therewith. The locating feature(s) is received within the first aperture so as to position the inner panel in a desired configuration. The retaining feature(s) is received within the second aperture so as to retain the inner panel in the desired configuration. Further, the door assembly includes one or more fasteners securing the outer panel, the inner panel, and the hinge body together.

Abstract: A door assembly for a domestic appliance includes a support frame including at least one trim piece directed away from the receiving space along the transverse direction; a front glass panel selectively mounted to the support frame between the at least one trim piece and the receiving space, the front glass panel comprising a top edge; and a handle assembly attached to the at least one trim piece opposite the front glass panel. The handle assembly includes a pair of tabs protruding through the at least one trim piece toward the receiving space along the transverse direction. The pair of tabs engage the top edge of the front glass panel along the vertical direction.

Abstract: Ice making appliances and methods for making ice using a machine-readable ice cube mold are provided herein. The ice making appliances and methods of making ice may include obtaining ice mold identifier data from the ice mold. Ice mold identifier may be used to acquire operating parameters of the ice making appliance specific to that ice mold from an external communication network. The operating parameters may be used to adjust operation of the appliance, such as the volume of water to dispense for that particular mold.

Abstract: An appliance door includes an inner door panel with a plurality of emboss locators and an outer door panel with a plurality of emboss locators. The outer door panel mounts to the inner door panel, and a plurality of handle brackets mount to the outer door panel. Additionally, each of the plurality of emboss locators of the inner door panel is engaged with a respective one of the plurality of emboss locators of the outer door panel.

Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The oven appliance includes a door that rotates between an open and closed position. The oven appliance further includes a door handle including two ends, each end of the door handle including two locator pin. The door handle attaches to a door trim, wherein the outer locator pin on one end of the door handle sets the horizontal and vertical alignment of the door trim and the outer locator pin on the opposite end of the door handle sets the angular alignment of the door trim. The door handle also attaches to a first handle bracket and a second handle bracket. The outer and inner locating pins on one end of the door handle set the vertical and horizontal alignment and the angular alignment of the first handle bracket, respectively. The outer and inner locating pins on the opposite end of the door handle set the vertical and horizontal alignment and the angular alignment of the second handle bracket, respectively.

Abstract: An oven appliance or door assembly may include an inner liner and a rigid exterior panel. The inner liner may be received within a front opening of a cooking chamber of the oven appliance. The rigid exterior panel may extend along a vertical direction between a top lip and a bottom lip. The bottom lip may include a base rim and a blocking panel. The base rim may extend along a lateral direction and a transverse direction beneath the rigid exterior panel. The blocking panel may extend downward from the base rim to restrict access to a portion of the cooking appliance below the cooking chamber.

Abstract: An appliance may include a cabinet defining an opening, a door attached to the cabinet that allows selective access to the opening, a handle attached to the door, and a handle endcap that may removably connect the handle to the door. The handle endcap may include a slide lock receiver frame and a slide lock base removably attached to the slide lock receiver frame. The slide lock receiver frame may include a locking tab wall and an outer case. The slide lock base may include a base body, a resilient locking tab and a tab protrusion. The resilient locking tab may be joined to the base body to selectively deflect in an inward direction, the tab protrusion extending in an outward direction to motivate the resilient locking tab inward in response to slidable movement of the tab protrusion along the locking tab wall.

Abstract: Ice making appliances and methods for making ice using a machine-readable ice cube mold are provided herein. The ice making appliances and methods of making ice may include obtaining ice mold identifier data from the ice mold. Ice mold identifier may be used to acquire operating parameters of the ice making appliance specific to that ice mold from an external communication network. The operating parameters may be used to adjust operation of the appliance, such as the volume of water to dispense for that particular mold.

Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a restrictor plate. The cabinet may include a top panel and a bottom panel. The cabinet may define an internal chamber between the top panel and the bottom panel. The door may be mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the internal chamber in a closed position. The door may extend along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip. The handle may be provided on the door proximal to the top lip. The handle may define an upper surface directed away from the bottom lip, the upper surface being a complementary match to the underside surface of the top panel.

Abstract: A panel assembly including a main panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first tab, a second tab, and an extension. The first tab defines a planar notch into which the extension is positioned to restrict movement of the first side panel and the second side panel.

Abstract: A door assembly for an appliance includes an outer panel, at least one inner panel arranged adjacent to the outer panel, and a hinge assembly for rotatably securing the door assembly to the appliance. The inner panel(s) includes a first set of apertures. The first set of apertures includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The hinge assembly is secured between the outer and inner panels. The hinge assembly includes a hinge body and a hinge extending from the hinge body. The hinge body defines at least one locating feature and at least one retaining feature formed integrally therewith. The locating feature(s) is received within the first aperture so as to position the inner panel in a desired configuration. The retaining feature(s) is received within the second aperture so as to retain the inner panel in the desired configuration. Further, the door assembly includes one or more fasteners securing the outer panel, the inner panel, and the hinge body together.

Abstract: A panel assembly including a main panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first tab, a second tab, and an extension. The first tab defines a planar notch into which the extension is positioned to restrict movement of the first side panel and the second side panel.

Abstract: A door assembly for providing selective access to a chamber of an appliance includes adjustable balancing masses mounted to the door assembly to enable adjustment of the door assembly's center of gravity. Specifically, the door assembly includes one or more spring hinges attaching the door assembly to the appliance cabinet. Balancing mass are positioned on a mounting apparatus attached to the frame of the door assembly. To achieve an appropriate balance between the gravitational moment of the door assembly and the torsional stiffness of the spring hinges, the balancing masses may be adjusted on the mounting apparatus, thereby altering the center of gravity and gravitational moment generated by the door assembly to a predetermined amount appropriate for a given torsional stiffness of the spring hinge.

Abstract: A door assembly for providing selective access to a chamber of an appliance includes a plurality of frame members that are joined quickly and easily using a plurality of interlocking joints. Specifically, a first frame member defines an alignment recess that is defined at least in part by a front locating surface and is configured for receiving a locking protrusion defined on a second frame member. A mechanical fastener urges the second frame member toward the first frame member such that a front seating face of the locking protrusion engages the front locating surface, thereby aligning a front and/or side of the second frame member such that it is flush with the first frame member.

Abstract: A door assembly for providing selective access to a chamber of an appliance includes a plurality of frame members that are joined quickly and easily using a plurality of interlocking joints. Specifically, a first frame member defines an alignment recess that is defined at least in part by a front locating surface and is configured for receiving a locking protrusion defined on a second frame member. A mechanical fastener urges the second frame member toward the first frame member such that a front seating face of the locking protrusion engages the front locating surface, thereby aligning a front and/or side of the second frame member such that it is flush with the first frame member.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance, including methods for operation, is provided herein. The washing machine appliance may have a tub and a basket rotatably mounted to a motor and within the tub. The basket may define a chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The method may include spinning the basket; calculating a torque value; accelerating the basket to an elevated rotational speed; determining an acceleration rate; determining a mass moment of inertia; and adjusting acceleration of the basket.