Abstract: A refrigerator including a cabinet having a liner positioned within and defining an internal cavity. At least one air duct disposed between the cabinet and the liner, the air duct is secured to the liner along an exterior of the liner, and the air duct includes a flange protruding radially outward therefrom and proximate to an end of the air duct. The flange also includes at least one hook and at least one snap that extend axially from the flange in an arrangement around a periphery of the end of the air duct. The at least one hooks slidingly engage an orifice defined by the liner to secure the air duct to the liner. A first hook may be positioned adjacent a second hook at a predetermined distance apart from each other and the at least one snap may be extending axially from a second end of the flange.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet, a subcomponent, an anchor, and a fastener. The cabinet has a plurality of walls defining an internal storage chamber. The subcomponent is disposed within the internal storage chamber. The anchor is disposed on an opposing side of a first of the walls relative to the subcomponent. The anchor defines a plurality of orifices. The fastener engages the subcomponent, extends through the first of the walls, and engages one of the plurality of orifices to secure the subcomponent to the first of the walls.

Abstract: An anti-theft system for a wheel assembly may include a wheel body having a rim portion on which a tire is mountable and a rotational axis, a wheel hub operably coupled to a shaft or axle of the vehicle and to which the wheel body is mountable, and a lock assembly having a locked state in which the lock assembly engages both the wheel hub and the wheel body to prevent removal of the wheel body from the wheel hub, and having an unlocked state in which at least one of the wheel hub or the wheel body is not engaged by the lock assembly to enable removal of the wheel bod from the wheel hub. The lock assembly may be disposed between the wheel hub and the wheel body and blocked from view by the wheel body.

Abstract: A water valve system for a refrigerator appliance includes a bracket and a first set of one or more valves. The bracket is configured secure one or more valves to the refrigerator. The bracket has locating and fastening features configured to locate and secure the one or more valves on and to the bracket in a plurality of configurations. The first set of the one or more valves is arranged in a first of the plurality of configurations and engages at least a portion of the locating and fastening features to locate and secure the first set of the one or more valves on and to the bracket.

Abstract: Disclosed are Group 6 transition metal-containing thin film forming precursors to deposit Group 6 transition metal-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes.

Abstract: A water valve system for a refrigerator appliance includes a bracket and a first set of one or more valves. The bracket is configured secure one or more valves to the refrigerator. The bracket has locating and fastening features configured to locate and secure the one or more valves on and to the bracket in a plurality of configurations. The first set of the one or more valves is arranged in a first of the plurality of configurations and engages at least a portion of the locating and fastening features to locate and secure the first set of the one or more valves on and to the bracket.

Abstract: An appliance door closure assembly is provided and comprises an inner door selectively coupled with an outer door. An anchor is in connection with the inner door and defines a retention space. A latch assembly is in connection with the outer door. The latch assembly includes a first cam having a first contact surface and pivotally coupled to a base. A second cam has a second contact surface engaged with the first contact surface of the first cam. The latch assembly is movable between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A shelf assembly for a refrigerator includes a frame assembly having front and rear frame members with respective front and rear channels. A panel includes first and second ends, wherein the first end is fully received in the front channel, and further wherein the second end is partially received in the rear channel. A spacer assembly includes a spacer member and one or more clip members extending upwardly from a base portion. The clip members are clipped to mounting apertures disposed on the second portion of the rear frame member. The spacer member is received through a receiving aperture disposed through the rear frame member. The spacer member extends into the rear channel and engages the second end of the panel when the spacer assembly is clipped to the rear frame member to retain the panel in the channels of the front and rear frame members.

Abstract: Methods for producing halosilazane comprise halogenating a hydrosilazane with a halogenating agent to produce the halosilazane, the halosilazane having a formula (SiHa(NR2)bXc)(n+2)Nn(SiH(2?d)Xd)(n?1), wherein each a, b, c is independently 0 to 3; a+b+c=3; d is 0 to 2 and n?1; wherein X is selected from a halogen atom selected from F, Cl, Br or I; each R is selected from H, a C1-C6 linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group, or a silyl group [SiR?3]; further wherein each R? of the [SiR?3] is independently selected from H, a halogen atom selected from F, Cl, Br or I, a C1-C4 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group, a C1-C4 saturated or unsaturated alkoxy group, or an amino group [—NR1R2] with each R1 and R2 being further selected from H or a C1-C6 linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group, provided that when c=0, d?0; or d=0, c?0.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet, a subcomponent, an anchor, and a fastener. The cabinet has a plurality of walls defining an internal storage chamber. The subcomponent is disposed within the internal storage chamber. The anchor is disposed on an opposing side of a first of the walls relative to the subcomponent. The anchor defines a plurality of orifices. The fastener engages the subcomponent, extends through the first of the walls, and engages one of the plurality of orifices to secure the subcomponent to the first of the walls.

Abstract: Compounds and method of preparation of Si—X and Ge—X compounds (X?N, P, As and Sb) via dehydrogenative coupling between the corresponding unsubstituted silanes and amines (including ammonia) or phosphines catalyzed by metallic catalysts is described. This new approach is based on the catalytic dehydrogenative coupling of a Si—H and a X—H moiety to form a Si—X containing compound and hydrogen gas (X?N, P, As and Sb). The process can be catalyzed by transition metal heterogenous catalysts such as Ru(0) on carbon, Pd(0) on MgO) as well as transition metal organometallic complexes that act as homogeneous catalysts. The —Si—X products produced by dehydrogenative coupling are inherently halogen free. Said compounds can be useful for the deposition of thin films by chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition of Si-containing films.

Abstract: A shelf assembly for a refrigerator includes a frame assembly having front and rear frame members with respective front and rear channels. A panel includes first and second ends, wherein the first end is fully received in the front channel, and further wherein the second end is partially received in the rear channel. A spacer assembly includes a spacer member and one or more clip members extending upwardly from a base portion. The clip members are clipped to mounting apertures disposed on the second portion of the rear frame member. The spacer member is received through a receiving aperture disposed through the rear frame member. The spacer member extends into the rear channel and engages the second end of the panel when the spacer assembly is clipped to the rear frame member to retain the panel in the channels of the front and rear frame members.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes an icemaker that is selectively closeable by a door. An outer gasket is positioned about an edge of the door and a sealing gasket is positioned around a center portion of the door inside the outer gasket. A plurality of protrusions extend from a rim of the icemaker. A liner is aligned with and spaced apart from the rim. A first gasket and a second gasket are positioned between the rim and the liner.

Abstract: A Si-containing film forming composition comprising a catalyst and/or a polysilane and a N—H free, C-free, and Si-rich perhydropolysilazane having a molecular weight ranging from approximately 332 dalton to approximately 100,000 dalton and comprising N—H free repeating units having the formula [—N(SiH3)x(SiH2-)y], wherein x=0, 1, or 2 and y=0, 1, or 2 with x+y=2; and x=0, 1 or 2 and y=1, 2, or 3 with x+y=3. Also disclosed are synthesis methods and applications for using the same.

Abstract: A refrigerator door assembly includes a refrigerator door that has a recess and an alignment mechanism that includes a door hinge. A plate is fixedly attached to the door hinge and positioned at least partially within the recess of the refrigerator door. The plate includes an orienting member configured to extend along an axis of rotation of the door hinge and away from a body of the plate. The refrigerator door is movably positionable between at least a first position and a second position relative to the plate to permit adjustment of a location of the refrigerator door relative to the door hinge. The recess includes a track that slides against the plate in a linear path between the first and second positions of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for forming a Silicon Metal Oxide film using a mono-substituted TSA precursor. The precursors have the formula: (SiH3)2N—SiH2-X, wherein X is selected from a halogen atom; an isocyanato group; an amino group; an N-containing C4-C10 saturated or unsaturated heterocycle; or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: Si-containing film forming compositions are disclosed comprising a precursor having the formula [—NR—R4R5Si—(CH2)t—SiR2R3—]n wherein n=2 to 400; R, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently H, a hydrocarbon group, or an alkylamino group, and provided that at least one of R2, R3, R4, and R5 is H; and R is independently H, a hydrocarbon group, or a silyl group. Exemplary pre-cursors include, but are not limited to, [—NH—SiH2—CH2—SiH2—]n, and [—N(SiH2—CH2—SiH3)—SiH2—CH2—SiH2—]n.

Abstract: An aircraft interface device comprising two or more data interface devices, an external data transceiver, a power module, a domain switch, and a controller is disclosed. The two or more data interface devices communicate data, the external data transceiver communicate to an external communication device, and the power module provides power to the two or more data interface devices and the external data transceiver. The two or more data interface devices comprise a first data interface device that communicates with avionics equipment when the first data interface device is powered and a second data interface device that communicates with non-avionics equipment when the second data interface device is powered. The domain switch selectively provides power from the power module to at least one of the two or more data interface devices. The controller provides a data communication path between the selectively powered data interface device and the external data transceiver for the external communication device.

Abstract: An appliance door closure assembly is provided and comprises an inner door selectively coupled with an outer door. An anchor is in connection with the inner door and defines a retention space. A latch assembly is in connection with the outer door. The latch assembly includes a first cam having a first contact surface and pivotally coupled to a base. A second cam has a second contact surface engaged with the first contact surface of the first cam. The latch assembly is movable between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: An appliance door closure assembly is provided and comprises an inner door selectively coupled with an outer door. An anchor is in connection with the inner door and defines a retention space. A latch assembly is in connection with the outer door. The latch assembly includes a first cam having a first contact surface and pivotally coupled to a base. A second cam has a second contact surface engaged with the first contact surface of the first cam. The latch assembly is movable between a first position and a second position.