Abstract: The cooling apparatus includes: a thermal insulation box; a door; and a magnetic gasket, the magnetic gasket having: a magnet; a magnet retaining part; and a heat insulation sheet being provided between the magnet and the magnet retaining part and being provided, in a closed state in which the opening is closed by the door, on a side portion on a side of the door on a peripheral surface of the magnet and on a side portion facing an inner side in a width direction in the closed state on the peripheral surface of the magnet.

Abstract: A heat-insulation box, includes: a heat-insulation-box main body that has a space; a door that seals the space; and a partition plate that partitions the space, wherein the partition plate includes (i) a design plate that is placed at a side of the door, (ii) a first plate part and a second plate part that are each provided at both edges of the design plate, (iii) a heat-insulation material that is located in a region surrounded by the design plate, the first plate part, and the second plate part, and (iv) a heat-insulation member that is placed in at least one of a gap between the design plate and the first plate part, and a gap between the design plate and the second plate part.

Abstract: An offset fin for use in a heat exchanger includes a first corrugation structure and a second corrugation structure. The first corrugation structure includes a plurality of first fins aligned in a first direction. The second corrugation structure includes a plurality of second fins aligned in the first direction. The second corrugation structure is disposed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, with respect to the first corrugation structure. The first fins and the second fins protrude alternately in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction, and each have a protruding shape cross-section. In the first direction, the second fins are disposed offset from the first fins. Each of the first fins includes a first side wall inclined with respect to the second direction, and each of the second fins includes a second side wall inclined with respect to the second direction, at a side opposite to a side at which the first side wall is inclined.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with first gasket and second gasket. First gasket is provided on door, and when door is closed, first gasket makes contact with refrigerator main body and closes the storage compartment. Second gasket is provided with heat insulator, and is provided on refrigerator main body on the storage compartment side relative to the location where first gasket adheres. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve refrigerator that can suppress reduction in cooling efficiency due to second gasket heated by heat dissipation pipe.

Abstract: Provided are a magnet gasket and a cooling apparatus which enhance thermal insulation performance. The cooling apparatus includes: a thermal insulation box that has an opening end surface enclosing the opening and facing frontward; a door capable of opening and closing the opening; and a magnetic gasket attached to an inside peripheral portion of the door facing the opening end surface while the opening is closed, the magnetic gasket having: a magnet; a magnet retaining part; and a heat insulation sheet being provided between the magnet and the magnet retaining part and being provided, in a closed state in which the opening is closed by the door, on a side portion on a side of the door on a peripheral surface of the magnet and on a side portion facing an inner side in a width direction in the closed state on the peripheral surface of the magnet.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a refrigerator that suppresses heat intrusion from a heat radiation pipe for suppressing dew condensation with respect to a partition plate of a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a partition plate that partitions a room into a plurality of rooms and a door that seals the plurality of rooms. The partition plate includes an upper plate that positions on upper side, a lower plate that positions on lower side, a design plate that positions between the upper plate and the lower plate, and a heat insulating material fixed between the design plate and the upper plate or the lower plate in a compressed state in which a compressed portion has a thickness smaller than a thickness of other portions.

Abstract: A vacuum heat-insulation material includes: at least one first fiber member; at least one second member that is placed around an outer peripheral part of the at least one first fiber member and that is thinner than an inner part; and at least one shell material that surrounds the at least one first fiber member and the at least one second fiber member.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a refrigerator that suppresses heat intrusion from a heat radiation pipe for suppressing dew condensation with respect to a partition plate of a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a partition plate that partitions a room into a plurality of rooms and a door that seals the plurality of rooms. The partition plate includes an upper plate that positions on upper side, a lower plate that positions on lower side, a design plate that positions between the upper plate and the lower plate, and a heat insulating material fixed between the design plate and the upper plate or the lower plate in a compressed state in which a compressed portion has a thickness smaller than a thickness of other portions.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with first gasket and second gasket. First gasket is provided on door, and when door is closed, first gasket makes contact with refrigerator main body and closes the storage compartment. Second gasket is provided with heat insulator, and is provided on refrigerator main body on the storage compartment side relative to the location where first gasket adheres. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve refrigerator that can suppress reduction in cooling efficiency due to second gasket heated by heat dissipation pipe.

Abstract: Turnable partition member and refrigerator according to the present disclosure include housing, heat insulator provided in housing, and releasing sheet provided between housing and heat insulator. With releasing sheet provided between housing and heat insulator, housing is not pulled by heat insulator at the time of curing and shrinking heat insulator, and the warp of the entirety of turnable partition member can be suppressed without using thick reinforcement plate. The present disclosure thus provides turnable partition member that can suppress the warp without reducing the heat insulating property.

Abstract: A vacuum heat-insulation material includes: at least one first fiber member; at least one second member that is placed around an outer peripheral part of the at least one first fiber member and that is thinner than an inner part; and at least one shell material that surrounds the at least one first fiber member and the at least one second fiber member.

Abstract: A heat-insulation box, includes: a heat-insulation-box main body that has a space; a door that seals the space; and a partition plate that partitions the space, wherein the partition plate includes (i) a design plate that is placed at a side of the door, (ii) a first plate part and a second plate part that are each provided at both edges of the design plate, (iii) a heat-insulation material that is located in a region surrounded by the design plate, the first plate part, and the second plate part, and (iv) a heat-insulation member that is placed in at least one of a gap between the design plate and the first plate part, and a gap between the design plate and the second plate part.

Abstract: A refrigerator suppresses heat penetration into a chamber of the refrigerator from the outside through an open part. The refrigerator, includes: a heat-insulation box that has an open part, and a double structure including an outer box and an Inner box; a door that is engaged with the heat-insulation box; and a gasket that is located between the heat-insulation box and the door, wherein inner-box/outer-box-joint regions of the outer box and the inner box are located to an outer side of the heat-insulation box, and are located outward beyond door/heat-insulation-box-joint regions of the door and the heat-insulation box that are joined with each other.

Abstract: An offset fin for use in a heat exchanger includes a first corrugation structure and a second corrugation structure. The first corrugation structure includes a plurality of first fins aligned in a first direction. The second corrugation structure includes a plurality of second fins aligned in the first direction. The second corrugation structure is disposed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, with respect to the first corrugation structure. The first fins and the second fins protrude alternately in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction, and each have a protruding shape cross-section. In the first direction, the second fins are disposed offset from the first fins. Each of the first fins includes a first side wall inclined with respect to the second direction, and each of the second fins includes a second side wall inclined with respect to the second direction, at a side opposite to a side at which the first side wall is inclined.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first stack portion and a second stack portion. The first stack portion has a plurality of plates which are stacked, and a first refrigerant passage and a first coolant passage are formed between the plurality of plates. The second stack portion has a plurality of receiver components which are stacked, and a refrigerant retaining portion leading to the first refrigerant passage is formed in the plurality of receiver components. The second stack portion is stacked on the first stack portion in the same direction as a stacking direction in which the plurality of plates are stacked.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery block that accommodates unit cells having higher capacities, and, even in case of abnormal heat generation in the unit cell, does not cause abnormal heat generation in the neighboring unit cells, thereby preventing a chain reaction of degradations and abnormalities of the accommodated unit cells. The battery block of the present invention includes a battery case having a minimum thickness section satisfying the relationship “K2/K1?K3?1”. K1 is the thermal conductance between the battery case and the unit cell. K2 is the thermal conductance of the minimum thickness section of the battery case between two neighboring holes for accommodating the respective unit cells. K3 is a ratio between the abnormal heat temperature of a reference cell and the ambient temperature causing abnormal heat generation in this cell.

Abstract: A battery module in which the temperature of a cell with an increased high temperature due to an abnormal state can be quickly reduced so that the high temperature does not affect adjacent cells is provided. A battery module 200 has a configuration in which a plurality of cells 100 as secondary batteries are housed in a case 90 having a plurality of housing parts housing, but not in contact with, the cells 100, and when a gas is generated in one of the cells 100 to cause the cell 100 to expand, this cell 100 comes into contact with the associated one of the housing parts.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery block that accommodates unit cells having higher capacities, and, even in case of abnormal heat generation in the unit cell, does not cause abnormal heat generation in the neighboring unit cells, thereby preventing a chain reaction of degradations and abnormalities of the accommodated unit cells. The battery block of the present invention includes a battery case having a minimum thickness section satisfying the relationship “K2/K1?K3?1”. K1 is the thermal conductance between the battery case and the unit cell. K2 is the thermal conductance of the minimum thickness section of the battery case between two neighboring holes for accommodating the respective unit cells. K3 is a ratio between the abnormal heat temperature of a reference cell and the ambient temperature causing abnormal heat generation in this cell.

Abstract: A battery module in which the temperature of a cell with an increased high temperature due to an abnormal state can be quickly reduced so that the high temperature does not affect adjacent cells is provided. A battery module 200 has a configuration in which a plurality of cells 100 as secondary batteries are housed in a case 90 having a plurality of housing parts housing, but not in contact with, the cells 100, and when a gas is generated in one of the cells 100 to cause the cell 100 to expand, this cell 100 comes into contact with the associated one of the housing parts.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of cells which are lithium ion secondary batteries; an exhaust passage section which is adjacent to the cells and allows a flow of gas generated from at least one of the cells; a case accommodating the plurality of cells and the exhaust passage section; and a gas release duct 42 which is attached to the case and through which the gas having flowed through the exhaust passage section is released outside, wherein the gas release duct is hermetically closed with a lid 51 which is made of a waterproof member and is arranged at an exit 44 or on a release path of the gas release duct, an opening member 61 configured to open the lid to open the gas release duct is further provided, and the opening member is operated by the gas generated from the cell.