Having Article Support Patents (Class 312/405.1)
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Patent number: 12111098Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a mullion configured to divide a space within the refrigerator into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, an ice maker placed in the freezing compartment, and an ice-making cool air passage passing through the mullion to connect the freezing compartment to the ice maker. Therefore, cool air may be supplied in an adiabatic state to the ice maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bongjin Kim, Hyeunsik Nam, Deokhyun Youn, Jaehyun Bae, Jangseok Lee
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Patent number: 12066239Abstract: Disclosed are a door body for a refrigerator and a refrigerator with the same. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment with a compartment opening, and the door body includes an inner door, an outer door and a storage box. The inner door is arranged at a position corresponding to the compartment opening on an outer side of the storage compartment, and is used to open and close the compartment opening. The outer door is arranged at a side of the inner door away from the storage compartment. The storage box is fixed to a side of the inner door close to the storage compartment; one end of the storage box close to the outer door has a storage opening, and an area of the inner door corresponding to the storage opening is provided with an inner door opening. The door body reduces the loss of cooling energy.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wenlong Liu, Mingming Ma
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Patent number: 12031769Abstract: An insulated structure includes a door that has a liner and a wrapper. The liner defines at least one channel. At least one attachment feature is disposed within the at least one channel defined by the liner and coupled to the door. The at least one attachment feature includes a body that has a plurality of apertures that are defined along a length of the body. A bin is operably coupled to the door via the at least one attachment feature. The bin includes a coupling feature that extends through at least one of the plurality of apertures that are defined by the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Sunil S. Ekshinge, Lynne Foster Hunter, Sai B. Krishna, Omkar Sunil Mithari, Abhay Naik, Abinash Sarma
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Patent number: 11959507Abstract: An appliance housing includes a mating component, a confined component, a primary beam, and a pin. The mating component may define an opening. The confined component may be removably connected to the mating component. The primary beam may be elastically moveable relative to the mating component. The pin may be attached to the beam to move therewith between a flexed position and an original position. The pin may extend from a base end proximal to the primary beam to an outer end distal to the primary beam. The pin may be selectively received within the opening to constrain the primary beam relative to the mating component. The primary beam may be flexible to allow the pin to move inward to the flexed direction and return outward to the original position.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Aldo Vincent Kremmel
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Patent number: 11906240Abstract: A refrigerator includes a receiving chamber and a drawer movably received in the receiving chamber. The drawer is at a first location when it is closed. The refrigerator further includes a first sensor that is fixed to the drawer or a wall of the receiving chamber. The first sensor is configured to detect when the drawer reaches a second location. The first and second locations are spaced apart by a spacing distance.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Li Du, Jing Hong, Yu Xia
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Patent number: 11892228Abstract: A refrigerated appliance is provided herein. The refrigerated appliance includes a cabinet defining a compartment. A first door is coupled to the cabinet. The first door defines a storage chamber therein. A second door is disposed on an opposing side of the first door from the cabinet. A bin is disposed within the chamber. A bracket is disposed between the first door and the bin. The bracket includes a rotatable member to rotate the bin between first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Jackson F. Karl
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Patent number: 11867454Abstract: A refrigerator with a slide rail wiring mechanism, comprising a compartment configured to open forward, and a drawer-type door, wherein the compartment comprises a bottom wall, a rear wall and two side walls, and the drawer-type door is provided with an electrical component; the slide rail wiring mechanism comprises a cable for supplying power to the electrical component and a first wiring box fixed in the compartment; the first wiring box is formed with a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion; the cable comprises a fixed section fixed in the first receiving portion and a movable section that may be at least partially received in the second receiving portion; the second receiving portion is disposed apart from the bottom wall, the second receiving portion comprises a top plate and a bottom plate, and the bottom plate is provided with drainage holes.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Fei, Yihao Xu, Xueli Cheng, Yazhou Shang
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Patent number: 11698224Abstract: The refrigerator includes a door including a door body and a front panel coupled to a front surface of the door so to cover a front surface of the door body. The front panel includes a display including a screen on which an image is displayed, and a glass panel provided in front of the display. The glass panel includes a glass member and a decorative layer formed in an area other than an area corresponding to the screen of the display among an entire area of the glass member. The front panel includes a support plate coupled to the glass panel and including a display mounting portion on which the display is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongho Lee, Youngil Song, Jisu Rhie
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Patent number: 11692761Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage space; a main door to open and close the cabinet and defining an opening; and a sub door defining a front surface of the refrigerator and to open and close the opening of the main door. The main door includes a door frame defining the opening and contacting the sub door; a door liner coupled to the door frame to form an insulating space and defining a rear surface of the main door; and an inner frame defined along the opening of the main door inside of the insulating space and to support between the door frame and the door liner, where the inner frame includes a curved portion defined at a rear side of the inner frame, which connects to the door liner.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sung Hun Lee
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Patent number: 11624549Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes comprises: a panel assembly comprising a front panel, a door frame connected to the panel assembly, a door liner defining, with the door frame, an insulating space that accommodates an insulator, and a basket installed on the door liner. The door liner includes: an outer body, a liner extension portion extending from the outer body in a direction crossing the outer body, and a plurality of ribs that are disposed at the outer body and that are spaced apart from the liner extension portion. The door frame comprises a frame extension portion that is disposed between the plurality of ribs and the liner extension portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: LG Electionics Inc.Inventors: Juyoung Kim, Daham Bae, Hojin Choi, Hyuncheol Lee, Jongmoon Jang
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Patent number: 11624547Abstract: A bin attachment assembly for a vacuum insulated door includes a trim breaker that includes a frame and at least one engagement feature. The frame defines an aperture in which the at least one engagement feature is disposed. The bin attachment assembly further includes at least one locking feature that is selectively coupled to the trim breaker via the at least one engagement feature. The at least one locking feature includes a tapered body and a projection that extends from an end of the tapered body. The bin attachment assembly further includes a bin that is coupled to the trim breaker via the at least one locking feature.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mandar Gopalkrushna Kulkarni, Vishal Shankar Marathe, Abhay Naik, Gaurav Ramesh Shete
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Patent number: 11589675Abstract: An article storage and retrieval apparatus includes a main frame; an accommodating assembly, having an article storage state and a folded state, the accommodating assembly including a closed frame rotatably arranged on the main frame and an openable door, and the closed frame being configured to enclose an article storing space between the accommodating assembly and the main frame in the article storing state; a first locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the main frame and allow opening of the article storage and retrieval apparatus after unlocking; and a second locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the openable door and allow the accommodating assembly to switch from the folded state to the article storage state after unlocking.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11525620Abstract: A door insert for a door of a household cooling appliance has a body defining a storage space for storing goods. The insert body has a bottom and side walls. A front wall, which is formed as a separate component, extends in a width direction between the side walls. A separate holding bracket connects the separate component to at least one of the side walls. The outer face of a side wall is provided with a coupling structure and a bracket element of the separate holding bracket is formed with a counter coupling structure. The two coupling structures are engaged with each other. There is also described a door, a household cooling appliance, and a method for mounting a door insert in a door.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBHInventors: Elena Claass, Denis Lux, Andrea Fink, Andreas Gatter
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Patent number: 11512895Abstract: The refrigerator includes a door including a door body and a front panel coupled to a front surface of the door so to cover a front surface of the door body. The front panel includes a display including a screen on which an image is displayed, and a glass panel provided in front of the display. The glass panel includes a glass member and a decorative layer formed in an area other than an area corresponding to the screen of the display among an entire area of the glass member. The front panel includes a support plate coupled to the glass panel and including a display mounting portion on which the display is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongho Lee, Youngil Song, Jisu Rhie
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Patent number: 11478077Abstract: A cabinet including a housing having a cavity, a door that closes a front opening of the cavity, and a storage device. The storage device may include a movable storage member that is movable relative to the housing between a first position within the cavity and a second position outside of the cavity. The movable storage member may be configured to be coupled to the housing at a plurality of different locations. The storage device may be coupled directly to an inner surface of a sidewall of the housing that defines the cavity. The storage device may also include a fixed storage member that is non-movably coupled to the housing such that the movable storage member is pivotable relative to the housing and relative to the fixed storage member.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Inventors: Devon George, Jason Mort, George Wahlgren, Linda Yang
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Patent number: 11460236Abstract: A refrigerator having a first storage compartment with a first storage space defined therein; an inner door to open and close the first storage space, wherein the inner door has an inner door receiving space that is separate from the first storage space; a receiving casing attached to a back face of the inner door; and an outer door pivotally mounted to the inner door to open and close the inner door receiving space, wherein the receiving casing includes a frame surrounding the inner door receiving space, wherein the frame has a cold-air hole defined therein, and a transparent plate attached to the frame to separate the inner door receiving space from the first storage space.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seonil Yu, Daesung Lee, Junyi Heo
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Patent number: 11448457Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more adjustable bins. The refrigerator door may include the one or more adjustable bins. The adjustable bin may move along one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more actuators engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more bushings slidably engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include a storage bin removable from a carriage. The adjustable bin may include a locking mechanism between the storage bin and the carriage. The carriage may include one or more actuators.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
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Patent number: 11313616Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more adjustable bins. The refrigerator door may include the one or more adjustable bins. The adjustable bin may move along one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more actuators engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include one or more bushings slidably engaging the one or more rails. The adjustable bin may include a storage bin removable from a carriage.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
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Patent number: 11078697Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an accommodation space, a first door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the accommodation space and having an opening, a second door rotatably coupled to the first door to open and close the opening, and a locking device configured to fix or separate the first door to or from the main body or fix or separate the second door to or from the first door. The locking device includes a main ring unit, an operating lever configured to separate the second door from the first door by pressure, and a dual opening preventing member configured to maintain a fixed state of the second door with respect to the first door when the operating lever is pressed in a state in which the first door is open.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-kwen Ham, Hyeon-kyu Lim, Nam-soo Park, Sang-jin Jeong
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Patent number: 11047615Abstract: A shelf includes a floor plate, a cam plate, and a first pin joint plate. The cam plate extends away from an upper surface of the floor plate. A top edge of the cam plate is opposite a bottom edge of the cam plate that is mounted to the upper surface and has a concave shape that curves inward toward the upper surface. The first pin joint plate is mounted to the floor plate to extend away from a lower surface of the floor plate. The first pin joint plate is configured to mate with a second pin joint plate mounted to a first wall. The top edge of the cam plate is positioned to abut a tab mounted to the second wall when the floor plate is rotated toward the second wall. The upper surface faces the second wall when the floor plate is rotated toward the second wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SUB-ZERO GROUP, INC.Inventors: Paul V. Sikir, Philip Francis Hottmann
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Patent number: 10914508Abstract: A refrigerator that includes: a cabinet; a first door; a second door; a moving basket that includes: a basket, a moving frame that is arranged to have a first distance between the moving frame and the basket, and a bridge that couples the basket to the moving frame; a rail that is coupled to the first door and that is configured to guide the moving basket; a supporting unit that is projected from the bridge toward the rail and that supports the moving basket; a lever that, based on user manipulation, to moves between a first position and a second position, wherein the moving frame is configured to accommodate at least a portion of the lever; and a stopper that is coupled to the rail based on a position of the lever and that is configured to stop the moving basket is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
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Patent number: 10907892Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing defining an interior compartment with an open side and a door rotatably coupled with the housing and selectively closing at least a portion of the open side. The door includes an interior liner defining an attachment surface and at least one first magnetic component adjacent the attachment surface. The refrigerator further includes a storage component defining a mounting surface having an area smaller than the attachment surface. The storage component includes a second magnetic component adjacent the mounting surface and removably retaining the mounting surface of the storage component to the attachment surface of the door by mutual attraction between the at least one first magnetic component and the second magnetic component.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Pasquale Ciniello, Kamil El Sayed, Marek Gorzelanczyk, Piotr Grzyb, Roberto Riccardi
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Patent number: 10900707Abstract: A refrigerator that includes: a cabinet; a first door; a second door; a moving basket that includes: a basket, a moving frame that is arranged to have a first distance between the moving frame and the basket, and a bridge that couples the basket to the moving frame; a rail that is coupled to the first door and that is configured to guide the moving basket; a supporting unit that is projected from the bridge toward the rail and that supports the moving basket; a lever that, based on user manipulation, to moves between a first position and a second position, wherein the moving frame is configured to accommodate at least a portion of the lever; and a stopper that is coupled to the rail based on a position of the lever and that is configured to stop the moving basket is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
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Patent number: 10697695Abstract: A refrigerator (10) provides configurable storage in an interior area of a refrigerator door (16). Door shelves (32, 34) are releasably attachable to inside faces (20) of the door in a first configuration in which the door shelves hold items in a substantially vertical orientation, and in a second configuration in which the door shelves hold items in a tilted orientation. Foldout door shelves (64, 66) are rotatably positioned in operatively supported connection with the inside faces of the door. Each of the foldout door shelves is selectively movable between a retracted position in which the shelf is positioned adjacent to a vertically extending inside face of the door, and extended positioned in which an item supporting surface (68, 70) of the respective shelf extends outward to hold items in a tilted orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Danby Products LimitedInventor: Oliver Bradley
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Patent number: 10641544Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a structure of a receptacle apparatus, which enables efficient utilization of a space for storing an object to be refrigerated or an object to be frozen, and a door or a cover which is for opening or closing the receptacle apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Daejin Choi
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Patent number: 10533791Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance has a receptacle chamber for food being delimited by walls of an inner container. A pull-out device is arranged on the inner container and can be pushed into and withdrawn from the receptacle chamber relative to the inner container. A container for receiving food is provided. The container is removably positionable on the pull-out device. The container has at its rear region a coupling element which engages in a coupling pocket provided on the pull-out device, so that a tilt prevention device is provided for the container. A mounted position of the container in which the container is placed on the pull-out device, is configured with a relative movement capability in relation to the pull-out device, having play defined as seen in the depth direction. The tilt prevention device is configured such that over the entire play, the coupling element extends into the coupling pocket.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BSH HausgeraeteInventors: Andreas Gatter, Herbert Cizik, Stefan Deissler
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Patent number: 10458696Abstract: A storage bin assembly for a refrigerator is provided. The storage bin assembly includes a base portion having opposed outer end sidewalls upwardly extending from the base portion. A flap is pivotally coupled to the opposed outer end sidewalls where the flap is configured to rotate between a closed position and an open position where the flap is positioned beneath the base portion. A top cover is coupled to a receiving slot portion of the opposing outer end sidewalls where a first magnetic member is positioned in a holding member proximate the top cover. A second magnetic member positioned in a receiving member of the flap that selectively engages the first magnetic member to define a magnetic connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Szymon Matusiak, Krzysztof Krawczyk, Giuseppina Arresta, Maurizio Valle, Christine Nortey
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Patent number: 10451333Abstract: A refrigeration appliance door bin assembly that includes: a refrigeration appliance door bin having a substantially planar main base portion, at least one upwardly extending wall that is free of an indentation, apertures or recesses extending upward from the main base portion and a downwardly extending perimeter lip portion where the main base portion and the downwardly extending lip portion define a downwardly facing door bin frame engagement space, the door bin engagement space engages a door bin frame of a refrigerator spaced within the door of a refrigerator such that the downwardly extending lip portion surrounds an exterior portion of the door bin frame and prevents substantial movement of the door bin when the door bin is engaged with the door bin frame caused by a refrigeration appliance door opening force or a refrigeration appliance door closing force; and a refrigeration appliance door bin bottom surface cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Trevor Haney, Niyaz Ul Haque, Bhushan Chandrakant Kadu, John Jay Myers, Amit Prakash Powade
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Patent number: 10451338Abstract: A storage system and a refrigeration appliance including the storage system for storing food items in a temperature-controlled environment are provided. The storage system includes at least one rail with at least one elongated main portion extending along the width of the refrigerator door and two support arms on each side of the elongated main portion, and a plurality of detachable storage bins. The two support arms attach the rail to at least one mounting structure of a plurality of mounting structures formed within the liner panel and spaced vertically along the height of the interior of the refrigerator door. The storage bin has an arm extending from a rear surface of the bin and configured to be placed between the rail and the liner panel when the bin is placed in a storage position.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Cordero, Dennis Schenk
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Patent number: 10443782Abstract: A mounting system includes a surface mount, a device mount, an extension assembly, a latching panel assembly, and a latch assembly. The surface mount is configured to be coupled to a surface. The device mount is coupled to the surface mount and configured to be coupled to a device. The extension assembly is coupled to the surface mount and the device mount. The extension is configured to facilitate the selective repositioning of the device mount in an extended position and a retracted position. The latching panel assembly is operatively coupled to the device mount. The latching panel assembly includes a post. The latch assembly is operatively coupled to the surface mount and configured to selectively secure the device mount in the retracted position through an interaction with the post and includes a latch that is rotatable with respect to the surface mount in response to the interaction with the post.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: PEERLESS INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: Richard Kahn
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Patent number: 10401078Abstract: A refrigerator door and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The refrigerator door includes a front panel that includes a first through hole and an input unit, a door liner, an upper cap decoration unit configured to seal an upper side of a first space defined between the front panel and the door liner, a frame attached to an inside of the front panel and defining a second space, a display assembly provided between the frame and the front panel and configured to emit light through the first through hole, and a touch sensor assembly provided between the frame and the front panel, the touch sensor assembly being fixed to a rear of the front panel at a position that corresponds to a location of the input unit. The upper cap decoration unit includes a communication hole for communicating with the second space and includes a cap cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyunki Kim, Minchel Kim, Seungje Park, Kihyun Park
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Patent number: 10352612Abstract: A refrigerator that includes: a cabinet; a first door; a second door; a moving basket that includes: a basket, a moving frame that is arranged to have a first distance between the moving frame and the basket, and a bridge that couples the basket to the moving frame; a rail that is coupled to the first door and that is configured to guide the moving basket; a supporting unit that is projected from the bridge toward the rail and that supports the moving basket; a lever that, based on user manipulation, to moves between a first position and a second position, wherein the moving frame is configured to accommodate at least a portion of the lever; and a stopper that is coupled to the rail based on a position of the lever and that is configured to stop the moving basket is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
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Patent number: 10317126Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of refrigerator equipment, in particular to a refrigerator having a height-adjustable rack, comprising a door, a guide rail on the door, adjusting grooves arranged on the guide rail, a rack and a reset device. The rack is assembled on the guide rail through a guide groove and is able to move vertically. A manipulating member and a stop block, which are interlocked, are further movably provided on the rack.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Meiyan Wang, Dong Kong, Feiyue You
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Patent number: 10302350Abstract: A refrigerator appliance defines a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction. The vertical, lateral, and transverse directions are mutually perpendicular. The refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a food storage chamber. The food storage chamber defines an opening for receipt of food items at a front portion of the food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a door comprising a body. The body of the door extends between a front surface and an opposing back surface. The door is positioned at the front portion of the food storage chamber and movable between a closed position and an open position to selectively sealingly enclose the food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a handle assembly defining a neutral grip pocket handle on the front surface of the door.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Timothy R. Read
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Patent number: 10197327Abstract: A refrigerator and a basket assembly thereof are disclosed. The basket assembly includes a basket, a cover for covering the basket, a knob provided at the basket, and a protruding portion provided at the cover and fastened to the knob. The knob includes a first extension portion extending from the basket in an upwardly inclined direction to a higher position than a distal end of the protruding portion so as to support a rear surface of the protruding portion, a second extension portion extending from the first extension portion in a downwardly inclined direction, and a third extension portion extending downwards from the second extension portion. When force is applied to the third extension portion in a forward direction, the first extension portion is elastically deformed such that the distal end of the first extension portion is moved to a lower position than the distal end of the protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Minhoon Kim
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Patent number: 10184715Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment being provided with an access opening. The refrigerator also includes a door rotatably provided to the cabinet to open and close the access opening, a drawer provided in the storage compartment, a camera fixed to a ceiling of the storage compartment to photograph both a first region for storing of food arranged in an external space of the drawer and a second region for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer, and a controller configured to separate, through a capturing time of a picture containing both the first region and the second region, a first region picture and a second region picture from the picture to individually divide and store the first region picture and the second region picture.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kwanhyung Kim, Samnyol Hong, Sungdu Kwon, Ikkyu Lee, Myoungju Lee, Jeonghwan Kim
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Patent number: 10168095Abstract: A refrigeration appliance door bin assembly that includes: a refrigeration appliance door bin having a substantially planar main base portion, at least one upwardly extending wall that is free of an indentation, apertures or recesses extending upward from the main base portion and a downwardly extending perimeter lip portion where the main base portion and the downwardly extending lip portion define a downwardly facing door bin frame engagement space, the door bin engagement space engages a door bin frame of a refrigerator spaced within the door of a refrigerator such that the downwardly extending lip portion surrounds an exterior portion of the door bin frame and prevents substantial movement of the door bin when the door bin is engaged with the door bin frame caused by a refrigeration appliance door opening force or a refrigeration appliance door closing force; and a refrigeration appliance door bin bottom surface cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Trevor Haney, Niyaz Ul Haque, Bhushan Chandrakant Kadu, John Jay Myers, Amit Prakash Powade
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Patent number: 10087658Abstract: A door-in-door refrigerator includes a door having an inner door and an outer door. When the inner and outer doors are in open positions, food items stored in a main refrigerated compartment are accessible. When the inner and outer doors are in closed positions, the door seals the refrigerated compartment, and food items stored in the main refrigerated compartment are not accessible. When the inner door is in a closed position and the outer door is in an open position, food items stored in a storage structure coupled to the door are accessible. A latch includes a trigger that moves in a direction substantially parallel to a handle. Movement of the trigger shifts the latch between a latched position, in which pulling on the handle causes the inner and outer doors to open, and an unlatched position, in which pulling on the handle causes the outer door to open while the inner door remains closed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Joseph Gresham, IV, Evan W. Kessick, Ryan M Post, Daniel Quinlan, Rahul Wadke
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Patent number: 10018410Abstract: A refrigeration or freezing cabinet includes a cabinet corpus having an interior space configured for storing goods to be chilled or frozen, and a cabinet door which is attached to the cabinet corpus so as to be pivotable about a vertical axis of pivoting. In one embodiment, there is arranged or formed, on the inside of the door, a pair of rib members which extend vertically at a distance from one another and support one or more door shelving elements. In this embodiment, there is attached to one of the rib members of the pair, which rib member is located closer to the axis of pivoting, an illuminating strip designed with a plurality of lighting elements arranged vertically one above another. The illuminating strip is attached to that lateral face of the rib member in question which faces towards the interior space of the refrigerator when the door is open.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Albert Dirnberger, Manfredi Signorino
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Patent number: 9920979Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a drawer movably provided in the storage compartment and provided with a marker, a camera that photographs inside the drawer from outside the drawer, and a controller that senses a position of the marker in photographs taken through the camera at time intervals, and that determines state information about the drawer based on a change in position of the marker in the photographs. A method includes recognizing closing of the drawer by sensing a start of opening of the drawer; acquiring an image of the drawer interior using the camera; processing the image to recognize the marker from the image; tracing a movement of the marker; acquiring a final image of the drawer interior using the camera when closing of the drawer begins; and displaying the final image.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyungjoo Kang, Haemin Choi, Myoungho Sung, Ikkyu Lee, Myoungju Lee, Jeonghwan Kim
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Patent number: 9841222Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet with a first storage region sealable by a gasket of a door. A first hinge, outside a sealing region, allows the door to rotate relative to the cabinet. A second hinge, inside the sealing region, allows the door to rotate relative to a container having a second storage region that can be accommodated inside the first storage region. Rotating shafts of the first and second hinges are non-collinear, and a coupling between the container and the second hinge is drawn forward when the door rotates independent of the container. A guide unit protrudes into the first storage region and is selectively coupled to a fixing device at the container. The fixing device includes a push unit pushable by the door and a holder that fixes the guide unit as a rotation axis of the container, and releases the push unit from a pushed state.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jihyun Im, Jindong Kim, Hyunbum Kim
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Patent number: 9702613Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus automatically inserted, the refrigerator including a body, a storage compartment provided at an inside of the body so as to be open at a front surface thereof, and having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, an inner door formed with an opening at which a plurality of door guards are provided, and configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, an outer door to open and close the opening provided at the inner door, a guide rail allowing at least one of the plurality of door guards to be inserted and withdrawn in a sliding manner, a slide unit connected to the at least one door guard so as to be slid along the guide rail such that the at least one door guard is inserted andType: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Yeol Yoo, Hyun Sang Yoo, Byoung Mok Kim, Seong Woo Kim
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Patent number: 9671149Abstract: A refrigerator with a sterilization device. The sterilization device mounted at an upper surface of a storage chamber includes a housing formed, at a front surface thereof, with an ion outlet while being formed, at a base surface thereof, with an air inlet, an ion generating unit arranged in rear of the ion outlet to generate ions, a blast unit slantingly arranged at a position adjacent to the air inlet, and a guide portion formed to protrude at an upper surface of the housing which faces the blast unit, thereby enabling improvement in sterilization efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hoon Kim, Sung Cheol Kang
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Patent number: 9279609Abstract: A refrigerator provided with an inner panel molded through injection molding while an accommodation groove in which an installation member is accommodated is formed at the inner panel, and as a gasket is installed at an installation groove of the installation member, the use of a complex mold such as a slide core is minimized while making it easy to install the gasket at the inner panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, Du Sic Kong, Young Jae Song, Seung Yong Yang
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Publication number: 20150123532Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator main body having a cooling chamber; a cooling chamber door for opening and closing the cooling chamber; a shelf assembly provided within the cooling chamber such that a height thereof is adjustable; and a basket provided in any one of the refrigerator main body and the cooling chamber door such that a height thereof is adjustable. A space of the refrigerator main body or the cooling chamber door can be utilized to facilitate receiving and keeping food items.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Hongsik KWON, Sanghun KIM, Seonkyu KIM, Hyokku KWON, Sungkyong HAN, Hangbok LEE
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Publication number: 20150107285Abstract: Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber, and a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door including an inner surface and an outer surface. The refrigerator appliance further includes a compartment defined in the inner surface of the door, the compartment defining an interior chamber and including a compartment door providing access to the interior chamber. The compartment is selectively operable at a first temperature below approximately 32 degrees Fahrenheit and a second temperature above approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Alan Joseph Mitchell, Joel Erik Hitzelberger, Ronald Gary Foster
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Patent number: 8991205Abstract: A refrigerator door is provided. The refrigerator door has an outer case forming a shape of the refrigerator door, an inner case provided within the outer case to configure a backside of the refrigerator door wherein a space between the inner case and the outer case is charged with a foaming liquid, an ice making unit provided to one side of the inner case to make ice, a fixing unit provided to the space charged with the foaming liquid between the inner case and the outer case and fixing the ice making unit to the refrigerator door, and a dispenser provided to one side of the outer case to discharge the ice supplied by the ice making unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Bok Dong Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Sam Kyu Park
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Patent number: 8944534Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a first door opening or closing the storage space, an accommodation device defining an accommodation space opened toward a front surface of the first door, a second door disposed on the first door to open or close the accommodation device, a shelf disposed on the first door, the shelf being spread to the outside of the accommodation device by the rotation thereof, and a connection assembly connecting the shelf to the second door, the connection assembly being linked with the opening of the second door to rotate the shelf. Thus, convenience of use may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
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Patent number: 8911041Abstract: A water-filter mounting structure for a refrigerator has a filter receiving section provided below a dispenser that is mounted at a door for selectively opening and closing a storage space and discharges water or ice to the outside. A water filter mounted in the filter receiving section purifies water supplied from a water supplying source. It is possible to minimize reduction in a storage capacity, loss in cold air and damage to the water filter and improve product compatibility.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2006Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Oh-Chul Kwon, Jun-Heon Kim
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Patent number: 8881466Abstract: An insulated door (10029 includes a door frame made of four side members (1006, 1008, 1010, 1012) connected by four corner connectors (1014, 1016, 1018, 1020). The frame members are profiled āLā shaped extrusions having outer panel locating ribs (6035), and inner panel retaining slots (6007). The corner connector has a base (4044) with a projecting post (4040). A first pair of connector tabs (4022, 4044) project from adjacent sides of the base to cooperate with first connection slots (6028) of adjacent side members and a second pair of connector tabs (4042, 4043) project from the post to cooperate with connection slots (6026) of the adjacent side members. The outer panel is located on the opposite side of the frame by location ribs (6036). The legs (6009, 6011) of the extrusion define a space D between the inner and outer door panels, and this space is filled with foam insulation.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: AB ElectroluxInventor: Mark Roberts