Having Article Support Patents (Class 312/405.1)
  • Patent number: 11959507
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Aldo Vincent Kremmel
  • Patent number: 11906240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Li Du, Jing Hong, Yu Xia
  • Patent number: 11892228
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Jackson F. Karl
  • Patent number: 11867454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Fei, Yihao Xu, Xueli Cheng, Yazhou Shang
  • Patent number: 11698224
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongho Lee, Youngil Song, Jisu Rhie
  • Patent number: 11692761
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11624549
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electionics Inc.
    Inventors: Juyoung Kim, Daham Bae, Hojin Choi, Hyuncheol Lee, Jongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11624547
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mandar Gopalkrushna Kulkarni, Vishal Shankar Marathe, Abhay Naik, Gaurav Ramesh Shete
  • Patent number: 11589675
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 11525620
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Elena Claass, Denis Lux, Andrea Fink, Andreas Gatter
  • Patent number: 11512895
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongho Lee, Youngil Song, Jisu Rhie
  • Patent number: 11478077
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Devon George, Jason Mort, George Wahlgren, Linda Yang
  • Patent number: 11460236
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Daesung Lee, Junyi Heo
  • Patent number: 11448457
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Patent number: 11313616
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Patent number: 11078697
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-kwen Ham, Hyeon-kyu Lim, Nam-soo Park, Sang-jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11047615
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SUB-ZERO GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Sikir, Philip Francis Hottmann
  • Patent number: 10914508
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 10907892
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Pasquale Ciniello, Kamil El Sayed, Marek Gorzelanczyk, Piotr Grzyb, Roberto Riccardi
  • Patent number: 10900707
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 10697695
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Danby Products Limited
    Inventor: Oliver Bradley
  • Patent number: 10641544
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Daejin Choi
  • Patent number: 10533791
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete
    Inventors: Andreas Gatter, Herbert Cizik, Stefan Deissler
  • Patent number: 10458696
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Szymon Matusiak, Krzysztof Krawczyk, Giuseppina Arresta, Maurizio Valle, Christine Nortey
  • Patent number: 10451333
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor Haney, Niyaz Ul Haque, Bhushan Chandrakant Kadu, John Jay Myers, Amit Prakash Powade
  • Patent number: 10451338
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Cordero, Dennis Schenk
  • Patent number: 10443782
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PEERLESS INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Richard Kahn
  • Patent number: 10401078
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunki Kim, Minchel Kim, Seungje Park, Kihyun Park
  • Patent number: 10352612
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 10317126
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meiyan Wang, Dong Kong, Feiyue You
  • Patent number: 10302350
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy R. Read
  • Patent number: 10197327
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Minhoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10184715
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwanhyung Kim, Samnyol Hong, Sungdu Kwon, Ikkyu Lee, Myoungju Lee, Jeonghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10168095
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor Haney, Niyaz Ul Haque, Bhushan Chandrakant Kadu, John Jay Myers, Amit Prakash Powade
  • Patent number: 10087658
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Gresham, IV, Evan W. Kessick, Ryan M Post, Daniel Quinlan, Rahul Wadke
  • Patent number: 10018410
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Albert Dirnberger, Manfredi Signorino
  • Patent number: 9920979
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungjoo Kang, Haemin Choi, Myoungho Sung, Ikkyu Lee, Myoungju Lee, Jeonghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9841222
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihyun Im, Jindong Kim, Hyunbum Kim
  • Patent number: 9702613
    Abstract: 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 and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Yeol Yoo, Hyun Sang Yoo, Byoung Mok Kim, Seong Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 9671149
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Kim, Sung Cheol Kang
  • Patent number: 9279609
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, Du Sic Kong, Young Jae Song, Seung Yong Yang
  • Publication number: 20150123532
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Hongsik KWON, Sanghun KIM, Seonkyu KIM, Hyokku KWON, Sungkyong HAN, Hangbok LEE
  • Publication number: 20150107285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan Joseph Mitchell, Joel Erik Hitzelberger, Ronald Gary Foster
  • Patent number: 8991205
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bok Dong Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Sam Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 8944534
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kiyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 8911041
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Oh-Chul Kwon, Jun-Heon Kim
  • Patent number: 8881466
    Abstract: 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 ā€œLā€ 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: AB Electrolux
    Inventor: Mark Roberts
  • Publication number: 20140312759
    Abstract: A food container allowing the inner space of the food container to be appropriately divided with a minimum number of components and a refrigerator having the same. The food container includes a case defining an accommodation space therein, an inner surface of the case being provided with a stepped portion, a divider assembly to partition the accommodation space as desired, the divider assembly having one side slidably seated on the stepped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Young SONG, Yong Kyung KIM, Sung ll PARK, Jin ha HWANG
  • Patent number: 8864252
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a storage assembly including a removable storage bin. The bin of the storage assembly may be rotatable to be tilted relative to a housing in the refrigerator to move the bin between and open and closed position. While in an open position, the bin may also be removed by lifting the bin away from the housing to easily remove the storage bin from the refrigerator. Furthermore, the storage assembly includes little to no moving parts. The ease of use of the tilting and removing of bin of the storage assembly provides quick access and usability of the storage bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Isabel Rodriguez Cobas, Joel Barron Ramirez
  • Patent number: 8857930
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a storage container that may be selectively coupled to a refrigerator body or to a door by a storage container support device is provided. The refrigerator may include a refrigerator body having a storage compartment formed therein, a rotatable door to open or close the storage compartment, a gasket provided between the door and the refrigerator body, a storage container that may be selectively coupled to the door or to the refrigerator body, a storage container support device provided at the door, the refrigerator body or the storage container to allow the storage container to be selectively coupled to and supported by the refrigerator body or the door, and a control device provided in the door to selectively control operation of the storage container support device from an exterior of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihyun Im, Moongyo Jung, Jindong Kim, Gyeongjin Jang, Myoungju Kang