Having Opening Patents (Class 312/407.1)
  • Patent number: 11976876
    Abstract: A refrigerator, including a box body having a rear shell, a compressor compartment disposed below the box body, and a rear cover plate covering the rear side of the compressor compartment, wherein the rear cover plate is adjacently disposed below the rear shell; the rear shell has a rear back plate and a fixing structure bending forwards from the lower end of the rear back plate; the rear cover plate has a cover plate main body and a butt-joint structure bending forwards from the top of the cover plate main body; and clamping mechanisms matching each other for spacing are disposed on the fixing structure and the butt-joint structure. According to the foregoing arrangement, it can be ensured that no vertical gap can be formed between the rear cover plate and the upper side of the rear back plate of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junping Li, Wenchao Wang, Bing Han
  • Patent number: 10955183
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator having an improved configuration of an inner wall forming a storage compartment and capable of improving an appearance of the storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, an inner case forming an inner space of the main body, and a cover plate installed inside the inner case to form an exterior of the storage compartment and formed of a ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moon Gyo Jung
  • Publication number: 20150040605
    Abstract: A domestic refrigerator (1) comprises a thermally insulated housing (2), a cold storage compartment (5) and a fresh food compartment (4) contained within the housing (2) and located on top of each other, a refrigerant circuit which comprises an evaporator (29) configured to directly cool the cold storage compartment (5), a first door leaf (18) for closing and opening the fresh food compartment (4), a second door leaf (19) for closing and opening the cold storage compartment (5), a divisional wall (17, 42) separating the cold storage compartment (5) from the fresh food compartment (5), and a air channel system (31, 32) which is configured to allow an air exchange between the cold storage compartment (5) and the fresh food compartment (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Jicong Song
  • Patent number: 8434838
    Abstract: The individual locker assembly for refrigerators is intended for use in the workplace to permit employees to secure their perishable foods and beverages for lunches and snacks. The locker assembly is also suitable for installation in refrigerator units in medical offices and the like for the secure storage of controlled medications and the like that must be refrigerated. The locker assembly is assembled from top, bottom, side, and rear panels, and a series of intermediate shelves and dividers installed therein defining a plurality of individual storage compartments. Vertical panels include spring-biased pins that engage mating holes provided in the upper and lower interior panels of the refrigeration unit, to secure the assembly in place. Each compartment has its own lockable door. The locks may be combination units, key locks, external hasps and padlocks, or other lock types as desired. Integral locks may include provision for coin operation, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Zabbatino
  • Patent number: 7322209
    Abstract: A refrigerator, and more particularly, a refrigerator equipped with a machinery chamber door, which is provided to open or close a machinery chamber formed at an upper portion of a body of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body with a storage chamber, and with a machinery chamber provided at an upper portion of the body such that the machinery chamber is partitioned from the storage chamber, an opening portion provided at one side of the machinery chamber, a machinery chamber door hingably coupled to the opening portion such that the machinery chamber door can be rotated up and down to open or close the machinery chamber, a recess member provided to the machinery chamber door and defined with a recess, and an insertion member inserted into the recess and fixed to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Sick Hwang, Hyun Jong Kim, Myung Wouk Kim
  • Patent number: 6868688
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing low temperature refrigeration systems is provided. In one embodiment, an access tunnel is provided and a heater, an access door, a vacuum insulation panel, a thermal break, a sealing gasket that mates with a sealing surface together or in part(s) helps to prevent condensation from forming on the exterior of the freezer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kendro Laboratory Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Abraham C. Narehood