IP Library Granted Patent US 12663204
Granted Patent B2
US 12663204 · App. 18/720,448 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Refrigeration device having magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus

Inventors: Yuning Zhang (Qingdao, CN); Lisheng Ji (Qingdao, CN); Bin Fei (Qingdao, CN); Mengcheng Li (Qingdao, CN); Yao Yi (Qingdao, CN); Zilin Cao (Qingdao, CN)
Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.; HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
F25D23/12A23B4/015A23B4/06F25D17/08F25D25/025F25D2300/00F25D2317/061F25D2317/063F25D2700/121
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12663204
App. No.
18/720,448
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigeration device having a magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus, includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a back part of the storage chamber having a refrigeration air duct; and a magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus having a magnetic field component used to apply a magnetic field to a freshness-preserving space inside the storage chamber. The magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus includes a barrel body, an air intake port and an air return port in communication with the refrigeration air duct; and a drawer defining a freshness-preserving space. The magnetic field freshness-preserving unit is configured to form a surrounding air duct that allows airflow to flow from the air inlet port sequentially through a top wall of the barrel body, a front baffle of the drawer, and a space below a bottom plate of the drawer, and back to the air return port, so as to refrigerate the freshness-preserving space.

Claims (30)

1 . A refrigeration device having a magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus, comprising:

a cabinet, in which a storage chamber is defined, with a refrigeration air duct for providing refrigeration airflow arranged at a back of the storage chamber;

a magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus, arranged in the storage chamber, provided with a magnetic field component for applying a magnetic field to a freshness-preserving space inside itself; and the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus comprising:

a barrel body defining an air intake port and an air return port at a rear part thereof, and the air intake port and the air return port communicated with the refrigeration air duct;

a drawer slidably arranged inside the barrel body, and defining the freshness-preserving space inside thereof;

wherein the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus is configured to form a surrounding air duct that allows airflow to flow from the air intake port sequentially through a top wall of the barrel body, a front baffle of the drawer, and a lower space below a bottom plate of the drawer, and return to the air return port to refrigerate the freshness-preserving space; and

wherein the front baffle of the drawer comprises:

a middle partition;

an air duct member arranged on the side of the middle partition facing the freshness-preserving space, together with the middle partition defining the front section of the surrounding air duct passing through the front baffle, with the top portion of the air duct member connected to a front baffle air inlet of the top section;

a panel arranged on a side of the middle partition opposite to the freshness-preserving space, an air insulation space is forming between the panel and the middle partition.

2 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the top wall of the barrel body comprises:

a drawer top cover, opposite to a top opening of the drawer;

an outer shell plate, arranged above the drawer top cover, with a first interval between the outer shell plate and the drawer top cover;

a top insulation plate, arranged in the first interval, with a space between the top insulation plate and the drawer top cover forming a top section of the surrounding air duct passing through the top wall of the barrel body; and

a plurality of through holes arranged on the drawer top cover to communicated the freshness-preserving space with the top section through the through holes.

3 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of air guide ribs are formed on a side of the top insulation plate facing towards the drawer top cover to guide the airflow in the top section, thereby ensuring that the airflow evenly flows through the top section.

4 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic field component comprises a first magnetically conductive plate and a first magnetic component, the first magnetically conductive plate and the first magnetic component are arranged on the drawer top cover,

the first magnetic component is flat and abutted against the first magnetically conductive plate.

5 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the magnetic field component comprises a second magnetically conductive plate and a second magnetic component, the second magnetically conductive plate and the second magnetic component are arranged on a bottom wall of the barrel body, the second magnetic component is flat and abutted against the second magnetically conductive plate,

the first magnetically conductive plate and the second magnetically conductive plate are arranged opposite to each other, and the magnetic field component further comprises:

a magnetically conductive tape arranged on the side wall of the barrel body, connecting the first magnetically conductive plate and the second magnetically conductive plate to form an annular magnetic circuit around the drawer.

6 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a first temperature detection component and a second temperature detection component, respectively arranged inside the drawer top cover, and wherein the first temperature detection component is located near the air intake port, the second temperature detection component is located near the front baffle of the drawer.

7 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the top wall of the barrel body further comprises:

an air guide element arranged at a front end of the top wall of the barrel body, a first air guide opening at a rear portion of the air guide element is communicated with a front end of the top section, a bottom portion of the air guide element is opposite to the front baffle air inlet,

a second air guide opening is arranged at the bottom portion of the air guide element and communicated with the front baffle air inlet, to guide the airflow of the top section into the front section, the bottom portion of the air guide element and the top portion of the air duct member respectively set as inclined surfaces sloping downwards from front to back.

8 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate of the drawer and the bottom wall of the barrel body are spaced apart to form the lower space, for serving as the bottom section of the surrounding air duct;

the front part of the bottom plate of the drawer has a front baffle air outlet corresponding to the bottom end of the air duct member, connecting the bottom section through the front baffle air outlet.

9 . The refrigeration device having the magnetic field freshness-preserving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rear wall of the barrel body is spaced apart from the back of the storage chamber, and the air return port is arranged in the middle of the rear wall; and

the top end of the rear wall extends obliquely towards the rear end of the top wall of the barrel body to form an oblique extension surface, and the air intake port is arranged on the oblique extension surface.