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US 7,891,057 · App. 11/990,802 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Hinge bearing block

Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeräate Lienz GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,891,057
App. No.
11/990,802
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearing block has a screw guided through a bore of the bearing block as well as a bearing sleeve which has an internal thread which is in engagement with the external thread of the screw and whose outer surface serves as a door support.

Claims (15)

1. A bearing block having a screw guided through a bore of the bearing block as well as having a bearing sleeve which has a hollow space having an internal thread which is in engagement with the external thread of the screw and whose outer surface serves as a door support, wherein

the bearing sleeve has a first section in which the hollow space having the internal thread is located and a second section which is formed by a guide plate which adjoins the first section, and

the bearing block has a recess, in which the guide plate can be received, on its side facing the guide plate.

2. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the bearing block is connected to an installation plate which has one or more bores for the fixing of the installation plate to the carcass of an appliance, said appliance being a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit.

3. A bearing block in accordance with claim 2 , wherein

the recess is made as a groove, and

the groove extends parallel to the plane formed by the installation plate.

4. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the bore of the bearing block through which the screw is guided is made as an elongate bore.

5. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the bearing block is made as a cast part.

6. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the internal thread of the bearing sleeve extends over the total length of the first section of the bearing sleeve.

7. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the recess has a depth which corresponds to or exceeds the thickness of the guide plate.

8. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the recess is made as a groove.

9. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the guide plate is made rectangular or square.

10. A bearing block in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the bearing sleeve is received at least sectionally in a recess of a door or cover of a refrigerator and/or freezer unit.

11. A bearing block in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the bearing block forms an upper support of the door of the refrigerator and/or freezer unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2010
From: BRUGGER, ANTON
To: LIEBHERR-HAUSGERATE LIENZ GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2005 013 460 U · Aug 25, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090133225A1 · May 28, 2009