IP Library Granted Patent US 8,459,818
Granted Patent B2
US 8,459,818 · App. 13/130,313 · Granted Jun 11, 2013

Refrigeration appliance body comprising internal lighting

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Patent No.
US 8,459,818
App. No.
13/130,313
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigeration appliance includes a body having walls to define an interior with an open front side. One of the walls extends from the front side of the body in a depth direction and is formed with at least one recess. A translucent pane seals the at least one recess and is at least locally clear. At least one light-emitting diode module is accommodated in the at least one recess and produces a light cone which lies completely within the interior.

Claims (21)

1. A refrigeration appliance, comprising:

a body having walls to define an interior with an open front side, one of the walls extending from the front side of the body in a depth direction and formed with at least one recess;

a translucent pane sealing the at least one recess, said pane being at least locally clear; and

at least one light-emitting diode module accommodated in the at least one recess and producing a light cone which lies completely within the interior.

2. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , constructed in the form of a domestic refrigerator.

3. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the pane is flush with a surface of the one of the walls surrounding the at least one recess.

4. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the pane engages in a form-fit manner in a circumferential flat edge zone of the at least one recess.

5. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the pane has a region which is transilluminated by the light cone and devoid of sharp edges.

6. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diode module comprises a light-emitting diode and a reflector surrounding the light-emitting diode.

7. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess has a cross section in the shape of a prism, said light-emitting diode module being disposed on a front side of the prism.

8. The refrigeration appliance of claim 7 , wherein the front side of the prism is oriented at a greater intermediate angle in relation to the pane than a back side thereof.

9. The refrigeration appliance of claim 7 , wherein the front side and the back side include an obtuse intermediate angle.

10. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the one of the walls is a lateral wall of the body.

11. The refrigeration appliance of claim 10 , wherein the at least one recess is disposed in the lateral wall in a vicinity of the front side.

12. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of light-emitting diode modules are accommodated in the at least one recess.

13. The refrigeration appliance of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting diode modules are vertically staggered.

14. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess extends over a height of the interior.

15. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the one of the walls includes a plurality of recesses in vertically spaced-apart relationship.

16. The refrigeration appliance of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting modules have vertically fanned-out main beam directions.

17. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , further comprising an internal panel lining the interior, said at least one recess being part of a separate component which is insertable in a seating in the internal panel in a foam-tight manner.

18. The refrigeration appliance of claim 1 , wherein the one of the walls and another opposite one of the walls are each formed with at least one said recess in a vicinity of the front side of the body.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →