IP Library Granted Patent US 10,563,904
Granted Patent B2
US 10,563,904 · App. 15/861,591 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Built-in refrigerator including wire cover unit

Inventors: Min-kyu Kim (Seoul, KR); In-yong Hwang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Joong-ho Kim (Gwangju, KR); Jong-kyoung Bok (Suwon-si, KR); Yong-man Seo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ho-june Jeon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
F25D23/028F25D11/00F25D2323/024
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Patent No.
US 10,563,904
App. No.
15/861,591
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A built-in refrigerator which includes a body; a door configured to open and close an inside of the body; a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door.

Claims (44)

1. A built-in refrigerator comprising:

a body;

a door configured to open and close an inside of the body;

a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and

a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door,

wherein the wire cover unit includes:

a case, and

a sliding member configured to slide from an inside of the case to be drawn to an outside of the case, and to enclose the wire, and

wherein the case includes:

an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the wire, wherein the accommodation portion includes a wire fixing portion limiting a movement length of the wire, and

a drawing portion having a shape corresponding to the sliding member and configured to linearly guide the sliding member when the sliding member slides.

2. The built-in refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wire cover unit further includes:

a fixing bracket configured to be hingeably connected to the sliding member and coupled to the door.

3. The built-in refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the hinge is a multi joint hinge, and

the fixing bracket is connected to the door through a portion which is adjacent to the door of the multi-joint hinge.

4. The built-in refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the fixing bracket includes a wire guide that guides the wire drawn from the sliding member to a wire connection terminal which is adjacent to the door.

5. The built-in refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the wire guide includes:

a pair of protruding pieces configured to be disposed to face each other; and

at least two or more fixing protrusions configured to hold the wire disposed between the pair of protruding pieces.

6. The built-in refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the sliding member is formed of a soft material.

7. The built-in refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the wire fixing portion includes a protruding member protruding on an inner surface of the accommodation portion.

8. The built-in refrigerator of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of protruding members are provided, and

the wire is disposed above and below the plurality of protruding members in a zigzag shape.

9. The built-in refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein one end of the wire cover unit is hooked to a top surface of the body, and a portion of a side surface of the wire cover unit is screwed to the body.

10. The built-in refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the body includes a coupling hole positioned in the top surface, and

one end of the wire cover unit includes an inserting protrusion corresponding to a shape of the coupling hole, and the inserting protrusion and the coupling hole are hooked to each other.

11. The built-in refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the body is screwed to the wire cover unit in an outward direction from a center of the body.

12. The built-in refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the body includes a body screw groove protruding from the body,

the wire cover unit includes a cover screw groove in a side surface of the wire cover unit corresponding to the body screw groove, and

a screw is fastened to the body screw groove and the cover screw groove.

13. The built-in refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the wire cover unit includes a plurality of protruding portions which are linearly in contact with a portion which is in contact with the wire in a length direction of the wire.

14. A built-in refrigerator comprising:

a body;

a door configured to open and close an inside of the body;

a multi-joint hinge configured to connect the body with the door;

a case; and

a sliding member configured to dispose a wire therein, be disposed to slide from an inside of the case to an outside of the case, and be hingeably connected with the door,

wherein the case includes:

an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the wire;

a wire fixing portion configured to protrude on an inside surface of the accommodation portion and limit a movement length of the wire; and

a drawing portion having a shape corresponding to the sliding member and configured to linearly guide the sliding member when the sliding member slides.

15. The built-in refrigerator of claim 14 , wherein the accommodation portion includes a plurality of protruding portions which are linearly in contact with a portion which is in contact with the wire in a length direction of the wire.

16. The built-in refrigerator of claim 14 , wherein one end of the case is hook-coupled to a top surface of the body, and a portion of a side surface of the case is screwed to the body.

17. The built-in refrigerator of claim 16 , wherein the body and the case are screwed to each other in an outward direction of the body from a center of the body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2018
From: KIM, MIN-KYU; HWANG, IN-YONG; KIM, JOONG-HO; BOK, JONG-KYOUNG; SEO, YONG-MAN; JEON, HO-JUNE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0000907 · Jan 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180187956A1 · Jul 5, 2018
Cited By (1)
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