IP Library Granted Patent US 10,214,949
Granted Patent B2
US 10,214,949 · App. 16/106,992 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Refrigerator

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Patent No.
US 10,214,949
App. No.
16/106,992
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerator of this embodiment includes a housing that includes a storeroom, a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and opens or closes an opening of the storeroom by the rotation, a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion, and a wireless communication apparatus that includes a wireless communication unit and is connected to the connection line.

Claims (41)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a housing that includes a storeroom;

a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;

a connection line; and

a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing does not correspond to a multiple of a half of the wavelength of the radio wave.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed on the housing.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing is equal to or less than a half of the wavelength of the radio wave.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3 ,

wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing corresponds to about a quarter of the wavelength of the radio wave.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a case in which the wireless communication apparatus is mounted; and

a mounting regulation member in the case configured to position the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication apparatus to face upward.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a case in which the wireless communication apparatus is mounted such that the wireless communication unit faces downward,

wherein a connector of the wireless communication apparatus is positioned above an upper surface of the housing.

7. A refrigerator comprising:

a housing that includes a storeroom;

a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;

a connection line; and

a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing is equal to or less than a half of the wavelength of the radio wave.

8. A refrigerator comprising:

a housing that includes a storeroom;

a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;

a connection line; and

a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing corresponds to about a quarter of the wavelength of the radio wave.

9. A refrigerator comprising:

a housing that includes a storeroom;

a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;

a connection line;

a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength;

a case in which the wireless communication apparatus is mounted; and

a mounting regulation member in the case configured to position the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication apparatus to face upward.

10. A refrigerator comprising:

a housing that includes a storeroom;

a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;

a connection line;

a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength; and

a case in which the wireless communication apparatus is mounted such that the wireless communication unit faces downward,

wherein a connector of the wireless communication apparatus is positioned above an upper surface of the housing.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2026
From: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
To: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075520/0170 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: UEYAMA, HIDEO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047747/0560 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047747/0566 →