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Granted Patent B2
US 11,156,397 · App. 16/192,033 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Refrigerator

Inventors: Jinghui Chen (Nanjing, CN); Michael Krapp (Nattheim, DE); Wuba Lei (Chuzhou, CN); Hao Zhang (Nanjing, CN)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
F25D23/02F25D23/00F25D23/003F25D23/006
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Patent No.
US 11,156,397
App. No.
16/192,033
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerator includes a housing body and a refrigeration system with a compressor and a condenser. A machine room is provided on a lower side of the housing body, to accommodate the compressor and the condenser. A cover body closes the machine room. A positioning member is disposed on a wall of the housing body, to position the cover body on the housing body in a preassembly stage. The cover body is positioned at a pre-determined position on the housing body in a preassembly stage by using a positioning member, for example, fixed in a preassembly stage at a position covering the machine room. A screw hole on the cover body and a screw hole on the housing body are aligned with each other. This assists an assembly operation by enabling screws to be screwed into the screw holes easily and accurately, to further rapidly fix the cover body, thereby improving the installation efficiency of the assembly worker.

Claims (7)

1. A refrigerator, comprising: a housing body; a refrigeration system having a compressor and a condenser; a machine room provided on a lower side of the housing body, for accommodating said compressor and said condenser; a cover body for closing said machine room; and a positioning member disposed on a wall of said housing body and configured to position said cover body on said housing body in a preassembly stage of the refrigerator; and a supporting piece is disposed on said wall of said machine room, said positioning member is disposed on said supporting piece.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said positioning member is fixed on said supporting piece by a plug-in connection.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said cover body is connected to said positioning member by way of a plug-in connection or a snap-fit connection.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein said positioning member comprises a snap-fit portion, said cover body is formed with a snap-fit hole engaging with said snap-fit portion, and said snap-fit portion is snapped into said snap-fit hole to connect said cover body to said positioning member.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein when said cover body is positioned on said housing body in a preassembly stage, said positioning member penetrates said cover body and extends by a pre-determined distance along a direction away from said cover body.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein after said cover body is positioned on said housing body in a preassembly stage, said cover body is fixed on said housing body by way of a fixing member.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said cover body has a first screw hole and said housing body has a second screw hole, said positioning member being configured for aligning said first screw hole and said second screw hole during the preassembly stage.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST NAMED INVENTORS NAME IS INCORRECT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 047560 FRAME: 0444. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 26, 2018
From: CHEN, JINGHUI; KRAPP, MICHAEL; LEI, WUBA; ZHANG, HAO
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 047620/0618 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2018
From: LAIBLE, KARL-FRIEDRICH; KRAPP, MICHAEL; LEI, WUBA; ZHANG, HAO
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 047560/0444 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201721604941.1 · Nov 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190162463A1 · May 30, 2019