IP Library Granted Patent US 11,293,687
Granted Patent B2
US 11,293,687 · App. 16/950,673 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Refrigerator and home appliance

Inventors: Chomin Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yang-Yeol Gu (Suwon-si, KR); Dongyeong Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Byoungmok Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yonghan Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Taecheol Park (Suwon-si, KR); Yongman Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Jinyoung Song (Suwon-si, KR); Yountae Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Byungkwan Yang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
F25D23/028A47L15/4265F25D2201/10F25D2323/02
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Patent No.
US 11,293,687
App. No.
16/950,673
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerator including a main body forming a storage compartment, and a door configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door includes a door body rotatably coupled to the main body and including an insulator therein, a panel body positioned in a front of the door body, a first trim disposed at a first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body while being rotated with respect to the door body, and a second trim disposed at a second edge opposite to the first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body when the first trim is coupled to the door body.

Claims (26)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a main body; and

a door configured to open and close a front side of the main body, the door including:

a door panel including a panel body and a side trim on a surface of the panel body, the side trim including a side trim protrusion, and

a door body on which the door panel is separably mountable, the door body including an accommodation portion and a fixing portion,

wherein the side trim protrusion includes a material having an elasticity, and the side trim protrusion and the fixing portion are configured, so that, when the door panel is being mounted on the door body, the side trim protrusion is pressed by the fixing portion and is thereby deformed and, after being deformed, is restored, to be coupled to the fixing portion and accommodated in the accommodation portion, and so that the side trim protrusion coupled to the fixing portion prevents the door panel from being separated from the door body.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the panel body includes a metal, and the door panel is mountable on the door body with a side end portion of the panel body being supported by the accommodation portion.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the side end portion of the panel body is bent metal.

4. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein

the door body includes a cover and chassis at opposite sides of the cover, and

when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the panel body protrudes forward further than the chassis.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein

the cover includes a cover hole, and

the door includes a fastening member passing through the cover hole and fixing the cover to the chassis.

6. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the chassis protrude forward further than the cover at opposite sides of the cover to form a space together with the cover in which the door panel is mountable.

7. The refrigerator of claim 6 , wherein

the door body includes a lower door cap coupled to a lower end of the chassis, and

a lower end portion of the panel body is bent metal and is supported by the lower door cap.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7 , wherein

the door body includes an upper door cap coupled to an upper end of the chassis, and

the lower door cap and the upper door cap form a space together with the chassis and the cover in which the door panel is mountable.

9. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the panel body includes a glass and, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the side trim is supported by the fixing portion.

10. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein a side end portion of the panel body is adjacent to the accommodation portion when the door panel is mounted on the door body.

11. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the door panel includes a buffer member attached to a surface of the panel body facing the door body when the door panel is mounted on the door body, and including a shock absorbing material or a sound absorbing material.

12. The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein the side trim includes first and second trims arranged at opposite sides of the buffer member, respectively.

13. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the side trim is made of a material different from a material forming the panel body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2020
From: LEE, CHOMIN; GU, YANG-YEOL; KIM, DONGYEONG; KIM, BYOUNGMOK; KIM, YONGHAN; PARK, TAECHEOL; SEO, YONGMAN; SONG, JINYOUNG; SHIN, YOUNTAE; YANG, BYUNGKWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054453/0065 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0101998 · Aug 20, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0063401 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16998908 · Aug 20, 2020
Related Publication 20210071937A1 · Mar 11, 2021
Cited By (1)
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