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Granted Patent B2
US 12,352,491 · App. 18/198,059 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Refrigerator

Inventors: Youngmin You (Suwon-si, KR); Kyoungsun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Jinyoung Song (Suwon-si, KR); Sangjune Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yeongjun Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
F25D23/063F25D23/067F25D25/02F25D2317/067
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Patent No.
US 12,352,491
App. No.
18/198,059
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a refrigerator that includes a storage compartment, a shelf disposed inside the storage compartment, an angle provided to fix a position of the shelf, and a duct mounted on one surface of the storage compartment and to which the angle is coupled. The angle includes a bent part formed to be bent inward from one end of the angle, and the duct includes a fixing protrusion disposed to protrude from the duct toward the storage compartment so as to fix the angle by pressing an inner surface of the bent part.

Claims (25)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a storage compartment;

a shelf disposed inside the storage compartment;

an angle disposed to fix a position of the shelf, the angle comprising a bent part formed to be bent inward from one end of the angle; and

a duct mounted on one surface of the storage compartment and to which the angle is coupled, the duct comprising a fixing protrusion disposed to protrude from the duct toward the storage compartment to fix the angle by pressing an inner surface of the bent part, the fixing protrusion being an integral part of the duct,

wherein the bent part comprises a coupling hole configured to couple with the duct, and is disposed at a rear of the angle with respect to a front surface of the angle exposed to the storage compartment and above the inner surface pressed by the fixing protrusion in a vertical direction.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the fixing protrusion comprises a hook part disposed to press the inner surface of the bent part toward the inside of the duct.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the hook part is disposed to come into contact with the bent part between the front surface of the angle and the bent part.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the angle comprises a plurality of shelf fixing holes formed on a front surface of the angle.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the duct further comprises:

a front cover disposed to form a front exterior of the duct by being exposed to the storage compartment; and

a support plate disposed to fix the front cover at a rear of the front cover and accommodate the angle.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein the support plate comprises an angle mounting part formed to be recessed inward from a front surface of the support plate so that the angle is mounted thereon.

7. The refrigerator of claim 6 , wherein the fixing protrusion is formed on the angle mounting part.

8. The refrigerator of claim 6 , wherein the front cover comprises a cutout portion formed by being cut at a position corresponding to the angle mounting part, and a front surface of the angle is exposed to the storage compartment through the cutout portion.

9. The refrigerator of claim 6 , wherein the support plate further comprises a rib disposed to extend in a horizontal direction from the front surface of the support plate toward the storage compartment, and disposed to protrude forward of the front cover.

10. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the angle further comprises a stepped part disposed to be stepped with the front surface of the angle by being bent outward from the other end of the angle.

11. The refrigerator of claim 10 , wherein the support plate further comprises a separation space formed between the rib and the angle mounting part, and disposed to accommodate the stepped part.

12. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the coupling hole is a first coupling hole, and a support plate comprises a second coupling hole disposed at a position corresponding to the first coupling hole.

13. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the bent part is a first bent part, and the fixing protrusion is a first fixing protrusion, and the refrigerator further comprises a second bent part formed to be bent inward from the other end of the angle, and a second fixing protrusion disposed to protrude from the duct toward the storage compartment to press an inner surface of the second bent part.

14. The refrigerator of claim 13 , wherein

the first bent part and the second bent part are disposed symmetrically with respect to a center of the angle.

15. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the bent part is formed from a top end of the angle, and is bent in a direction toward a bottom end of the angle.

16. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the coupling hole is disposed at the rear of the angle such that the coupling hole is spaced apart from the front surface of the angle in a direction away from the storage compartment.

17. The refrigerator of claim 10 , wherein the rib is disposed to prevent the stepped part being separated from the duct.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2023
From: YOU, YOUNGMIN; PARK, KYOUNGSUN; SONG, JINYOUNG; LEE, SANGJUNE; LEE, YEONGJUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063659/0202 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0001513 · Jan 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021016248 · Nov 9, 2021
Related Publication 20230288132A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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