IP Library Granted Patent US 8,871,323
Granted Patent B2
US 8,871,323 · App. 13/386,965 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Vacuum insulation member, refrigerator having vacuum insulation member, and method for fabricating vacuum insulation member

Inventors: Youngbae Kim (Changwon-si, KR); Dongju Jung (Changwon-si, KR); Ilseob Yoon (Changwon-si, KR); Minkyu Hwang (Changwon-si, KR); Jinwoo Shim (Changwon-si, KR); Kyungdo Kim (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
F25D23/06F25D2201/14F16L59/065
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Patent No.
US 8,871,323
App. No.
13/386,965
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a vacuum insulation member, a refrigerator having a vacuum insulation member, and a method for fabricating a vacuum insulation member. The vacuum insulation member includes: an envelope having gas impermeability and having a certain decompressed space therein; a core formed as a structure for maintaining a certain shape and disposed at an inner side of the envelope to support the envelope; and a filler formed as powder having micro pores and filled at the inner side of the envelope. The use of a glass fiber core can be avoided, an internal vacuum degree can be easily maintained, and a life span can be lengthened.

Claims (29)

1. A vacuum insulation member comprising:

an envelope having gas impermeability and having a decompressed space formed therein;

a core provided in the space formed in the envelope and having a structure configured to maintain a certain shape so as to support the envelope; and

a filler comprising a powder having micro pores and filled in the space formed in the envelope,

wherein the core comprises a plurality of mesh members laminated to each other.

2. The vacuum insulation member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesh members are laminated to each other in a thickness direction of the core.

3. The vacuum insulation member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesh members comprises a plurality of first and second frames disposed perpendicular to each other.

4. The vacuum insulation member of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first and second frames are disposed on the same plane.

5. The vacuum insulation member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesh members comprises a first mesh member and a second mesh member alternately laminated.

6. The vacuum insulation member of claim 5 , wherein the first mesh member comprises a plurality of first frames and a plurality of second frames which are disposed perpendicular to each other and are each oriented in parallel to a corresponding periphery of the first mesh, and

the second mesh member comprises a plurality of third frames and a plurality of fourth frames which are disposed perpendicular to each other and are each oriented at a predetermined angle with respect to a corresponding periphery of the second member and disposed to be perpendicular to each other.

7. The vacuum insulation member of claim 1 , wherein the core is made of a synthetic resin material.

8. The vacuum insulation member of claim 1 , wherein the filler comprises at least one of SiO 2 , TiO 2 ,or Al 2 O 3 .

9. The vacuum insulation member of claim 8 , wherein an internal vacuum degree of the envelope ranges from 10 −1 Torr to 10 Torr.

10. The vacuum insulation member of claim 9 , wherein the envelope comprises a film body and a deposition film having a metal or inorganic deposition layer deposited on a surface of the film body.

11. The vacuum insulation member of claim 8 , further comprising:

a getter disposed in the space formed in the envelope.

12. A refrigerator comprising the vacuum insulation member of claim 1 .

13. A method for fabricating a vacuum insulation member, the method comprising:

forming an envelope having gas impermeability and a core, the core having a structure configured to maintain a certain shape and being disposed in a space formed in the envelope to support the envelope;

filling a filler comprising a powder having micro pores in the space formed in the envelope; and

decompressing the space formed in the envelope to maintain the space at a certain vacuum degree,

wherein forming a core comprises laminating a plurality of mesh members.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein laminating a plurality of mesh members comprises laminating a plurality of mesh members to each other in a thickness direction of the core.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein laminating a plurality of mesh members comprises laminating a plurality of first and second frames perpendicular to each other.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of first and second frames are disposed on the same plane.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein laminating a plurality of mesh members comprises alternately laminating a first mesh member and a second mesh member.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first mesh member comprises a plurality of first frames and a plurality of second frames which are disposed perpendicular to each other and are each oriented in parallel to a corresponding periphery of the first mesh member, and

the second mesh member comprises a plurality of third frames and a plurality of fourth frames which are disposed perpendicular to each other and are each oriented at a predetermined angle with respect to a corresponding periphery of the second member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2012
From: KIM, YOUNGBAE; JUNG, DONGJU; YOON, ILSEOB; HWANG, MINKYU; SHIM, JINWOO; KIM, KYUNGDO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0072990 · Aug 7, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120118002A1 · May 17, 2012