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Granted Patent B2
US 11,555,650 · App. 16/811,592 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Household refrigeration appliance with a display and/or control unit

Inventors: Florian Gerstmayr (Gundelfingen, DE); Simon Kraemer (Aalen, DE); Oliver Elser (Koenigsbronn, DE)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
F25D29/005F25D23/028F25D2400/36F25D2400/361
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Patent No.
US 11,555,650
App. No.
16/811,592
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A household refrigeration appliance includes a body having a storage compartment disposed therein which is closeable by a terminating element. A display and/or control unit has a cover formed by a plate. A carrier frame is fastened to the rear of the plate and an electronic display and/or control is disposed on the carrier frame.

Claims (27)

1. A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:

a body having a storage compartment disposed in said body;

a terminating element for closing said storage compartment, said terminating element having a receptacle with first snap on elements;

a display and/or control unit having an electronic display and/or control;

a cover for said display and/or control unit, said cover formed by a plate having a rear; and

a carrier frame fastened to said rear of said plate, said carrier frame having second snap-on elements formed thereon for engaging said display and/or control and fixing said carrier frame to said display and/or control and defining an assembly, said carrier frame having third snap-on elements formed thereon for engaging said first snap on elements and fixing said assembly in said receptacle.

2. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is formed of glass.

3. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is non-detachably connected to said carrier frame.

4. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 3 , which further comprises an adhesive bond connecting said plate to said carrier frame.

5. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 4 , wherein said adhesive bond is a sealing adhesive bond.

6. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 4 , wherein said adhesive bond is formed by a closed porous adhesive tape.

7. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said electronic display and/or control is detachably fastened to said carrier frame.

8. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said second snap-on elements fix said electronic display and/or control and said carrier frame in a first direction and a second direction oriented at right angles to said first direction, and said electronic display and/or control and said carrier frame are mounted with play in a third direction oriented at right angles to said first direction and said second direction.

9. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said plate has a rear side, and at least one spring element presses said electronic display and/or control against said rear side of said plate.

10. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said display and/or control unit is detachably fastened at the household refrigeration appliance.

11. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , which further comprises a seal disposed on said carrier frame.

12. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 11 , wherein said seal has a narrow side, and said display and/or control unit is fastened to said narrow side.

13. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 12 , which further comprises:

a terminating wall at least partially forming said narrow side;

said receptacle formed in one piece in said terminating element.

14. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 13 , wherein said terminating element completely forms said narrow side.

15. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein:

said plate defines a main extension plane and a projection plane parallel to said main extension plane;

a rectangle encloses said plate and has a surface; and

a rectangle enclosing said carrier frame in said projection plane corresponds to at least 75% of said surface of said rectangle enclosing said plate.

16. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 15 , wherein said rectangle enclosing said carrier frame in said projection plane corresponds to at least 80% of said surface of said rectangle enclosing said plate.

17. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 15 , wherein said rectangle enclosing said carrier frame in said projection plane corresponds to at least 90% of said surface of said rectangle enclosing said plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2020
From: GERSTMAYR, FLORIAN; KRAEMER, SIMON; ELSER, OLIVER
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 052056/0370 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019203114 · Mar 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200284503A1 · Sep 10, 2020