公开(公告)号：US09920557B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US14898406

申请日：2014-06-16

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Nami Kim ,  Jaeyoul Lee ,  Sunghun Lee ,  Jindong Kim ,  Jihyun Im ,  Hyunbum Kim

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05C19/12 ,  E05B65/00 ,  E05C3/12 ,  E05C7/02 ,  E05C19/02 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/04

CPC classification number: E05C19/12 ,  E05B65/0042 ,  E05C3/12 ,  E05C7/02 ,  E05C19/02 ,  E05C19/026 ,  F25D23/025 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/062 ,  F25D2201/10

Abstract: Disclosed are a fixing device and a refrigerator having the same. The fixing device includes a clasp (400) installed to a first member (12), the clasp having a contact portion (402, 404) defining a plane, and a coupler (500) installed to a second member (100), the coupler serving to fix the second member to the first member to enable selective coupling or release of the second member and the first member. The coupler includes a hook (510) having a protruding tip portion (511) configured to come into contact with the contact portions (402, 404) so as to be caught by the contact portion (404), the hook being rotatable, and an elastic member (52,0) configured to elastically support the hook such that the hook is rotated toward the clasp. A contact position of the protruding tip portion and the contact portion is spaced apart from a rotation center of the hook by a predetermined distance (d).

公开(公告)号：US09915471B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US14786719

申请日：2014-04-22

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kwanhyung Kim ,  Samnyol Hong ,  Sungdu Kwon ,  Ikkyu Lee ,  Myoungju Lee ,  Jeonghwan Kim

IPC: F25D29/00 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D25/02 ,  F25D27/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G03B29/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/52 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T7/60 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N7/18

CPC classification number: F25D29/005 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/062 ,  F25D23/067 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D25/025 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2300/00 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2400/02 ,  F25D2400/361 ,  F25D2500/06 ,  F25D2600/00 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/06 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  G03B29/00 ,  G06K9/00335 ,  G06K9/4652 ,  G06K9/52 ,  G06K9/6201 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G06T7/254 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  H04N5/2252 ,  H04N5/2253 ,  H04N5/2257 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/2621 ,  H04N5/2624 ,  H04N7/18

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment provided with an access opening, a door rotatably provided to the cabinet to open and close the access opening, a drawer provided in the storage compartment, a camera fixed to a ceiling of the storage compartment to photograph both a first region for storing of food arranged in an external space of the drawer in the storage compartment and a second region for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer in the storage compartment, and a controller to separate, through a capturing time of a picture containing both the first region and the second region, a first region picture and a second region picture from the picture to individually divide and store the first region picture and the second region picture.

公开(公告)号：US09915465B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US15300306

申请日：2015-03-06

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inventor： Noriaki Matsunaga ,  Shinobu Ogasawara ,  Takeharu Kageyama ,  Satoru Toyama ,  Kota Mizuno ,  Yutaka Hirakawa

IPC: F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F04C18/356 ,  F04C29/00 ,  F04C29/02 ,  F25B13/00 ,  F25B31/02 ,  F25D23/08

CPC classification number: F25D23/065 ,  F04B39/00 ,  F04C18/356 ,  F04C29/00 ,  F04C29/0085 ,  F04C29/02 ,  F04C2210/263 ,  F04C2240/30 ,  F04C2240/40 ,  F25B1/04 ,  F25B13/00 ,  F25B31/002 ,  F25B31/02 ,  F25B2400/07 ,  F25B2400/121 ,  F25B2500/11 ,  F25D23/08 ,  F25D2201/10

Abstract: An insulating material that tends not to hydrolyze is used to thereby provide a heat pump apparatus having long-term reliability. An electric motor of a compressor is fixed to a sealed container and includes a stator around which a winding wire is wound through intermediation of an insulating material, and a rotor surrounded by the stator. The insulating material is a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester (LCP) having a molecular main chain constituted by a monomer including p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHB) as an essential monomer and a monomer solely including benzene-ring as another monomer via an ester bond. The refrigerating machine oil has a saturated water content of 2% or less at 40 degrees C., a relative humidity of 80%, for 24 Hr. To suppress the explosive decomposition reaction of ethylene-based fluorohydrocarbon, a flame retardant is used to generate chemical species that complement active radicals that cause the decomposition reaction.

公开(公告)号：US20170191747A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15466606

申请日：2017-03-22

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Woonkyu SEO ,  Soonho JUNG ,  Jinhee PARK

IPC: F25D27/00 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F21V14/00 ,  A47F3/00 ,  F21V33/00 ,  F21V23/04 ,  F25D23/02 ,  A47F3/04

CPC classification number: F25D27/005 ,  A47F3/001 ,  A47F3/043 ,  A47F3/0434 ,  A47F3/0478 ,  F21V14/003 ,  F21V23/0442 ,  F21V23/0471 ,  F21V33/0044 ,  F21W2131/305 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/025 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/065 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2201/12 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2323/023 ,  F25D2400/361 ,  F25D2700/04

Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator; a lighting device provided in the storage chamber, a first door rotatably coupled to the case to open and close the storage chamber, an auxiliary storage chamber provided in the first door, a second door, a front panel formed of a transparent material, an evaporation treatment unit evaporated on an overall back surface of the front panel to transmit lights partially, a variable transparency film attached to a back surface of the evaporation treatment unit provided in the front panel to get transparent when the power is supplied, a frame unit with an opening having a corresponding size to an opening provided in the first door, an insulation panel distant from the front panel, a power supply unit for supplying an electric power to the variable transparency film and the lighting device, a proximity sensor provided in the second door to sense a user's approaching.

公开(公告)号：US09683770B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14961711

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Tim L. Coulter ,  Thomas E. Gose ,  Steven G. Herndon ,  James H. Jenkins ,  Bill J. Koons ,  Brent A. Kramer ,  Scott W. Leimkuehler ,  Dean A. Martin ,  Alvin V. Miller ,  Kevin Lee Noel ,  Mauro M. Oliveira ,  Lester J. Ott ,  Ron S. Paulsen ,  Chad J. Rotter ,  David Allen Stauffer ,  Kyle B. Van Meter ,  Alan M. Welch ,  Robert L. Wetekamp

IPC: F25C1/04 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25C1/00 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D31/00 ,  F25C5/00 ,  F25D17/04 ,  F25D27/00

CPC classification number: F25C1/04 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F25B2600/112 ,  F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25C5/24 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/045 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/061 ,  F25D23/063 ,  F25D23/064 ,  F25D23/066 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D31/00 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2317/0666 ,  F25D2317/0682 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2400/02 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/12 ,  F25D2700/121 ,  F25D2700/122 ,  F25D2700/14 ,  Y02B40/32 ,  Y10T29/49359

Abstract: An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency.

公开(公告)号：US20170010037A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-12

申请号：US15276104

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： PAUL B. ALLARD ,  ANDREA OLIVANI ,  JERRY M. VISIN

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  B29D99/00 ,  B29C53/02 ,  E06B3/70 ,  E06B7/23

CPC classification number: F25D23/028 ,  B29C53/02 ,  B29D99/0053 ,  B32B3/04 ,  B32B3/263 ,  B32B37/0076 ,  B32B37/18 ,  B32B38/0012 ,  B32B38/1808 ,  B32B2038/0028 ,  B32B2307/304 ,  B32B2509/10 ,  B32B2607/00 ,  E06B3/7015 ,  E06B7/2305 ,  E06B2003/7051 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2201/14 ,  Y02B40/34

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) vacuum insulation panel (VIP) and a folding approach to create the 3D VIP from a two-dimensional (2D) VIP of non-uniform thickness for a refrigerator, a refrigerator freezer or a non-appliance, are disclosed. The folding approach includes placing a VIP main panel and a plurality of VIP wall panels on an outer film, where one or more panels are of a greater thickness than other VIP panels; placing an inner film on top of the VIP main and wall panels and sealing the films together. The inner film is longer than the outer film and this allows the films and the VIP wall panels to be folded into a finished panel, wherein the longer inner film allows for fording without causing tears or micro-cracks in the film that would adversely affect the insulation properties of the three-dimensional (3D) VIP.

Abstract translation: 三维（3D）真空绝热面板（VIP）和折叠方法从冰箱，冰箱冰柜或非家电的不均匀厚度的二维（2D）VIP创建3D VIP 披露 折叠方法包括将VIP主面板和多个VIP墙板放置在外部薄膜上，其中一个或多个面板的厚度大于其他VIP面板; 在VIP主墙和墙板的顶部放置内膜，并将膜密封在一起。 内部膜比外部膜长，并且这允许膜和VIP壁板折叠成成品面板，其中较长的内部膜允许植入，而不会导致膜中的眼泪或微裂纹，这会对 绝缘性能的三维（3D）VIP。

公开(公告)号：US09506686B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-29

申请号：US14688912

申请日：2015-04-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jae Hong Ko ,  Seung Ho Yoon ,  Suk Hwan Kim ,  Soo Hyung Ban

IPC: F25D25/00 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/08 ,  B29C51/10 ,  B29K105/00 ,  B29L31/00

CPC classification number: F25D23/065 ,  B29C51/10 ,  B29K2105/255 ,  B29L2031/7622 ,  F25D23/064 ,  F25D23/066 ,  F25D23/08 ,  F25D25/00 ,  F25D2201/10

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator in which a level difference between an inner cabinet and an outer cabinet is improved in coupling the inner cabinet with the outer cabinet by forming a corner of the inner cabinet located at a portion coupled with the outer cabinet to have a smaller radius. The refrigerator includes an inner cabinet in which a storage chamber is formed. The refrigerator also includes an outer cabinet coupled with an outside of the inner cabinet and configured to form an exterior. The refrigerator further includes an insulating material filling between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet. The inner cabinet includes a storage portion configured to form the storage chamber. The inner cabinet also includes an edge portion configured to extend in a vertical direction toward the outside of the storage portion from a front surface edge of the storage portion and exposed to the outside. The inner cabinet further includes a contact portion configured to extend in a vertical direction toward a rear direction from the edge portion and in contact with the outer cabinet when coupling with the outer cabinet. The inner cabinet includes a seating portion disposed in a rear direction of a front surface portion of the outer cabinet in contact with the contact portion and in parallel with the edge portion. The contact portion extends in a rear direction more than an end of the seating portion adjacent to the contact portion from the edge portion.

Abstract translation: 本文公开了一种冰箱，其中通过形成位于与外壳结合的部分处的内部机柜的角部而使内部机柜与外部机柜联接以改善内部机柜和外部机柜之间的高度差，以具有较小的 半径。 冰箱包括形成有储存室的内部机壳。 冰箱还包括与内部机柜的外部联接并构造成形成外部的外部机壳。 冰箱还包括填充在内机柜和外机柜之间的绝缘材料。 内部机柜包括构造成形成存储室的存储部分。 内部机柜还包括边缘部分，其构造成从存储部分的前表面边缘沿垂直方向朝向存储部分的外部延伸并暴露于外部。 所述内部机壳还包括接触部，所述接触部构造成当与所述外部机壳联接时，所述接触部从所述边缘部沿垂直方向朝向后方向延伸并与所述外部机壳接触。 所述内部机壳包括在所述外部机壳的前表面部分的后方向设置的与所述接触部分接触并与所述边缘部分平行的座部。 接触部分沿着后方向延伸多于从边缘部分邻近接触部分的就座部分的端部。

公开(公告)号：US20160165114A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US14930091

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kwanhyung KIM ,  Samnyol HONG ,  Sungdu KWON ,  Ikkyu LEE ,  Myoungju LEE ,  Jeonghwan KIM

IPC: H04N5/225 ,  F25D23/12 ,  H04N5/262 ,  F25D23/06 ,  H04N5/232 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D23/02

CPC classification number: F25D29/005 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/062 ,  F25D23/067 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D25/025 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2300/00 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2400/02 ,  F25D2400/361 ,  F25D2500/06 ,  F25D2600/00 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/06 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  G03B29/00 ,  G06K9/00335 ,  G06K9/4652 ,  G06K9/52 ,  G06K9/6201 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G06T7/254 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  H04N5/2252 ,  H04N5/2253 ,  H04N5/2257 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/2621 ,  H04N5/2624 ,  H04N7/18

Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. The refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment being provided with an access opening, a door rotatably provided to the cabinet to open and close the access opening, a drawer provided in the storage compartment, a camera fixed to a ceiling of the storage compartment to photograph both a region (a first region) for storing of food arranged in an external space of the drawer in the storage compartment and a region (a second region) for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer in the storage compartment, and a controller to separate, through a capturing time of a picture containing both the first region and the second region, a portion for the first region (a first region picture) and a portion for the second region (a second region picture) from the picture to individually divide and store the first region picture and the second region picture.

公开(公告)号：US09310117B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-12

申请号：US14535137

申请日：2014-11-06

Applicant: RTC Industries, Inc.

Inventor： Gideon Schlessinger ,  Fred Geiger ,  Julio Lozano

IPC: F25C5/18 ,  A47F3/00 ,  B65D6/24 ,  B65D81/38 ,  F25D3/06

CPC classification number: F25C5/182 ,  A47F3/004 ,  B65D11/1873 ,  B65D81/3806 ,  F25D3/06 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2303/081 ,  F25D2323/061 ,  F25D2400/12 ,  F25D2400/32 ,  F25D2400/38

Abstract: A portable ice barrel system composed of collapsible components configured to form a cylindrical insulation layer that also forms an opening at the top of the barrel. The base includes a grid, a disc, a rim, and a series of wheels. An inner liner extends into the opening of the cylindrical insulation layer to form an interior barrel cavity and an exterior barrel wall. The portable ice barrel may include a plurality of clips for holding the inner liner onto the cylindrical insulation layer, an expandable bladder or an insulative material injected into a gap between an inside surface of the exterior wall and an exterior surface of the expandable bladder to form an insulative layer, a plurality of sections that form an inner cylindrical insulation layer, and/or a hinged top and a hinged base that can be collapsed when deconfigured and shipped in a flat configuration.

Abstract translation: 便携式冰桶系统由可折叠部件构成，该可折叠部件构造成形成在筒的顶部形成开口的圆柱形绝缘层。 基座包括格栅，圆盘，轮辋和一系列轮子。 内衬延伸到圆柱形绝缘层的开口中以形成内筒腔和外筒壁。 便携式冰桶可以包括用于将内衬保持在圆柱形绝缘层上的多个夹子，可注射到外壁的内表面和可膨胀囊的外表面之间的间隙中的可膨胀囊或绝缘材料，以形成 绝缘层，形成内部圆柱形绝缘层的多个部分，和/或铰链顶部和铰接底座，当以扁平构造解除配置并运输时可以折叠。

公开(公告)号：US20160084557A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-24

申请号：US14961711

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Tim L. Coulter ,  Thomas E. Gose ,  Steven G. Herndon ,  James H. Jenkins ,  Bill J. Koons ,  Brent A. Kramer ,  Scott W. Leimkuehler ,  Dean A. Martin ,  Alvin V. Miller ,  Kevin Lee Noel ,  Mauro M. Oliveira ,  Lester J. Ott ,  Ron S. Paulsen ,  Chad J. Rotter ,  David Allen Stauffer ,  Kyle B. Van Meter ,  Alan M. Welch ,  Robert L. Wetekamp

IPC: F25C1/04

CPC classification number: F25C1/04 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F25B2600/112 ,  F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25C5/24 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/045 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D23/061 ,  F25D23/063 ,  F25D23/064 ,  F25D23/066 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D31/00 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2317/0666 ,  F25D2317/0682 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2400/02 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/12 ,  F25D2700/121 ,  F25D2700/122 ,  F25D2700/14 ,  Y02B40/32 ,  Y10T29/49359

Abstract: An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency.