Door for refrigerator and refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10030904-B2
Application number	US-201515327094-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2015
Priority date	Jul 18, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A refrigerator door includes an inner door liner, a front wall and a user interface housing connected to the front wall. The user interface housing, the inner door liner, the front wall and a heat insulation layer are combined together. The user interface housing has an accommodating space for accommodating a user interface electrical module. The user interface electrical module can be placed into the accommodating space or removed from the accommodating space from a side of the door. The door has a handle groove and a handle piece detachably connected to the door. The handle groove and the handle piece are located within the user interface housing and the handle piece divides the handle groove from the accommodating space. The user interface housing includes a concave portion being opened forward and the handle groove is accessible though the concave portion. A refrigerator having the door is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator door, comprising:
a side of the door;
a forward direction of the door;
a user interface electrical module;
an accommodating space for accommodating said user interface electrical module, said accommodating space being accessible from said side of the door;
a concave portion being open in said forward direction of the door;
a front panel disposed in front of said user interface electrical module, said front panel having an edge opening disposed in front of said concave portion to expose said concave portion; and
a handle groove disposed in a vicinity of said accommodating space, said handle groove being disposed behind said front panel, and said handle groove being accessible through said concave portion.

2. The door according to claim 1 , which further comprises a handle piece being detachably connected within the door for closing said accommodating space, said handle piece including a handle portion being covered by said front panel.

3. The door according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
a heat insulation layer; and
a user interface housing being fixedly attached to said heat insulation layer;
said accommodating space said handle groove and said concave portion being disposed together within said user interface housing.

4. The door according to claim 3 , which further comprises a door body connected to said front panel, said door body including a front wall fixedly attached to said heat insulation layer, said front wall having a first opening, said user interface housing being connected to said front wall, and said accommodating space and said concave portion being open towards said first opening.

5. The door according to claim 4 , which further comprises an adhesive disposed on said front wall along said first opening, said adhesive adhering to said front panel and said front wall.

6. The door according to claim 4 , which further comprises a side wall of the door, said user interface housing being connected to said side wall, said side wall having a second opening in communication with said first opening, and said concave portion being accessible through said first opening and said second opening.

7. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said edge opening has a rectangular shape.

8. The door according to claim 1 , which further comprises a front surface of the door, at least a majority part of said front surface being formed by said front panel.

9. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said handle groove defines a depth direction, and said accommodating space, said handle groove and said concave portion are disposed side by side sequentially along said depth direction of said handle groove.

10. The door according to claim 3 , wherein said user interface housing includes a rear wall fixedly attached to said heat insulation layer, and said rear wall defines rear boundaries of said handle groove and said concave portion.

11. A refrigerator, comprising the door according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Becke Christoph
• Eicher Max
• Foersterling Klaus
• Hartwein Christine
• Kessler Andreas
• Kleinlein Philipp
• Staud Ralph
• Tischer Thomas

Classifications

• F25D23/028 Primary

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• F25D2400/361

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