Refrigerator and home appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11287175-B2
Application number	US-202016950682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2020
Priority date	Aug 20, 2019
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

A refrigerator including a main body forming a storage compartment, and a door configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door includes a door body rotatably coupled to the main body and including an insulator therein, a panel body positioned in a front of the door body, a first trim disposed at a first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body while being rotated with respect to the door body, and a second trim disposed at a second edge opposite to the first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body when the first trim is coupled to the door body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body; and
a door configured to open and close a front side of the main body, the door including:
a door panel including:
a panel body, and
a side trim including a side trim protrusion extending along a side end portion of the panel body, and

a door body on which the door panel is separably mountable, the door body including an accommodation portion and a fixing portion, wherein
the side trim protrusion includes a material having an elasticity, and the side trim protrusion and the fixing portion are configured, so that, when the door panel is being mounted on the door body, the side trim protrusion is pressed by the fixing portion and is thereby deformed and, after being deformed, is restored, to be coupled to the fixing portion and accommodated in the accommodation portion, to prevent the door panel from being separated from the door body.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein
the door includes a lower door cap coupled to a lower end of the door body and provided with a lower cap protrusion, and
the door panel includes a lower trim having a lower trim groove in which the lower cap protrusion is accommodated when the door panel is mounted on the door body.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the lower trim includes a lower trim segment provided to segment the lower trim groove into a plurality of portions.

4. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the lower door cap includes a mounting space formed to allow the lower trim to be rotationally coupled to the lower door cap when the door panel is being mounted on the door body.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein
the door includes an upper door cap coupled to an upper end of the door body and formed with an upper coupling groove, and
the door panel includes an upper trim having an upper trim protrusion that is accommodated in the upper coupling groove when the door panel is mounted on the door body.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein the upper trim includes an upper trim segment provided to segment the upper trim protrusion into a plurality of portions.

7. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein
the door includes a fixing member provided to cover a portion of an upper surface of the upper door cap, and
the upper trim protrusion includes an upper trim hole formed to allow a portion of the fixing member to be inserted thereinto when the upper trim protrusion is accommodated in the upper coupling groove.

8. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein the door body includes a cover, when the door panel is separated from the door body, allowing the upper coupling groove to be exposed.

9. The refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein the door body includes chassis arranged at opposite sides of the cover and protruding forward than the cover to form a space together with the cover in which the door panel is accommodated when the door panel is mounted on the door body.

10. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the door panel, when mounted on the door body, is provided to protrude forward than the chassis.

11. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the cover includes a cover hole which a fastening member passes through to fix the cover to the chassis.

12. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, opposite side ends of the panel body are supported by the chassis.

13. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein the accommodation portion of the door body is formed in the chassis.

14. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein
the door panel includes a buffer member including a shock absorbing material or a sound absorbing material, and
the side trim includes a first side trim and a second side trim arranged at opposite sides, respectively, of the buffer member.

15. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the side trim includes a material different from a material forming the panel body.

16. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a front side thereof open; and
a door configured to open and close the open front side of the main body, the door including:
a door panel including
a panel body, and
side trims each including a side trim protrusion extending along a corresponding one of opposite side end portions of the panel body and a trim segment provided to segment the side trim protrusion into a plurality of portions, and

a door body to which the door panel is separably mounted, the door body including accommodation portions in which the side trim protrusions are fixedly accommodated to prevent the door panel, mounted on the door body, from being separated, wherein
the door includes an upper door cap coupled to an upper end of the door body and formed with an upper coupling groove,
the door panel includes an upper trim having an upper trim protrusion that is accommodated in the upper coupling groove when the door panel is mounted on the door body,
the door includes a fixing member provided to cover a portion of an upper surface of the upper door cap, and
the upper trim protrusion includes an upper trim hole formed to allow a portion of the fixing member to be inserted thereinto when the upper trim protrusion is accommodated in the upper coupling groove.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chomin
• Gu Yang-Yeol
• Kim Dongyeong
• Kim Byoungmok
• Kim Yonghan
• Park Taecheol
• Seo Yongman
• Song Jinyoung
• Shin Yountae
• Yang Byungkwan

Classifications

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D23/00

  General constructional features (F25D21/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D11/02 Primary

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title

• E06B3/70

  Door leaves (wing frames E06B3/04) · CPC title

• F25D2400/18

  Aesthetic features · CPC title