Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320192-B2
Application number	US-202016849209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2020
Priority date	Apr 15, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A refrigerator including: a main body forming a storage compartment and a door provided to open and close the storage compartment, wherein the door includes a door frame, a cover arranged in front of the door frame and including a cover fixer, and a door panel arranged in front of the cover, the door panel including a first fixer and a second fixer on a rear surface of the door panel. When the door panel is coupled to a front side of the cover, the first fixer is coupled to the door frame and the second fixer is coupled to the cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body forming a storage compartment; and
a door to open and close the storage compartment, and including:
a door body including:
a cover forming a front surface of the door body, and
chassis forming opposite sides of the door body, and including a left front end portion, and a right front end portion, and

a door panel detachably mountable on the door body, and including:
a panel body including a left bent portion and a right bent portion on opposite sides of the panel body, respectively,
an absorbing member on a rear surface of the panel body, and including a shock absorbing material and/or a sound absorbing material,
a left magnetic body on the rear surface at a left side of the absorbing member, and
a right magnetic body on the rear surface at a right side of the absorbing member,

wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the rear surface faces the cover, the left front end portion covers at least a portion of the left bent portion, the right front end portion covers at least a portion of the right bent portion, the left bent portion is between the left front end portion and the left magnetic body, and the right bent portion is between the right front end portion and the right magnetic body.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the cover is coupled with the left magnetic body and the right magnetic body by magnetic force.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the chassis supports the left bent portion and the right bent portion.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the door panel includes:
a lower fixer below the absorbing member, and
an upper fixer above the absorbing member, and
when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the lower fixer and the upper fixer are coupled to the door body.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein
the door body includes an upper door cap having an opening at a front side of the upper door cap, and
when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the upper fixer is inserted into the opening and fixed to the upper door cap.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein,
the door body includes a lower door cap at an end portion of the door body opposite to the upper door cap, and protruding forward further than the cover, and,
when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the lower door cap covers a portion of a lower surface of the door panel.

7. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein
the opening is exposed by the cover when the door panel is separated from the door body.

8. The refrigerator of claim 6 , wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the door panel protrudes forward further than the lower door cap.

9. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein
the chassis includes a left edge accommodating groove and a right edge accommodating groove, and,
when the door panel is mounted on the door body, the left bent portion and the right bent portion are accommodated in the left edge accommodating groove and the right edge accommodating groove, respectively.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat insulating material inside the door body,
wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body, a front surface of the cover is spaced apart from the panel body, and a rear surface of the cover is in contact with the heat insulating material.

11. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein the upper fixer includes a fixing hole formed to be fixed to the upper door cap by a fastening member.

12. The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein the upper door cap includes a through-hole formed at an upper side of the opening of the upper door cap to allow the fastening member to be inserted through the through-hole and pass through the fixing hole.

13. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the upper fixer includes a first upper fixer and a second upper fixer spaced apart from each other along an upper edge of the panel body.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chomin
• Kim Byoungmok
• Lee Oungu
• Lee Jeonghyun
• Kim Dongyeong
• Choi Minseok
• Gu Yang-Yeol
• Kim Ae-Ryun
• Shin Yountae
• Lee Donghyun
• Lee Seonju
• Lee Jaemin

Classifications

• F25D23/02 Primary

  Doors; Covers (F25D23/08 takes precedence {locks or fastenings E05B65/0042}) · CPC title

• F25D2400/18

  Aesthetic features · CPC title

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D23/006

  for mounting refrigerating machinery components · CPC title

• A47F3/043

  Doors, covers (A47F3/0434 takes precedence) · CPC title