Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11774167-B2
Application number	US-201816635699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	Aug 1, 2017
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body may include a sheet base provided in a direction crossing a vacuum space between a first plate and a second plate, and at least one sheet protrusion that protrudes from the sheet base in at direction toward one of the first plate or the second plate to maintain an interval between the sheet base and the one of the first plate or the second plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vacuum adiabatic body, comprising:
a first plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a first space;
a second plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a second space having a second temperature different from a first temperature of the first space;
a sealing that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space having a third temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature, the third space being a vacuum space;
a support plate including a first surface that contacts one of the first plate or the second plate and a second surface opposed to the first surface; and
a heat resistance unit that reduces a heat transfer amount between the first plate and the second plate, wherein the heat resistance unit comprises:
a sheet base provided in a direction crossing the third space to shield heat radiation between the first and second plates; and
at least one sheet protrusion that protrudes from the sheet base in a direction toward the one of the first plate or the second plate to maintain an interval between the sheet base and the support plate, wherein the sheet base and the at least one sheet protrusion are made of a material having a lower emissivity than a material of the first plate or the second plate, wherein the support plate is made of a material having a lower heat transfer coefficient than a material of the first plate or the second plate, and wherein the at least one sheet protrusion includes a peak that contacts the second surface of the support plate.

2. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , further comprising a support that maintain the third space, wherein the support comprises:
at least one bar that maintains an interval between the first plate and the second plate in the third space, wherein the heat resistance unit comprises at least one self-standing type radiation resistance sheet, and wherein at least one through-hole through which the at least one bar passes is provided in the self-standing type radiation resistance sheet.

3. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one bar comprises a plurality of bars and the at least one through-hole comprises a plurality of through-holes, wherein the plurality of through-holes through which the plurality of bars pass have a first size at an edge of the sheet base and a second size at an inner portion of the sheet base, and wherein the second size is larger than the first size.

4. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one through-hole is defined in an end of the at least one sheet protrusion.

5. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sheet protrusion comprises a plurality of sheet protrusions provided on first and second surfaces of the sheet base, respectively.

6. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat resistance unit comprises at least two self-standing type radiation resistance sheets laminated together.

7. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 6 , wherein, in at least one of the at least two laminated self-standing type radiation resistance sheets, the at least one sheet protrusion comprises a plurality of sheet protrusions provided on each of first and second surfaces of the sheet base, respectively.

8. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat resistance unit comprises a self-standing type radiation resistance sheet, and further comprising:
at least one bar that maintains an interval between the first plate and the second plate in the third space; and
at least one boss in which the at least one bar is inserted and configured to support a surface of the self-standing type radiation resistance sheet.

9. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one boss is provided as one body with the support plate.

10. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one boss directly contacts the support plate and the sheet base.

11. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one boss comprises a plurality of bosses, and wherein an interval maintenance member connects the plurality of bosses to each other to form one body.

12. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 11 , wherein an insertion guide having an inclined inlet is provided to mount the interval maintenance member.

13. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sheet protrusion has a hemispherical shape.

14. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat resistance unit comprises a self-standing type radiation resistance sheet, and wherein a conduction prevention tool is disposed between the self-standing type radiation resistance sheet and the one of the first plate or the second plate.

15. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , further comprising a support that maintain the third space, wherein the support comprises:
a base support provided to cross the third space; and
a pair of bars that extends in both directions from the base support, respectively.

16. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet base and the at least one sheet protrusion are made of aluminum, and the first plate or the second plate is made of stainless steel.

17. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body having an internal space in which goods are stored;
a door configured to open and close the internal space; and
a refrigeration cycle to supply cold air into the internal space, wherein the refrigeration cycle comprises:
a compressor that compresses a refrigerant;
a condenser that condenses the compressed refrigerant;
an expansion valve that expands the condensed refrigerant; and
an evaporator that evaporates the expanded refrigerant to dissipate heat, wherein the door or the main body comprises a vacuum adiabatic body, and wherein the adiabatic body comprises:
a first plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a first space;
a second plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a second space having a second temperature different from a first temperature of the first space;
a sealing that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space having a third temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature, wherein the third space is a vacuum space;
at least one self-standing type radiation resistance sheet comprising a sheet base having a two-dimensional planar structure and including a groove that is recessed from an edge of the sheet base and a through hole formed in a position adjacent to a center of the sheet base, and at least one sheet protrusion that protrudes from at least one surface of the sheet base to fix an interval between the sheet base and one of the first plate or the second plate so as to reduce radiation heat transfer between the first plate and the second plate; and
a plurality of bars that maintains an interval between the first plate and the second plate in the third space and includes a first bar that passes through the through hole and a second bar that is inserted into the groove to fix the at least one self-standing type radiation resistance sheet, wherein a size of the through hole is larger than a size of the groove to prevent heat transfer due to a conduction of the sheet base and the first bar at the center of the sheet base.

18. The refrigerator according to claim 17 , further comprising a conduction prevention tool that prevents the at least one sheet protrusion and the one of the first

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Han Sol
• Ryu Minsu
• Bae Jaehyun

Classifications

• Y02B80/10

  Insulation, e.g. vacuum or aerogel insulation · CPC title

• F25D23/063 Primary

  formed by an assembly of panels · CPC title

• F16L59/065

  using vacuum (F16L59/075 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D23/06 Primary

  Walls (F25D23/08 takes precedence; containers with thermal insulation B65D81/38) · CPC title

• F25D2201/14

  using subatmospheric pressure · CPC title