Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12130071-B2
Application number	US-202017789758-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Jan 6, 2020
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator having the vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body comprises: a first plate, the first plate having a first thickness; a second plate spaced apart from the first plate in an opposite manner, the second plate having a second thickness, and the first thickness being greater than the second thickness; and sealing members arranged between the first plate and the second plate and configured to seal and fix the first plate and the second plate, a vacuum cavity being defined among the first plate, the second plate, and the sealing members. According to the vacuum adiabatic body, convection heat transfer can be reduced by vacuumizing between two plates which are sealingly connected; and the whole vacuum insulation body is stable in structure and not too heavy.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vacuum adiabatic body, comprising:
a first plate having a first thickness;
a second plate spaced apart from the first plate in an opposite manner, and having a second thickness, and the first thickness being greater than the second thickness; and
sealing members arranged between the first plate and the second plate and configured to seal and fix the first plate and the second plate, a vacuum cavity being defined among the first plate, the second plate, and the sealing members,
wherein a nickel plating layer and a solder sheet are arranged between the sealing members and the first plate and between the sealing members and the second plate respectively, so as to achieve sealing and fixing of the sealing members to the first plate and the second plate, wherein the nickel plating layer is formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the sealing members respectively, and the solder sheet is arranged between the nickel plating layer and the first plate and between the nickel plating layer and the second plate, or
a metal sheet and a glass powder paste are arranged between the sealing members and the first plate and between the sealing members and the second plate respectively, so as to achieve sealing and fixing of the sealing members to the first plate and the second plate, wherein the metal sheet is arranged between the sealing members and the first plate and between the sealing members and the second plate respectively, and the glass powder paste is arranged between the sealing members and the metal sheet, or
a silica gel layer is arranged between the sealing members and the first plate and between the sealing members and the second plate respectively, so as to achieve sealing and fixing of the sealing members to the first plate and the second plate.

2. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein
the first plate is made of a metal plate having a uniform thickness; and
the second plate is made of a metal plate having a uniform thickness.

3. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein
the first plate is made of a stainless steel plate;
the second plate is made of a stainless steel plate; and
the sealing members are made of quartz glass.

4. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein
the first thickness is 1.1 to 1.5 times the second thickness.

5. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein
the first thickness is 1.1 mm to 1.6 mm; and
the second thickness is 1 mm to 1.5 mm.

6. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein
the sealing members are sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate, and are in surface contact with the first plate and the second plate respectively, so as to seal and fix the first plate and the second plate.

7. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 6 , wherein
a length of the sealing members sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate is 10 mm to 15 mm.

8. The vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the sealing member satisfies that the thickness of the sealing member is 60% or more of a total distance between the first plate and the second plate.

9. A refrigerator, wherein at least part of a box body of the refrigerator and/or at least part of a door body of the refrigerator is the vacuum adiabatic body according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Qingdao haier refrigerator co ltd
• Haier Smart Home Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fei Bin
• Zhu Xiaobing
• Liu Zhanzhan
• Li Peng
• Zhang Peng

Classifications

• F25D2201/14

  using subatmospheric pressure · CPC title

• F25D23/062 Primary

  defining a cabinet · CPC title

• F25D2500/02

  Geometry problems · CPC title

• F25D2323/02

  Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered · CPC title

• F25D11/02

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title