Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024159457-A1
Application number	US-202418422688-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 25, 2024
Priority date	Sep 10, 2021
Publication date	May 16, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including an inner case forming a storage compartment and including a mount with a connecting protrusion in which a connection hole is formed, an outer case coupled to an outside of the inner case, an insulation provided between the inner case and the outer case, an electrical component attached to the mount, a wire electrically connected to the electrical component through the connection hole, and a wire guide fitted into the connection hole to guide the wire.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A refrigerator, comprising:
an inner case forming a storage compartment, the inner case including a mount with a connecting protrusion in which a connection hole is formed; an outer case coupled to an outside of the inner case; an insulation provided between the inner case and the outer case; an electrical component attached to the mount; a wire electrically connected to the electrical component through the connection hole; and a wire guide fitted into the connection hole to guide the wire.

2 . The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein:
the mount includes an accommodation space to accommodate the electrical component, the refrigerator further includes:
a first connector coupled to an end of the wire, and
a second connector electrically connected to the electrical component, and
the first connector is electrically connectable to the second connector in the accommodation space.

3 . The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the wire guide comprises:
an insertion portion formed on a leading section of the wire guide and inserted into the connection hole, a handle portion formed on a trailing section of the wire guide, and a stopper portion formed between the insertion portion and the handle portion.

4 . The refrigerator of claim 3 , wherein the insertion portion is formed such that a horizontal thickness and a vertical thickness thereof progressively increase from a front end to a rear end of the insertion portion.

5 . The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the connection hole is formed such that a horizontal thickness and a vertical thickness thereof progressively decrease from an entry to an exit of the connection hole.

6 . The refrigerator of claim 3 , wherein the insertion portion includes a plurality of leak-proof grooves formed on an outer surface of the insertion portion to prevent foaming liquid of the insulation from entering through the connection hole.

7 . The refrigerator of claim 3 , wherein the insertion portion includes an anti-separation protrusion protruding from an outer surface of the insertion portion to prevent the wire guide from being separated from the connection hole after the wire guide is coupled to the connection hole.

8 . The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the wire guide includes:
a wire passage formed in the wire guide to allow the wire to pass through, and a pressing protrusion pressing the wire to allow the wire to be fixed to the wire passage.

9 . The refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein the wire passage is bendable so that the wire is fixed to the wire passage.

10 . The refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein the wire guide is deformable between an unfolded state and a folded state.

11 . The refrigerator of claim 10 , wherein the wire guide comprises:
a first part, a second part, and a hinge portion connecting the first part and the second part, and being a center of unfolding and folding motion of the first part and the second part.

12 . The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein:
the first part includes a first coupling, the second part includes a second coupling, and the first coupling and the second coupling are coupled to prevent the wire guide from unfolding when the wire guide is in the folded state.

13 . The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein:
the wire passage is formed to be recessed in one surface of the second part, and the first part includes a cover portion formed to cover the wire passage when the wire guide is in the folded state.

14 . The refrigerator of claim 13 , wherein the pressing protrusion protrudes from the cover portion.

15 . The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein:
the hinge portion is configured to connect one side of the first part and one side of the second part facing the one side of the first part, and the wire guide includes a wire holding hole formed between the other side of the first part and the other side of the second part to hold the wire in the wire passage.

16 . A refrigerator comprising:
an inner case forming a storage compartment, an outer case coupled to an outside of the inner case, an insulation provided between the inner case and the outer case, an electrical component attached to the interior of the inner case, a wire electrically connected to the electrical component through a connection hole formed in the inner case, and a wire guide fixing the wire and connecting the connection hole to seal the connection hole, the wire guide being deformable between an unfolded state and a folded state, wherein the wire guide includes:
a first part,
a second part, and
a hinge portion connecting the first part and the second part and being a center of unfolding and folding motion of the first part and the second part.

17 . The refrigerator of claim 16 , wherein:
the second part may include a wire passage formed to be recessed to allow the wire to pass through, and the wire may be mounted on the wire passage in the unfolded state.

18 . The refrigerator of claim 16 , wherein the wire guide may be changed from the unfolded state to the folded state when the wire is mounted in the wire passage.

19 . The refrigerator of claim 16 , wherein the first part may include a pressing protrusion to press the wire so that the wire mounted in the wire passage is fixed when the wire guide is in the folded state.

20 . The refrigerator of claim 16 , wherein the first part may include the first coupling, and the second part includes the second coupling, and the first coupling and the first coupling may be coupled to prevent the wire guide from unfolding when the wire guide has been in the folded state.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Taeyun
• Kang Yonghyun
• Kim Donghwa
• Park Jungkeun

Classifications

• F25D23/065 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D23/00 Primary

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

• H01R13/5816

  for cables passing through an aperture in a housing wall, the separate part being captured between cable and contour of aperture · CPC title

• F25D2400/40

  Refrigerating devices characterised by electrical wiring · CPC title