Door for refrigerator and refrigerator

US10030904B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Becke · Großkarolinenfeld, DE
• Max Eicher · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Klaus Foersterling · Seligenstadt, DE
• Christine Hartwein · Nandlstadt, DE
• Andreas Kessler · Munich, DE
• Philipp Kleinlein · Munich, DE
• Ralph Staud · Munich, DE
• Thomas Tischer · Haar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2400/361
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A refrigerator door includes an inner door liner, a front wall and a user interface housing connected to the front wall. The user interface housing, the inner door liner, the front wall and a heat insulation layer are combined together. The user interface housing has an accommodating space for accommodating a user interface electrical module. The user interface electrical module can be placed into the accommodating space or removed from the accommodating space from a side of the door. The door has a handle groove and a handle piece detachably connected to the door. The handle groove and the handle piece are located within the user interface housing and the handle piece divides the handle groove from the accommodating space. The user interface housing includes a concave portion being opened forward and the handle groove is accessible though the concave portion. A refrigerator having the door is also provided.