Patent · US Expired

Thermally insulating housing

US6488172B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by

14References

15Claims

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Udo Wenning · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Jürgen Hirath · Bayreuth, DE
Hans-Frieder Eberhardt · Biberach, DE
Ulrich Wolf · Laax, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 1998
Grant date	Dec 3, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B40/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A thermally insulating housing has one housing shell inside another. The two housing shells are at least largely vacuum-tight, they are spaced apart from one another by a thermal insulation layer, and they are connected to one another in a vacuum-tight fashion. A useful space inside the thermally insulating housing is accessible through a loading opening. The housing shells are tubular elements which are closed in a vacuum-tight fashion at one of their openings with a cover which is at least very largely vacuum-tight. The remaining opening serves as the loading opening of the housing.

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