Refrigerator and door for a refrigerator

US7651181B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Bauer · Los Gatos, US
• Christoph Becke · Großkarolinenfeld, DE
• Alexander Goerz · Aalen, DE
• Hans-Reinhart Janssen · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Ralf Spiller · Giengen an der Brenz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B40/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A refrigerator door including an outer wall and an inner wall interconnected along longitudinal edges thereof and including a closing element fixed on an upper horizontal edge of the outer and inner walls. The interconnected closing element and the outer and inner walls delimit an insulating inner space therebetween. At the upper edges the outer wall is longer than the inner wall with the closing element bridging the difference in length between the walls. The resulting structure forming a space for a control panel covered by the outer wall when the refrigerator door is closed.