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Drive device for refrigerator doors

US8347553B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by

15References

23Claims

0Family size

Assignees

SUSPA GMBH · DE
Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Josef Hecht · Erlangen, DE
Dietmar Blersch · Ertingen, DE
Armin Pfister · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Florian Stephan · Herzogenaurach, DE
Jens Scharg · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Markus Kegel · Altdorf, DE
Herbert Muller

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2009
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/1967
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An arrangement comprises a housing, in particular of a cooling and/or freezing device, a door which is articulated to the housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis of a hinge, and at least one drive device for pivoting the door relative to the housing, with the drive device comprising a drive unit by means of which a moment is exertable on the door relative to the hinge axis via at least one force transmission means.

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