Domestic appliance having a door leaf which includes a recessed handle

US9890992B2 · 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
• Xingen Yao · Nanjing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2327/001
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, includes an interior chamber and an electronic control apparatus having an electronics system and being constructed to control at least one function of the domestic appliance during operation thereof. A door leaf for opening and closing the interior chamber has an inner face facing the interior chamber and an outer face facing away from the interior chamber. A recessed handle in the outer face includes a grip forming an indentation in the outer face. A lighting configuration has at least one lighting device, in particular an LED, to illuminate the recessed handle. At least a large part of the electronics system and the at least one lighting device form a common assembly disposed within the door leaf adjacent the indentation, so that the at least one lighting device can radiate light out of the indentation into the recessed handle.