US 11,867,454 B2
Refrigerator having slide rail wiring mechanism
Bin Fei, Qingdao (CN); Yihao Xu, Qingdao (CN); Xueli Cheng, Qingdao (CN); and Yazhou Shang, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 17/614,551
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/072194
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/238259, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910455691.7 (CN), filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228796 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 25/02 (2006.01); H02G 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 25/025 (2013.01) [F25D 23/021 (2013.01); A47B 2210/175 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01); H02G 11/006 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator having a slide rail wiring mechanism, comprising a compartment configured to open forward, and a drawer-type door configured to move back and forth to close or open the compartment, the compartment comprising a bottom wall, a rear wall and two side walls disposed on left and right sides and opposed to each other, the drawer-type door being provided with an electrical component, wherein the slide rail wiring mechanism comprises a cable for supplying power to the electrical component and a first wiring box fixed in the compartment; the first wiring box is formed with a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion; the cable comprises a fixed section fixed in the first receiving portion and a movable section that may be at least partially received in the second receiving portion, and at least part of the movable section may retract in the second receiving portion or extend out of the second receiving portion when the drawer-type door moves; the second receiving portion is disposed apart from the bottom wall, the second receiving portion comprises a top plate and a bottom plate arranged opposite to each other in an up-down direction, and the bottom plate is provided with drainage holes;
wherein the slide rail wiring mechanism further comprises a base fixed on the bottom wall and used to mount the first wiring box, and the base is disposed adjacent to a front opening of the compartment;
wherein the base is formed with a first mounting hole that is inclined backward and downward, and the first wiring box is provided with a second mounting hole at a position corresponding to the first mounting hole.