US 12,264,870 B2
Refrigerator door
Wenchun Wang, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Enpin Xia, Qingdao (CN); and Xuan Ji, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 17/925,609
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/086441
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/213200, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010414342.3 (CN), filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194147 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 23/04 (2013.01); F25D 2201/10 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator door, comprising:
a door housing;
a door liner;
a decorative strip connecting the door liner with the door housing;
a thermal insulation chamber formed between the door housing and the door liner; and
a storage device mounted on the door liner;
wherein the refrigerator door further comprises a power supply module for powering the storage device, the power supply module has a pre-embedded component fixed in the thermal insulation chamber and exposed from the door liner to the outside, a power supply line led from the thermal insulation chamber through the pre-embedded component, and a connecting mechanism disposed between the pre-embedded component and the storage device and electrically connected to the power supply line;
wherein the pre-embedded component comprises a first fixing portion fixed with the decorative strip, a second fixing portion fixed with the door liner, and a mounting mechanism protruding from the second fixing portion for mounting the connecting mechanism, and wherein the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are connected by a plurality of connecting ribs arranged at an interval;
wherein the decorative strip comprises side decorative strips fixed on both sides of the door liner, the first fixing portion is fixed on a side of the decorative strip facing the thermal insulation chamber, the door liner has a recessed portion on both sides for receiving the second fixing portion, the second fixing portion has a fitting wall that is fitted to an inner wall on one side of the recessed portion in the transverse direction, front and rear side walls located on front and rear sides of the fitting wall, and upper and lower side walls located on upper and lower sides of the fitting wall, the front and rear side walls and the upper and lower side walls are all fitted to the inner wall on the other side of the recessed portion in the transverse direction, and the second fixing portion has a limiting hole penetrating the upper side wall of the second fixing portion to receive the power supply line.