US 11,988,029 B2
Refrigerator
Enpin Xia, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); and Xiaobing Zhu, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,829.
Application 17/902,829 is a continuation of application No. 16/627,280, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,466,492.
Claims priority of application No. 201710528804.2 (CN), filed on Jul. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412139 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05D 7/04 (2006.01); E05D 3/18 (2006.01); E05D 5/04 (2006.01); E05D 5/14 (2006.01); E05D 7/081 (2006.01); E05D 11/06 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); E05D 15/56 (2006.01); E05F 1/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/10 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 7/0407 (2013.01) [E05D 3/18 (2013.01); E05D 5/046 (2013.01); E05D 5/14 (2013.01); E05D 7/081 (2013.01); E05D 11/06 (2013.01); E05D 11/1007 (2013.01); E05D 11/1028 (2013.01); E05D 15/56 (2013.01); E05F 1/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/10 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/20 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/324 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/102 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge assembly, which is used to connect a cabinet and a door, wherein the cabinet comprises an accommodation compartment and a pivoting side connected with the hinge assembly; during a process of opening the door, the hinge assembly drives the door to move from the pivoting side toward the accommodation compartment;
wherein the hinge assembly comprises a positioning shaft and a positioning groove engaged with each other as well as a guiding shaft and a guiding groove engaged with each other, the positioning shaft is located at one of the cabinet and the door, the positioning groove is located at the other of the cabinet and the door, the guiding shaft is located at one of the cabinet and the door, and the guiding groove is located at the other of the cabinet and the door; the hinge assembly further comprises a pivoting groove communicated with the positioning groove, and a transition groove which is communicated with the guiding groove and is parallel with the pivoting groove;
wherein the hinge assembly comprises a hinge body fixedly provided on the cabinet and a fixed block fixedly provided on the hinge body, the positioning shaft is located at the hinge body, the guiding groove is located at the fixed block, and the positioning groove and the guiding shaft are located at the door.