	US 12,018,882 B2
	Hinge assembly with decorative sheet and refrigerator having the same
Enpin Xia, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); and Xiaobing Zhu, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 17/629,404
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/CN2020/072256 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 23, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/012656, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910666787.8 (CN), filed on Jul. 23, 2019; and application No. 201910667504.1 (CN), filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260303 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05D 3/18 (2006.01)

CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05D 3/18 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A hinge assembly with a decorative sheet, comprising a first hinge part, a second hinge part and the decorative sheet, wherein the first hinge part, the second hinge part and the decorative sheet are fitted with one another, the decorative sheet is provided between the first hinge part and the second hinge part, and the decorative sheet is detachably fitted with the first hinge part;

wherein the hinge assembly comprises a first shaft and a first groove fitted with each other, the first shaft is provided on one of the first hinge part and the second hinge part, the first groove is provided in the other of the first hinge part and the second hinge part, and the decorative sheet comprises a first slot matched with the first groove, the first slot and the first groove are always kept relatively stationary, the first shaft passes through the first slot and the first groove in turn, and the first shaft moves relative to the first slot and the first groove when the first hinge part moves relative to the second hinge part;

wherein the decorative sheet comprises a hook and a second slot, and the hook is clamped with a side edge of the first hinge part;

wherein the hinge assembly comprises shafts and grooves respectively correspondingly fitted with each other, the grooves comprise the first groove and a second groove, the shafts comprise the first shaft and a second shaft, the first shaft is fitted with the first groove, the second shaft is fitted with the second groove, the second shaft is located in the one of the first hinge part and the second hinge part, and the second groove is located in the other of the first hinge part and the second hinge part, the second slot is matched with the second groove, and the second shaft passes through the second slot and the second groove in turn.