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US 11,464,336 B2Granted
Panel assembly and home appliance having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHeesoo Jeong, Hyeongjin Jang, Sihwan Kim, Hongman Chang, Cheoleun Choi
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Abstract
A panel assembly includes a frame panel including a front surface, an upper surface, a side surface, and a rear surface and is formed as a single sheet of a metal plate, and a corner member disposed in a gap formed between the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel, wherein the corner member includes: an insertion member inserted into the gap to fill the gap, and a fixing member integrally formed with the insertion member and coupled to the rear surface of the frame panel to fix the corner member to the frame panel.
Claims13
A panel assembly comprising:
- a frame panel including a front surface, an upper surface, a side surface, and a rear surface formed from a single sheet of a metal plate;
- and
- a corner member disposable in a gap formed between the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel, wherein the corner member includes:
- an insertion member insertable into the gap to fill the gap, and
- a fixing member integrally formed with the insertion member and couplable to the rear surface of the frame panel, to fix the corner member to the frame panel, when the insertion member is inserted into the gap,
- wherein the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel are each bent from edges of the front surface of the frame panel and the rear surface of the frame panel is formed by end portions bent from the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel to face the front surface of the frame panel,
- wherein the fixing member includes a fixing surface in contact with the rear surface of the frame panel,
- wherein the fixing surface of the fixing member includes a first coupling protrusion insertable into a first coupling opening formed on the rear surface of the frame panel when the insertion member is inserted into the gap, and
- wherein another surface of the fixing member includes a third coupling opening formed at a position corresponding to a second coupling opening formed on at least one of the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel when the insertion member is inserted into the gap.
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The panel assembly comprising:
- a frame panel including a front surface, an upper surface, a side surface, and a rear surface formed from a single sheet of a metal plate;
- and
- a corner member disposable in gap formed between the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel, wherein the corner member includes:
- an insertion member insertable into the gap to fill the gap, and
- a fixing member integrally formed with the insertion member and couplable to the rear surface of the frame panel, to fix the corner member to the frame panel, when the insertion member is inserted into the gap,
- wherein the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel are each bent from edges of the front surface of the frame panel and the rear surface of the frame panel is formed by end portions bent from the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel to face the front surface of the frame panel,
- wherein the fixing member includes a fixing surface in contact with the rear surface of the frame panel,
- wherein the fixing surface of the fixing member includes a first coupling protrusion insertable into a first coupling opening formed on the rear surface of the frame panel when the insertion member is inserted into the gap,
- wherein the frame panel further includes a lower surface bent from an edge of the front surface of the frame panel, and
- wherein the corner member further includes:
- an additional insertion member disposable in an additional gap formed between the side surface of the frame panel and the lower surface of the frame panel to fill the additional gap, and
- a connecting member connecting the insertion member and the additional insertion member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.