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US 11,959,507 B2Granted
Taper pin for an appliance housing
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorAldo Vincent Kremmel
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Abstract
An appliance housing includes a mating component, a confined component, a primary beam, and a pin. The mating component may define an opening. The confined component may be removably connected to the mating component. The primary beam may be elastically moveable relative to the mating component. The pin may be attached to the beam to move therewith between a flexed position and an original position. The pin may extend from a base end proximal to the primary beam to an outer end distal to the primary beam. The pin may be selectively received within the opening to constrain the primary beam relative to the mating component. The primary beam may be flexible to allow the pin to move inward to the flexed direction and return outward to the original position.
Claims20
An appliance housing comprising:
- a mating component defining an opening;
- a confined component removably connected to the mating component;
- a primary beam, the primary beam being elastically movable relative to the mating component;
- and
- a pin attached to the primary beam to move therewith between a flexed position and an original position, the pin extending from a base end proximal to the primary beam and an outer end distal to the primary beam, the pin being selectively received within the opening to constrain the primary beam relative to the mating component,
- wherein the primary beam is flexible to allow the pin to move inward in a first direction to the flexed position and return outward in a direction opposite to the first direction to the original position,
- wherein the appliance housing further comprises a skeletal support frame, the skeletal support frame being attached to the primary beam,
- wherein the skeletal support frame comprises a plurality of interconnected perimeter beams attached to the primary beam,
- wherein the plurality of interconnected perimeter beams are stationary relative to the primary beam between the flexed position and the original position,
- wherein the primary beam extends between a first fixed beam end and a second fixed beam end, and
- wherein the first fixed beam end and the second fixed beam end are attached to the plurality of interconnected perimeter beams.
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An appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a housing enclosed by the cabinet, the housing comprising:
- a mating component defining an opening;
- a confined component removably connected to the mating component;
- a primary beam, the primary beam being elastically movable relative to the mating component;
- and
- a pin attached to the primary beam to move therewith between a flexed position and an original position, the pin extending from a base end proximal to the primary beam and an outer end distal to the primary beam, the pin being selectively received within the opening to constrain the primary beam relative to the mating component,
- wherein the primary beam is flexible to allow the pin to move inward in a first direction to the flexed position and return outward in a direction opposite to the first direction to the original position,
- wherein the pin is aligned with the opening defined by the mating component to constrain the confined component relative to the mating component,
- wherein the housing further comprises a skeletal support frame, the skeletal support frame attached to the primary beam,
- wherein the skeletal support frame comprises a plurality of interconnected perimeter beams attached to the primary beam,
- wherein the plurality of interconnected perimeter beams are stationary relative to the primary beam between the flexed position and the original position,
- wherein the skeletal support frame further comprises a plurality of interior beams, and
- wherein the plurality of interior beams form a grid attached and the interconnected perimeter beams to constrain the confined component, the skeletal support frame, and the mating component.
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An appliance housing comprising:
- a mating component defining an opening;
- a confined component removably connected to the mating component;
- a primary beam, the primary beam being elastically movable relative to the mating component;
- and
- a pin attached to the primary beam to move therewith between a flexed position and an original position, the pin extending from a base end proximal to the primary beam and an outer end distal to the primary beam, the pin being selectively received within the opening to constrain the primary beam relative to the mating component,
- wherein the primary beam is flexible to allow the pin to move inward in a first direction to the flexed position and return outward in a direction opposite to the first direction to the original position,
- wherein the appliance housing further comprises a skeletal support frame, the skeletal support frame being attached to the primary beam,
- wherein the skeletal support frame defines a deformation void behind the primary beam, and
- wherein the flexed position includes the primary beam rearward from the original position toward the deformation void.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.