US 12,000,594 B2Granted

Door and home appliance having the same

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsHeesoo Jeong, Woojoo Kim, Sihwan Kim, Hoseung Seo, Dongmyeong Lee, Hongman Chang

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

A home appliance includes a body and a door. The body includes a chamber. The door is configured to open and close the chamber. The door includes an upper flange forming an upper surface of the door. The door also includes a side flange forming a side surface of the door. The door further includes a support flange formed by being bent at an upper end of the side flange. The support flange includes a support portion that is configured to come in contact with the upper flange and a bending portion connecting the side flange to the support portion. The upper flange is arranged on the support portion such that one end of the upper flange is located on an upper portion of the bending portion.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A home appliance comprising:

a body including a chamber;
and
a door configured to open and close the chamber,
wherein the door includes:
a front panel defining a front surface of the door, which is opposite to the chamber when the chamber is closed by the door;
a door side portion defining a side surface of the door, the door side portion extending from one side of the front panel by being bent;
a door upper portion defining an upper surface of the door, the door upper portion extending from an upper end of the front panel by being bent;
a door rear portion a portion of a rear surface of the door, the door rear portion extending from a rear side of the door side portion by being bent;
a first support flange extending from an upper end of the door side portion to inner side of the door by being bent at the upper end of the door side portion, the first support flange including a first support portion configured to come in contact with door upper portion, and a first bending portion connecting the door side portion to the first support portion, the first support portion and the first bending portion are spaced apart from the front panel;
a second support flange extending from an upper end of the door rear portion to inner side of the door by being bent, the second support flange including a second support portion configured to come in contact with the door upper portion, and a second bending portion connecting the door rear portion to the second support portion;
and
a third support flange connecting the first support flange to the second support flange, the third support flange including a third support portion configured to come in contact with the door upper portion and a third bending portion connected to the third support portion between the first bending portion and the second bending portion, the third support portion having a groove shape formed between the first support portion and the second support portion,
wherein the door upper portion covers at least some portion of the first support flange, at least some portion of the second support flange, and at least some portion of the third support flange, and
wherein the door side portion includes a cut portion formed on the upper end of the door side portion, and a flat panel portion separated from the first bending portion by the cut portion, so that the first bending portion is bendable at the upper end of the door side portion.

11 more elements

A door used for a home appliance, the door configured to open and close a chamber of the home appliance, and including a chassis defining a front surface, a side surface, and a part of a rear surface of the door, the door comprising:

the chassis including:
a front panel defining the front surface of the door, which is opposite to the chamber when the chamber is closed by the door;
a side flange defining a side surface of the door, the side flange extending from one side of the front panel by being bent;
an upper flange defining an upper surface of the door, the upper flange extending from an upper end of the front panel different by being bent;
a rear flange a portion of a rear surface of the door, the rear flange extending from a rear side of a door side portion by being bent;
a first support flange positioned on a corner upper side of the side flange to support the upper flange, and including a first support surface of a planar shape and a first curved surface connecting the side flange to the first support surface, the first support surface and the first curved surface are spaced apart from the front panel;
a second support flange positioned at a corner upper side of the rear flange to support the upper flange, and including a second support surface of a planar shape, and a second curved surface connecting the rear flange to the second support surface;
and
a third support flange connecting the first support flange to the second support flange, and including a third support surface of a planar shape between the first support surface and the second support surface, and a third curved surface connected to the third support surface between the first curved surface and the second curved surface, the third support surface having a groove shape formed between the first support surface and the second support surface,
wherein the upper flange covers at least some portion of the first support flange, at least some portion of the second support flange, and at least some portion of the third support flange,
wherein the side flange includes a cut portion formed on the upper end of the side flange, and a flat panel portion separated from the first curved surface by the cut portion, so that the first curved surface is bendable at the upper end of the side flange.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/301,359Filed 31 Mar 2021
Priority: KR 10-2020-003894231 Mar 2020
Published: US 2021/0302026 A130 Sep 2021
Granted: 4 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

F24C 15/02
Details: doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
F24C 15/023
Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges: mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing
F24C 15/028
Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges: stoves doors
F24C 15/08
Details: foundations or supports plates; Legs or pillars; Casings; Wheels

Family

US 2021/0302026 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Sep 2021
US 12,000,594 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Timeline

Citations

Open elsewhere

Building an agent or pulling many patents? Use the API or MCP server instead of scraping pages. Get an API key