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US 12,571,575 B2Granted
Ice making device
AssigneeNidec Instruments Corporation
InventorYuta Oshima
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Abstract
An ice making device includes an ice making tray, an output part which is connected with the ice making tray and turns the ice making tray, a motor which is a drive source of the output part, a first board having a converter which converts alternating current to direct current, and a second board connected with a part which is operated by the direct current. The second board includes a control part which controls an operation of the ice making device, and the first board and the second board are connected with each other by inter-board connectors.
Claims10
An ice making device comprising:
- an ice making tray;
- an output part which is connected with the ice making tray and turns the ice making tray;
- a motor which is a drive source of the output part;
- a first board having a converter which converts alternating current to direct current;
- a second board connected with a part which is operated by the direct current;
- and
- a case body which accommodates the first board and the second board,
- wherein the second board comprises a control part which controls an operation of the ice making device;
- and
- the first board and the second board are connected with each other by inter-board connectors,
- wherein the case body comprises a frame part which turnably supports the ice making tray and a box part which accommodates the first board and the second board,
- wherein the box part comprises an inner case which is a half case body having no cover in an inside of the box part,
- wherein the box part comprises a cover part which is capable of being attached and detached,
- the second board is connected with a main switch which is a switch for starting the ice making device, and
- each of the inner case and the cover part comprises a hole through which the main switch is capable of being accessed from an outside of the cover part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.