US 2007/0178758 A1 · Box for electronic components

Abstract

The invention provides a box for electronic components, in particular, a refrigerator. The box has a wall made with electrically separated layers and having an electrical conductor incorporated between the layers. The components are connected to the conductor via entry points through which a conductive member can penetrate one of the layers and thereby establish contact between the conductor and electronic components. Thereby it is achieved that electrical components can be fitted to the inner surface of the box by use of the conductor which is incorporated between the layers and without implying additional fastening of conductors to an outer surface of the box. In particular, the invention facilitates refitting of electrical components in a refrigerator.

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Dependent claims

A box forming a cabinet of a refrigerator, the box housing electronic components in a cavity, the box comprising:

a wall structure with an inliner, an outliner and a space there between, the inliner having an inner surface forming a wall of the cavity, and an opposite outer surface towards the outliner,
at least one electrical conductor extending from outside the box to the outer surface and along the outer surface to define a conductive path to which an electronic component in the cavity may be connected at any point, and
at least one entry point wherein a conductive member penetrates the inliner and engages with the conductive path at the outer surface to connect the electronic component to the conductive path. Wherein the electrical conductor forms part of the outer surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Box for electronic components

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Box for electronic components

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Abstract

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