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US 9,790,721 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeToshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
InventorHideo Ueyama
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Abstract
A refrigerator of this embodiment includes a housing that includes a storeroom, a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and opens or closes an opening of the storeroom by the rotation, a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion, and a wireless communication apparatus that includes a wireless communication unit and is connected to the connection line.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a housing that includes a storeroom;
- a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;
- a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion;
- and
- a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing does not correspond to a multiple of a half of the wavelength of the radio wave.
2 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a housing that includes a storeroom;
- a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;
- a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion;
- and
- a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing is equal to or less than a half of the wavelength of the radio wave.
2 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a housing that includes a storeroom;
- a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;
- a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion;
- and
- a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is disposed at a position where a distance between the wireless communication unit and the housing corresponds to about a quarter of the wavelength of the radio wave.
2 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a housing that includes a storeroom;
- a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;
- a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion;
- a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength;
- a case in which the wireless communication apparatus is mounted;
- and
- a mounting regulation member in the case configured to position the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication apparatus to face upward.
4 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a housing that includes a storeroom;
- a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and configured to open and close an opening of the storeroom by rotation;
- a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion;
- a wireless communication apparatus connected to the connection line, the wireless communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a radio wave having a wavelength;
- and
- a case in which the wireless communication apparatus is mounted such that the wireless communication unit faces downward,
- wherein a connector of the wireless communication apparatus is positioned above an upper surface of the housing.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.