Samsung patents fridge door screws for precise vertical alignment
Samsung has been granted a patent for a refrigerator door hinge system that includes a specific screw mechanism. This device allows the door to be adjusted up or down in small, continuous steps to ensure it sits perfectly straight.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosed refrigerator includes a cabinet and a door to open/close an opening of the cabinet. The door is rotatably supported by a hinge. A door position adjustment device is provided between the door and the hinge. The door position adjustment device adjusts steplessly at least the position of the door in a vertical direction. The door position adjustment device includes a vertical adjustment screw. The vertical adjustment screw includes a threaded portion. The vertical adjustment screw is provided between the door and the hinge and adjusts the position of the door in the vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a door to open/close an opening of the cabinet; a hinge supporting the door to be rotatable with respect to the cabinet; a door position adjustment device provided between the door and the hinge and configured to adjust a position of the door, wherein the door position adjustment device comprises; a door base fixed to the door; a hinge base fixed to the hinge; a vertical adjustment screw provided between the door and the hinge, and configured to adjust a position of the door in a vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction; and an adjuster block provided between the door base and the binge base and including a screw hole to which the vertical adjustment screw is screw-coupled, wherein the vertical adjustment screw includes a threaded portion, and a connection portion connected to the door base to restrict a movement of the door base in the vertical direction, wherein the vertical adjustment screw moves the door base in the vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction with respect to the hinge base, and wherein the door base is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the adjustor block.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Refrigerator having door position adjustment device
- Patent number
- US12747907B2
- Application number
- 18749150
- Filed
- Jun 20, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 13
Classified under
F25D 23/028 Mechanical engineeringE05D 7/0423 Buildings & constructionE05D 2007/0469 Buildings & constructionE05Y 2900/31 Buildings & constructionF25D 2323/024 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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