Samsung patents fridge door design that routes wires along the edge
Samsung has filed a patent for a refrigerator door design that routes electrical wires along the inner perimeter of the door rather than through the center. The filing describes a specific path where wires bend at the corners of the door's internal insulation panel to connect a sensor at the bottom with a controller in the main body.
In the filing’s own words
A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door configured to be rotatable to open or close the storage compartment, a controller included in the main body, a sensor disposed at a lower portion of the door to and an electric wire electrically connected to the sensor and the controller, respectively, and being withdrawn from the main body and passing through inside of the door. The door includes an accommodating space, an insulation panel disposed in the accommodating space, a perimeter region included in the accommodating space, and formed between an outer side of the insulation panel and an inner side of the door along a perimeter of the door, and an electric wire fixing part to guide the electric wire to be bent at a corner of the perimeter region and extend along the perimeter region.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage compartment; a door configured to be rotatable with respect to the main body to open or close the storage compartment; a controller included in the main body, and configured to control the door to open or close; a sensor disposed at a lower portion of the door to detect external information and transmit a signal including the detected external information to the controller so that the controller controls the door to open or close based on the transmitted signal; and an electric wire electrically connected to the sensor and the controller, respectively, to transmit the signal to the controller, the electric wire being withdrawn from the main body and passing through inside of the door, wherein the door comprises: an accommodating space therein; an insulation panel disposed in the accommodating space; a perimeter region included in the accommodating space, and formed between an outer side of the insulation panel and an inner side of the door along a perimeter of the door; and an electric wire fixing part to guide the electric wire to be bent at a corner of the perimeter region and extend along the perimeter region.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- REFRIGERATOR
- Publication number
- US20260328044A1
- Application number
- 19649974
- Filed
- Apr 16, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
E05F 15/73 Buildings & constructionF25D 23/028 Mechanical engineeringE05Y 2900/31 Buildings & constructionF25D 2323/023 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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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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