Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Damping unit and refrigerator having the same
- Patent Title (中): 具有相同的阻尼单元和冰箱
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Application No.: US12314340Application Date: 2008-12-08
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Publication No.: US08182055B2Publication Date: 2012-05-22
- Inventor: Kwon Chul Yun , Chang Hun Cho
- Applicant: Kwon Chul Yun , Chang Hun Cho
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR20-2008-0005287 20080422; KR10-2008-0077790 20080808
- Main IPC: A47B96/00
- IPC: A47B96/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body, a refrigerator door for opening/closing a front surface of the body, with the refrigerator door having an opening, an auxiliary door for opening/closing the opening of the refrigerator door, and a damping unit coupled to a hinge shaft of the auxiliary door to control an opening/closing speed of the auxiliary door. The damping unit includes a case, a rotating member rotatably installed in the case, oil filled in the case to apply resistance against rotation of the rotating member, a fixing member coupled to an end portion of a rotating shaft of the rotating member to rotate together with the rotating member, and an elastic member provided between the case and the fixing member to apply elastic force to the fixing member in a direction opposite to an opening direction of the auxiliary door. It is possible to stably rotate the auxiliary door while controlling the rotational speed of the auxiliary door.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090261701A1 Damping unit and refrigerator having the same Public/Granted day:2009-10-22
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