Whirlpool Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Whilpool Corporation

Jerry M Visin

Paul B Allard

Abhay Naik

Lakshya J Deka

Lynne F Hunter

Gustavo Frattini

Marcus Roland Fischer

Guolian Wu

Alberto Regio Gomes

Michele Wilcox

Eric J Dherde

Martin D Lewis

Sanjesh Kumar Pathak

Giulia Marinello

Mohamed Alshourbagy

Ronald L Voglewede

Darryl C Bodine

Kevin Michael Chase

Jim J Pastryk

Karen J Querfurth

Dustin Michael Miller

Hua Liu

Lindsey Ann Wohlgamuth

Andrea Olivani

Daryl Lee Harmon

Eric J Vasko

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Patrick J Boarman

Kevin James Gilboe

Richard Lawrence Kretz

Ronald M Nowell, Jr

Matthew Martin Kenneth Hansen

Shawn F Olsson

Gary W Wilson, Sr

Mark S Feddema

Suzanne M Berberet

Douglas D LeClear

Hrushikesh C Prabhu

John A Hall

Arivazhagan Chandrashekaran

Kapil Gupta

Ajay Satish Singhal

Daniel Louis Sigmund

Gary William Wilson, Sr

Sanket G Pawaskar

Kapil Gutpa

Carolina Arriaga

An appliance includes a metallic outer wrapper having sidewalls, a wrapper backwall and a machine wall. At least one metallic inner liner has liner walls and a liner backwall, wherein the metallic outer wrapper and the at least one metallic inner liner are coupled together at a trim breaker to define a structural cabinet having a hermetically sealed interior cavity defined between the metallic outer wrapper and the at least one metallic inner liner. The trim breaker defines a front face of the structural cabinet. At least one trim breaker conduit extends through the wrapper and liner backwalls wherein the trim breaker conduit defines a conduit through the structural cabinet, and wherein the structural cabinet is hermetically sealed at the trim breaker conduit.

Structural cabinet for an appliance incorporating unitary metallic boxes

An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a wrapper channel that receives a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner channel that receives a liner edge of the inner liner, and an insulation material disposed within an insulating cavity defined therebetween. A multi-component thermal encapsulation material defines pre-mix, application and sealing states. The pre-mix state is defined by the distinct components of the thermal encapsulation material being separated from one another, the application state defined by the distinct components combined together into an uncured state of the thermal encapsulation material, and the sealing state defined by the thermal encapsulation material disposed within the wrapper and liner channels and surrounding the wrapper and liner edges, respectively, in the sealing state that defines a hermetic seal between the trim breaker and the outer wrapper and the inner liner.

Encapsulation system for a thermal bridge breaker-to-metal liner

An operable panel for an appliance includes a metallic outer wrapper having a perimetrical wrapper edge that partially defines a perimetrical breaker channel, an inner liner and a plurality of corner brackets disposed proximate the perimetrical wrapper edge. Each corner bracket cooperates with the perimetrical wrapper edge to fully define the perimetrical breaker channel. A trim breaker is adhered to the metallic outer wrapper and the corner brackets at the perimetrical breaker channel and having a liner channel that receives a portion of the inner liner. The trim breaker extends between the inner liner and the outer wrapper. An insulation material is disposed within an insulating cavity defined between the inner liner and the outer wrapper.

Structural panel for an appliance having stamped components and method therefor

A refrigerator includes an insulated cabinet structure and a cooling system. A door assembly includes a perimeter structure that is movably mounted to the insulated cabinet structure and an outer door that is movably mounted to the perimeter structure whereby the outer door can be moved between open and closed positions relative to the perimeter structure when the perimeter structure is in its closed position The outer door may comprise a vacuum insulated structure including porous core material disposed in a cavity of the outer door.

Attachment arrangement for vacuum insulated door

A refrigeration appliance door is provided that includes a door wrapper forming an exterior of the appliance door. The door wrapper defines a wrapper flange defining a plurality of wrapper protrusions. A door liner defines a liner flange. The liner flange defines a plurality of liner protrusions. The door wrapper and the door liner are in a spaced apart configuration. A trim breaker defines a wrapper groove, a liner groove and a gasket groove. The wrapper flange is centered within the wrapper groove and the liner flange is centered within the liner groove. An adhesive is positioned within each of the wrapper and liner grooves. A portion of a gasket is positioned within the gasket groove of the trim breaker.

Vacuum insulated structure trim breaker

Sprayer assembly

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Benton Harbor, MI, United States of America

Jerry M Visin