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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jackson Felipe Karl, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/02 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/028 (2013.01); B23P 15/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including forming a housing configured to house a number of first magnets; fixing the number of first magnets to the housing to form a magnetic sub-assembly; and attaching the magnetic sub-assembly to at least one of the closure or the body. The magnetic sub-assembly being configured to cooperate with a number of second magnets disposed on either the closure or the body, so that when the closure is in the closed position, a magnetic force between the magnetic sub-assembly and the number of second magnets biases the closure towards the body.