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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Sunil S. Ekshinge, Pune, IN;
Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Lynne F. Hunter, Dorr, MI (US);
Sai B. Krishna, Pune, IN;
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A vacuum insulated structure including a first cover member of a stamped unitary sheet defining a perimeter portion positioned at a first planar level and first rib formed in the unitary sheet extending to a second planar level spaced axially outward and disposed radially inward of the perimeter portion, a second cover member, and thermal bridge interconnecting the first cover member and the second cover member at the perimeter portions thereof to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The insulating cavity is a sealed cavity having a vacuum drawn therefrom, and the first rib defines a first portion of a path for air flow out of the sealed cavity during a vacuum draw process.