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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Paul B. Allard, Coloma, MI (US);
Lakshya J. Deka, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Gustavo Frattini, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Lynne F. Hunter, Dorr, MI (US);
Hua Liu, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
Eric J. Vasko, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Jerry M. Visin, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
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.