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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Vishal B. Chauhan, Palghar, IN;
Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Pune, IN;
Koteswara Rao Gochika, Pune, IN;
Alberto Regio Gomes, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Lynne F. Hunter, Dorr, MI (US);
Jacob Charles Ickes, Baroda, MI (US);
Narendra Ashok Kapure, Pune, IN;
Mansi Katkar, Pune, IN;
Mandar G. Kulkarni, Pune, IN;
Dustin Michael Miller, South Bend, IN (US);
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Pune, IN;
Rafael D. Nunes, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Sanjesh Kumar Pathak, Stevensville, MI (US);
Sanket Vivek Phalak, Pune, IN;
Anup R. Shedage, Pune, IN;
Arpit Vijay, Rajasthan, IN;
Giulia Marinello, Milan, IT;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet and a first evaporator assembly. The first evaporator assembly is operable between an uninstalled condition and an installed condition. In the uninstalled condition, the first evaporator assembly is not assembled with the cabinet. In the installed condition, the first evaporator assembly is assembled with the cabinet. The first evaporator assembly includes a first evaporator, a first suction line connected to the first evaporator at a first suction line joint, and a first capillary tube connected to the first evaporator at a first capillary tube joint. The first suction line joint and the first capillary tube joint of the first evaporator assembly are leak testable in the uninstalled condition of the first evaporator assembly.