The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., Qingdao, CN;
Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Qingdao, CN;
Aqua Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Shitara, Tokyo, JP;
HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao, CN;
QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao, CN;
AQUA CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator has side-by-side doors including a first door and a second door, the first door has a rotatably provided middle post which has a locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the middle post, the locking mechanism has a release mechanism for releasing locking, the middle post is switched between a first position where the middle post is located when the first door is opened and a second position where the middle post is located when the first door is closed by opening and closing the first door, and the locking mechanism is released by the release mechanism during rotation from the first position to the second position; the locking mechanism has a projecting portion, and the projecting portion reduces an amount of rotation of the middle post when the middle post is in the first position and the release mechanism is not released.